Program Faculty + Staff
NSURE Program Coordinator
Jarrod Call
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology (Exercise Science Programs)
Research Interests: Skeletal muscle physiology, mitochondrial physiology, regenerative medicine, muscle electrophysiology
Julie Coffield
NSURE Co-PI
Research Interests: Toxicology, neurotoxicology, cellular mechanisms of Botulinum neurotoxins
Adriana Copley
NSURE Program Assistant
Jonathan Eggenschwiler
Associate Professor, Genetics
Research Interests: Genetic analysis of mouse development, cell fate specification in the embryonic central nervous system, patterning of the body plan’s left-right axis
Nik Filipov
Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology
Research Interests: Neurotoxicology, neuroimmunology, communication of the nervous systems in health and disease, basal ganglia disorders
James Lauderdale
NSURE PI
Research Interests: Cells and disease, cells in development
Sheba MohanKumar
Associate Professor, Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging
Research Interests: Neuroendocrine immune interactions in the context of reproduction and stress, prenatal stress and programming of obesity, environmental exposures and their impact on stress and reproduction, biomarker development for various human diseases
Emily Noble
Assistant Professor, Foods and Nutrition
Research Interests: Feeding behavior, physical activity, energy expenditure, mechanisms by which diet and exercise affect the brain and cognitive function
Jesse Schank
Assistant Professor, Neuroscience; Physiology & Pharmacology
Research Interests: The role of stress and neuropeptides in drug-seeking behavior using behavioral pharmacology, neuroanatomy, and molecular neuroscience.
Frank West
Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Regenerative Medicine
Research Interests: Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide. We explore the potential of neural stem cells and other regenerative therapies to recover lost and damaged brain tissue. We utilize a novel pig ischemic stroke model in conjunction with magnetic resonance imaging, cognitive, motor function testing and histology.