People
Leadership
John J. Foxe, PhD
Director of Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
Neuroscience
(585) 275-1964
Madalina Tivarus, PhD
Director of UR CABIN
Imaging Sciences/Neuroscience
(585) 276-7328
Jianhui Zhong, PhD
Associate Director
Imaging Sciences/BME/Physics
(585) 273-4518
Tanzil Arefin, PhD
Associate Director for Preclinical Imaging
Neuroscience
(585) 273-4518
Kathleen Jensen, MHSA
Executive Director
The Ernest J. Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience
(585) 276-8730
Team
Edmund Kwok, PhD
MRI Physicist
Imaging Sciences
Coil Design/Hardware Issues
MR Safety Expert
(585) 275-6506
Henry Wang, MD, PhD
MR Safety Radiologist
Imaging Sciences
Evi Vanoost
Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience IT Director
(585) 275-4549
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Steve Robida
IT
(585) 273-4165
Pamela Zachary, R.T. (R)(ARRT)
Lead MRI Technologist
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Susan Wall, R.T. (R)(MR)(ARRT)
MRI Technologist
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Laboratories at UR CABIN
Arefin Lab - Neuroimaging techniques and computational tools to study the changes in brain functions and microstructures in animal models of human disorders
Frederick J. and Marion A. Schindler Cognitive Neurophysiology Lab - Cognitive Neurophysiology, MoBI
Computational Neuroscience of Audition Lab - Computational Neuroscience of Audition
Garcea Lab - Advance understanding of the cognitive and neuroanatomic mechanisms underlying human tool use
Keane Lab - Vision & Psychosis
Lalor Lab - Explore quantitative modeling approaches to the analysis of sensory electrophysiology in humans
Pain and Perceptions Lab - Understanding the neural mechanisms that transform nociceptive input to painful perceptions in humans and how these mechanisms change in chronic pain
Spectrum Brain Lab - Advance understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying various processes of autism in order to facilitate the development of mechanism-informed supports and interventions
Zhong Lab - MRI Research
ZVR Lab - PTSD research leveraging virtual reality (VR), multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and machine learning
Richard Barbano, MD, PhD
Neurology
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A Phase 2 multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study in subjects with late prodromal and early manifest Huntington's disease (HD) to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinectics and efficacy of VX15/2503 (SIGNAL)
Jeffrey Bazarian, MD, MPH
Bazarian Lab
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1) A Novel Tool for Field Assessment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
2) Is Tau a biomarker of sub-concussive head hits during a single sporting contest?
Farran Briggs, PhD
Briggs Lab
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Research on the mechanisms of visual spatial attention
Rashid Deane, PhD
Deane lab
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CSF MRI in mice
Gregory DeAngelis, PhD
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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1) Neural Basis of Depth Perception
2) Neural Mechanisms for Perceiving Object Motion During Self-Motion
David Dodell-Feder, PhD
Social Cognition & Psychopathology (SCP) Lab
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Social Brain Study
Marvin Doyley, PhD
Parametric Imaging Research Laboratory
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Brain MRE
Ian Fiebelkorn, PhD
Fiebelkorn Laboratory
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Flexible allocation of the brain’s limited processing resources in attention, perception, and working memory
Julie Fudge, MD
Fudge Laboratory
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Anatomy and neurochemistry of brain regions associated with symptoms in major psychiatric illnesses
Manuel Gomez-Ramirez, PhD
The Haptics Laboratory
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Understanding the neural mechanisms that mediate sensation and action with our hands
Suzanne Haber, PhD
Pharmacology & Physiology
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Basal ganglia and degenerative diseases
Johanna Hamel, MD
Neurology
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Understanding of the underlying molecular mechanism in myotonic dystrophy type 1 and type 2
David N. Herrmann, MBBCh
Neurology
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A Phase 2 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of ACE-083 in Patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Types 1 and X
Adnan Hirad, MD, PhD
Surgery
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fMRI executive control
Krystel Huxlin, PhD
Huxlin Lab
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Effect of Visual Retraining on Visual Loss Following Visual Cortical Damage
Michelle C. Janelsins-Benton, PhD
Cancer Control & Psychoneuroimmunology Laboratory
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Longitudinal Pilot Mechanistic Study of the Effects of Chemotherapy on Cognitive Function in Breast Cancer Patients and Non-Cancer Control
Ian Robert Kleckner, PhD, MPH
Director Cancer Control Mind & Body Lab
Associate Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore
A Feasibility Pilot Study on the Effects of Exercise on Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy and Interoceptive Brain Circuitry
Wing-Chi Edmund Kwok, PhD
Kwok Lab
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1) Novel Techniques to Study Structure-Function Relationships in Preterm Lung Disease
2) Three-Dimensional In-Vivo Measurement of Lumbar Spine Segmental Motion using UTE MRI-Ultrasound Registration: A Pilot Study
Jonathan Leckenby, MBBS, PhD
Leckenby Lab
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Peripheral nerve regeneration/degeneration and vascularized composite allotransplantation
Alayna Loiselle, PhD
Loiselle Lab
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Identify novel strategies to improve flexor tendon healing
William H. Merigan, Jr., PhD
Merigan Lab
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Biological visual restoration; Organization of visual cortex in humans and non-human primates
Doran S. Mix, MD
Cardiovascular Engineering Lab
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Thomas G. O'Connor, PhD
Psychiatry
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UPSIDE (Understanding Pregnancy Signals and Infant Development) and ECHO
Jason Ozubko, PhD
Psychiatry
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Cognitive and neuropsychological properties of human memory
Elise Piazza, PhD
Brain & Cognitive Sciences
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Understand the natural statistics of the building blocks of communication
Webster H. Pilcher, MD, PhD
Neurosurgery
Wilmot Cancer Institute
Pediatrics
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Organization of Cognitive Processes Supporting Object Knowledge in the Altered Brain
George A. Porter, Jr., MD, PhD
Pediatrics
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CHD Brain & Genes
Liz Romanski, PhD
Romanski Lab
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Organization and functions of the primate prefrontal cortex
Bogachan Sahin, MD, PhD
Neurology
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1) Fluoxetine for Visual Recovery after Ischemic Stroke
2) The Effect of Stroke on the Cognitive Organization of Object Knowledge
3) Cognitive Organization of Object Knowledge after Stroke
Marc H. Schieber, MD, PhD
Schieber Lab
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Voluntary Control of Neuronal Activity
Giovanni Schifitto, MD, MS
Neurology
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1) Role of Myeloid Cells in Cerebrovascular Permeability and Reactivity in Older HIV Infected Individuals
2) Effects of cART Long-Term Exposure on Neuronal Function and Brain Microstructure in HIV infected Individuals ART Naive starting cART
3) Effects of Long-Term Pre-Exposure Prophylaxix on Neuronal Function and Brain Microstructure in HIV Un-infected Individuals
Ruth B Schneider, MD
Neurology
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Care of patients with movement disorders
Steven Silverstein, PhD
Psychiatry
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Impairments of perceptual function and organization in schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders
Adam Snyder, PhD
ADAMSlab
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Identifying selective visual attention mechanisms through high-dimensional analysis
Rabi N. Tawil, MD
Neurology
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1) A Phase 2 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of ACE-083 in Patients with Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
2) Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD) Clinical Trial Foundations
3) FSHD Longitudinal Biomarker Preparatory Study
George Edward Vates, MD, PhD
Neurosurgery
Wilmot Cancer Institute
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Early visual cortex plasticity and white matter changes associated with GH and IGF-1
updated October 2022