Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Neuroscience associated faculty welcome undergraduate students interested in research to work hands on in their laboratories.

Students interested in both volunteering and those interested in taking independent research credits are welcome.

Participating Faculty

Courtney DeVries.

Courtney DeVries, PhD

Positions: Professor, Medicine; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Deputy Director, WVU Cancer Institute Administration; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM); Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Organization: West Virginia University

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Randy Nelson.

Randy Nelson, PhD

Positions: Professor & Chair, Department of Neuroscience; Hazel Ruby McQuain Chair for Neurological Research; Director, Basic Science Research, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM); Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Organization: West Virginia University

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Andrew M. Dacks.

Andrew M. Dacks, PhD

Position: Professor, Department of Biology, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Organization: West Virginia University

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Melissa Blank.

Melissa Blank, PhD

Positions: Faculty Researcher, WV Prevention Research Center; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Organization: West Virginia University

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Richard Vaglienti.

Richard Vaglienti, MD, MBA, FASA

Positions: Associate Professor, Medical Director Center for Integrative Pain Management, Anesthesiology; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM); Associate Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
Organization: West Virginia University

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Sonikpreet Aulakh.

Sonikpreet Aulakh, MBBS, MD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Medicine; Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Oncology; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM); Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
Organization: West Virginia University

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Julie Brefczynski-Lewis.

Julie Brefczynski-Lewis, PhD

Positions: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Research Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Organization: West Virginia University

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Mariya Cherkasova.

Mariya Cherkasova, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Organization: West Virginia University

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Kevin Daly.

Kevin Daly, PhD

Positions: Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Organization: West Virginia University

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Valeriya Gritsenko.

Valeriya Gritsenko, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Human Performance - Physical Therapy; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Organization: West Virginia University

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Martin Hruska.

Martin Hruska, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Organization: West Virginia University

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James W. Lewis.

James W. Lewis, PhD

Positions: Professor & Vice-Chair for Education, Department of Neuroscience; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Organization: West Virginia University

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Paul Lockman.

Paul Lockman, PhD, BSN

Positions: Professor, Benedum Fellow and the Mylan Endowed Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences; Senior Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Initiatives, School of Pharmacy, Office of the Dean; Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs; Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Organization: West Virginia University

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Gary Marsat.

Gary Marsat, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Organization: West Virginia University

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Kathleen Morrison.

Kathleen Morrison, PhD

Positions: Assistant Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Department of Neuroscience; Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Organization: West Virginia University

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Sergiy Yakovenko.

Sergiy Yakovenko, PhD

Positions: Associate Professor, Human Performance - Exercise Physiology; Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience; Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
Organization: West Virginia University

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