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Seth Pollak
Professor, psychology
Expert on child development, human emotions, child brain and behavioral development; at-risk children and child health; effects of maltreatment, poverty
Robert Dempsey
Chair and professor, neurological surgery; co-director, Stroke Program
Expert on neurosurgery of stroke, brain aneurysm, brain tumor, head injury
Hrissanthi (Chris) Ikonomidou
Professor, neurology
Expert on brain injuries in early life, impact of sedative and anticonvulsant drugs on the developing brain
Andrea Mason
Assistant professor, kinesiology
Expert on how arm and hand movements are planned, controlled and learned by our brain
Edward Hubbard
Associate Professor, Educational Psychology
Expert on human brain functions, brain development, perception and cognition, and brain imaging
Sanjay Asthana
Associate dean for gerontology; professor and division head, geriatrics
Expert on Alzheimer’s disease, aging, neuroscience, geriatrics, academic research infrastructure, and clinical trials design.
Carey Gleason
Associate professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology
Expert on cognitive aging, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease, as well as post-menopausal hormone therapy
Barbara Bendlin
Associate professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology
Expert on factors that contribute to or protect against the development of dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease
Sterling Johnson
Professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology
Clinical neuropsychologist and expert in early identification of Alzheimer’s disease through advanced brain imaging
Christian Franck
Grainger Institute for Engineering Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Expert on mechanics of materials, biological cells and tissues, traumatic brain injury, concussions