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, 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
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
Sonikpreet Aulakh, MBBS, MD
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Medicine
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Oncology
- Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Member, WVU Cancer Institute Research Programs
- Organization
- West Virginia University
Melissa Blank, PhD
- Position
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Organization
- West Virginia University
Richard Vaglienti, MD, MBA, FASA
- Positions
- Professor, Medical Director Center for Integrative Pain Management, Anesthesiology
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Professor, Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Organization
- West Virginia University
Julie Brefczynski-Lewis, PhD
- Positions
- Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Research Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Organization
- West Virginia University
Mariya Cherkasova, PhD
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Organization
- West Virginia University
Kevin Daly, PhD
- Positions
- Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Organization
- West Virginia University
Valeriya Gritsenko, PhD
- Positions
- Professor, Human Performance - Physical Therapy
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Organization
- West Virginia University
Martin Hruska, PhD
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Organization
- West Virginia University
James W. Lewis, PhD
- Positions
- Professor & Vice-Chair for Education, Department of Neuroscience
- Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Organization
- West Virginia University
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
Gary Marsat, PhD
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Organization
- West Virginia University
Kathleen Morrison, PhD
- Positions
- Assistant Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Department of Neuroscience
- Assistant Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Organization
- West Virginia University
Sergiy Yakovenko, PhD
- Positions
- Professor, Human Performance - Exercise Physiology
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Associate Professor, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Organization
- West Virginia University