Leadership
Welcome from the Director
Emory’s graduate program in Neuroscience (NS) combines instruction in professional development with multidisciplinary scientific training to promote a successful career in neuroscience. Research training in the NS Program spans multiple domains of scientific inquiry, and most faculty undertake projects that transcend individual categories.
NS faculty research areas of inquiry
Drawn from over 20 separate departments and centers, NS faculty research efforts can be broadly separated into the following areas of inquiry:
On behalf of our collegial and highly-engaged academic community, I welcome you to learn more about our program through this web portal.
Program Leadership
Director:
Robert Liu, PhD, Professor, Biology
Director of Graduate Studies:
Year 1-2, John R. Hepler, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology
Year 3+, Shannon Gourley, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Director of Recruitment:
Gordon Berman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biology
Negar Fani, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Program Administrator (Temporary Contact):
Pakeeza Hameed
MD/PhD Liaison:
Nigel Pedersen, MBBS, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Executive Committee:
Robert Liu - Program Director, Biology
Gordon Berman - Biology
Michael Borich - Rehabilitation Medicine
Victor Faundez - Cell Biology
Jennifer Felger - Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Candace Fleischer - Radiology
Shannon Gourley - Pediatrics
John Hepler - Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
Ellen Hess - Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
Dieter Jaeger - Biology
Trisha Kesar - Rehabilitation Medicine
Stella Papa - Neurology
Nigel Pedersen - Neurology
Leah Roesch - Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology
Timothy Sampson - Physiology
Sarah Shultz - Pediatrics
Steven Sloan - Human Genetics
Yoland Smith - Neurology
Sam Sober - Biology
Jennifer Stevens - Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Rachel Bear
Elizabeth Heaton
NS Committees
Members: Mike Caudle, Madeleine Hackney, Bilal Haider, Chad Hales, Trisha Kesar, Malavika Murugan, Opal Ousley, Steve Sloan, Yoland Smith
Student Members: Sarah Blumenthal, Maha Rashid, Michel Kelberman
Jennifer Felger (Chair), Francisco Alvarez, John Hepler, Leah Roesch, Yoland Smith, Sam Sober
Student Members: Aiden Ford, Kate Heffernan
Fall: Jennifer Felger, Steve Sloan
Spring: Madeleine Hackney
Sam Sober (Chair), Anu Korukonda, Jarildy Javier
Sarah Shultz (Chair), Art English, Jie Jiang, Malavika Murugan, David Weinshenker
Dieter Jaeger (Chair), Randy Hall
Annie Goetemoeller, Jess Root
Student Co-Chairs: Alicia Lane, Yasmine Bassil
Student Members: Fisayo Aloba, Eli Chlan, Saahj Gosrani, Elizabeth Heaton, Alishah Lakhani, Maxine Robinette, Mari Rocha, Jessica Root, Juliet Santiago, Michelle Sequeira, Camille Trautman
Faculty Representatives: Trisha Kesar, Yoland Smith
Faculty Liaisons: Negar Fani, Leah Roesch, Jennifer Stevens
