Participants
Heidi Scrable, Ph.D. , 1990, McGill University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Dr. Scrable is the coordinator of the YBI and an associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience. Her interests are in the basic biological links between cancer and aging.
Kevin Lee, Ph.D., 1979, University of California, Irvine
Dr. Lee is the Harrison Foundation Professor of Neuroscience and chair of the Department of Neuroscience. Dr. Lee's research group is dedicated to finding ways to limit the progression of brain injury that occurs during and after a stroke.
Jeremy Tuttle, Ph.D., 1977, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Tuttle is a professor in the Department of Neuroscience and a member of the Center for the Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases at UVA. His research focuses on the causes and mechanisms of cell death (apoptosis) in the nervous system and its impact on urinary incontinence and Alzheimer's disease.
Bettina Winckler, Ph.D., 1994, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Winckler is an associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience. The Winckler Laboratory studies the fundamental mechanisms orchestrating "traffic control" in neurons and how the shuttling of nutrients and growth factors to the appropriate sites on these enormous cells deteriorates as a result of disease, injury, and aging.
Jeffrey Corwin, Ph.D., 1979, University of California, San Diego
Dr. Corwin is Professor of Neuroscience and Otolaryngology at UVA and a member of the internationally recognized hearing group in UVA's School of Medicine. Dr. Corwin's research focuses on the regeneration of sensory hair cells, the acoustic receptors in the ear.
Gwenaëlle Géléoc, Ph.D., 1996, Université de Montpellier II (France)
Dr. Géléoc is an associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience and the second member of the hearing group at UVA. Dr. Géléoc studies the functional development of the inner ear sensory apparatus in an effort to comprehend the etiology of auditory and vestibular disorders, including those that occur with age.
Jeffrey Holt, Ph.D., 1995, University of Rochester
The third member of the hearing group, Dr. Holt is an associate professor in the departments of Neuroscience and Otolaryngology. His interests are in the genetics of age-related hearing loss and the development of gene therapy strategies to treat deafness and balance disorders.
Jeh-Ping (Serena) Liu, Ph.D., 1993, Columbia University
Dr. Liu is an associate professor in the Department of Neuroscience. Her laboratory is deciphering the molecular pathways that control the generation of different neurons. This knowledge can be used to develop stem-cell based therapies to replace neurons damaged by trauma, degenerative diseases, or aging process.
Scott Zeitlin, Ph.D., 1985, Columbia University
Dr. Zeitlin is an associate professor in the neuroscience department. Dr. Zeitlin utilizes mouse models to understand the mechanism of pathogenesis in Huntington's disease, an age-related neurodegenerative disorder affecting movement, behavior, and cognition.
Jonathan Kipnis, Ph.D., 2004, Weizmann Institute of Science (Rehovet, Israel)
Dr. Kipnis is the newest member of the faculty of the Department of Neuroscience, where he is an assistant professor. Dr. Kipnis works at the interface of the brain and the immune system with the goal of developing immune-based cognitive enhancement vaccines, therapeutics that target the immune system to benefit cognitive function.
Silvia Medrano, Ph.D., 1988, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Dr. Medrano holds an appointment as Lecturer in the Department of Neuroscience, where she is the resident expert on the growth and propagation of neural stem cells. Her research aims at understanding how to enhance the ability of stem cells isolated from the adult brain to replenish neurons that have worn-out, become damaged, or died as the brain ages.