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Director, K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Center

Faculty, K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Center for Molecular Therapeutics in Neuroscience

Department Head and Matoula S. Salapatas Professor in Materials Science and Engineering

Postdoctoral fellow Danlei Chen’s research investigates how sleep-dependent neural and bodily rhythms regulate cerebrospinal fluid flow and how this process contributes to waste clearance in the human brain, aiming to uncover individual and age-related differences that shape resilience and support long-term brain health.

Isabella Fallon investigates how early changes in the gut’s nervous system affect brain health and shape Parkinson’s disease, aiming to enable earlier diagnosis and more effective treatments.

Faculty, K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Center

Faculty, K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Center

Faculty, K. Lisa Yang Integrative Computational Neuroscience (ICoN) Center

Eugene McDermott Professor in the Brain Sciences & Human Behavior

Emily Robinson studies mechanisms for how the lungs and brain communicate in asthma with the goal of developing new therapies.

Adriana Rosas is studying how sex hormones regulate neuroimmune interactions during sickness behavior.

Co-Director, K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Center for Molecular Therapeutics in Neuroscience

Faculty, K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Center

Faculty, K. Lisa Yang Integrative Computational Neuroscience (ICoN) Center

Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Co-Director, K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Center for Molecular Therapeutics in Neuroscience

Faculty, Hock E. Tan and K. Lisa Yang Center for Autism Research

Faculty, K. Lisa Yang Brain-Body Center

James and Patricia Poitras Professor of Neuroscience

Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Biological Engineering