Neurodegeneration/Neuroimmunology

All of our faculty members have active research programs and are involved in graduate student training. Feel free to contact any of our Neuroscience Program faculty listed below by clicking on the link to their email address.

Name Email Phone Specialty
Jianxin Bao jbao@neomed.edu 330-325-6445 Ph.D., University of Florida.  Aging, Auditory Neuroscience, Gene Therapy, Stem Cell Therapy, Presbycusis, Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Tinnitus. More on Bao
Robert Clements rclement@kent.edu 330-672-2984 Ph.D., Kent State University. More on Clements
Lique Coolen jcoolen@kent.edu 330-672-8975 Ph.D. University of Nijmegen,Mechanisms by which spinal cord injury affects urogenital and sexual function, neurobiology of addiction and understanding neural circuits that mediate female reproductive function and dysfunction. More on Coolen
Christine Crish ccrish@neomed.edu 330-325-6598 Ph.D., Vanderbilt University. Glaucoma, neurodegeneration, and bone loss in Alzheimer's disease. More on Crish
Samuel Crish scrish@neomed.edu 330-325-6680 Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago. Glaucoma, axonal transport, structures and functions. More on Crish
Altaf Darvesh adarvesh@neomed.edu 330-325-6658 Ph.D., University of Cincinnati. Development of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory strategies for neoplastic an neurodegenerative diseases, as well as psychiatric disorders. More on Darvesh
Sheila Fleming sfleming1@neomed.edu 330-325-6568 Ph.D., Arizona State University. More on Fleming
Ernest J. Freeman efreema2@kent.edu 330-672-2383 Ph.D., Kent State University. Mechanisms of neurodegeneration, multiple sclerosis, mitochondrial function, glutamate, GABA and neuronal energy. More on Freeman
William P. Lynch wonk@neomed.edu 330-325-6137 Ph.D., Cornell University. Mechanisms of neurodegeneration, CNS gene therapy, RNA tumor virus pathogenesis, microglia development. More on Lynch
Jennifer A. McDonough jmcdonou@kent.edu 330-672-2383 Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University. Regenerative medicine, mitochondrial dysfunction and epigenetic mechanisms in multiple sclerosis. More on McDonough
Jeffrey Mellott jmellott@neomed.edu 330-325-6625 PhD., University of Texas at Dallas. Age-related changes to inhibitory circuitry in the auditory pathways.  More on Mellott
Bruna Mussoi bmussoi@kent.edu 330-672-0251 Ph.D. University of Iowa.  Age-related changes in speech perception, auditory electrophysiology, effects of cognition.  More on Mussoi
Moses Oyewumi moyewumi@neomed.edu 330-325-6669 Ph.D., University of Kentucky. Drug delivery, nanotechnology, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases. More on Oyewumi
Mary Ann Raghanti mraghant@kent.edu 330-672-9354 Ph.D., Kent State University. Comparative neurobiology, evolution, cognition, behavior. More on Raghanti
Angela Ridgel aridgel@kent.edu 330-672-7495 Ph.D., Marshall University. More on Ridgel