The UT Neuroscience Institute competitively awarded 2017 Postdoctoral/Research Associate Awards to the following seven candidates with mentors in the Neuroscience Institute: Safa Bouabid (Pharmacology, Dr. Fu-Ming Zhou), Mounir Bendahmane (Anatomy and Neurobiology, Dr. Maxwell Fletcher), Kamalika Mukherjee (Pharmacology, Dr. Kafait Malik), Dhruba Pathak (Anatomy and Neurobiology, Dr. Dr. Robert Foehring), Mohammad Khan (Neurology, Dr. Mark LeDoux), Raji Lenin (Ophthalmology, Dr. Raja Gangaraju), and Mohammed Moustafa (Ophthalmology, Dr. Monica Jablonski). The awardees were selected by the Neuroscience Executive Committee based on their productivity and promise in neuroscience research.

Previous Awardees

• 2016: Wei Wei, Physiology - Dr. Kristen O'Connell
• 2016: Mounir Bendahmane, Anatomy & Neurobiology - Dr. Max Fletcher
• 2016: Kamalika Mukherjee, Pharmacology - Dr. Kafait Malik
• 2016: Dhruba Pathak, Anatomy & Neurobiology - Dr. Robert Foehring
• 2015: Wei Wei, Physiology - Dr. Kristen O'Connell
• 2015: Wenyan Han, Pharmacology - Dr. Hao Chen
• 2015: Mounir Bendahmane, Anatomy and Neurobiology - Dr. Max Fletcher
• 2015: Kamalika Mukherjee, Pharmacology - Dr. Kafait Malik
• 2015: Mallika Palamoor, Ophthalmology - Dr. Monica Jablonski
• 2015: Dhruba Pathak, Anatomy and Neurobiology - Dr. Robert Foehring
• 2014: Satya Vemula, Neurology - Dr. Mark LeDoux
• 2014: Wenyan Han, Pharmacology - Dr. Hao Chen
• 2014: Shengyuan Ding, Pharmacology - Dr. Fu-Ming Zhou
• 2014: Eloisa Pavesi, Anatomy and Neurobiology - Dr. Maxwell Fletcher
• 2014: Snigdha Roy, Anatomy and Neurobiology - Dr. Robert Williams
• 2013: Shengyuan Ding, Pharmacology - Dr. Fu-Ming Zhou
• 2013: Megan Mulligan, Anatomy and Neurobiology - Dr. Robert Williams
• 2013: Eloisa Pavesi, Anatomy and Neurobiology - Drs. Maxwell Fletcher/Scott Heldt
• 2013: Shankar Swaminathan, Ophthalmology - Dr. Monica Jablonski
• 2013: Satya Vemula, Neurology - Dr. Mark LeDoux

• 2013: Nobel Del Mar, Anatomy and Neurobiology - Dr. Marcia Honig
• 2012: Aditya Singh, Pharmacology - Dr. Alex Dopico
• 2012: Wenbo Ge, Anatomy and Neurobiology - Dr. Marcia Honig
• 2012: Ying Cao, Anatomy and Neurobiology – Dr. Detlef Heck
• 2012: Liyuan Li, Ophthalmology – Dr. Monica Jablonski
• 2012: Nora Urraca, Neurology – Dr. Larry Reiter
• 2012: Christina Winborn, Ophthalmology – Dr. Edward Chaum
• 2012: Yu Zhao, Neurology – Dr. Mark LeDoux
• 2011: Ying Cao, Anatomy and Neurobiology – Dr. Detlef Heck
• 2011: Brett Jennings, Pharmacology – Dr. Kafait Malik
• 2011: Liyuan Li, Ophthalmology – Dr. Monica Jablonski
• 2011: Aditya Singh, Pharmacology – Dr. Alex Dopico
• 2011: Kenichi Tokita, Anatomy and Neurobiology – Dr. John Boughter
• 2011: Nora Urraca, Neurology – Dr. Larry Reiter
• 2011: Christina Winborn, Ophthalmology – Dr. Edward Chaum
• 2011: Mao Yang, Anatomy and Neurobiology – Dr. Marcia Honig
• 2011: Yu Zhao, Neurology – Dr. Mark LeDoux
• 2010: Anna Bukiya, Pharmacology – Dr. Alex Dopico
• 2010: Paula Dietrich, Physiology – Dr. Ioannis Dragatsis
• 2010: Brett Jennings, Pharmacology – Dr. Kafait Malik
• 2010: Juhyon Kim, Anatomy and Neurobiology – Dr. Hitoshi Kita
• 2010: Guohua Liang, Physiology – Dr. Jonathan Jaggar

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Neuroscience Institute
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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Memphis, TN 38163
Phone: (901) 448-5960
Fax: (901) 448-4685

Physical Address
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Director:
William E. Armstrong, PhD

Co-Director:
Anton J. Reiner, PhD

Administrative Aide:
Summer Hillman

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