Faculty and Staff
Tenured and Tenure Track
Department Chair
Professor
Neural circuits of anxiety in PTSD and Alzheimer’s Disease, Neuropeptide Y, development of NPY sensitive microelectrodes
Professor
Brain circuits that control taste and feeding behaviors. Teaching: Head and neck anatomy.
901.448.1633
Associate Professor
901.448.8497
Professor
901.448.2309
Associate Professor
Brain and development, gene expression, drugs of abuse including alcohol
901.448.2643
Associate Professor
901.448.2178
Assistant Professor
Basal ganglia, neural circuits of motivation in schizophrenia and alcohol use disorder
901.448.5957
Associate Professor
901.448.7470
Professor
Development, organization, and reorganization of sensorimotor cortex, modeling phantom limb sensation and pain
901.448.5796
Non-Tenure Track
Assistant Professor
Dysfunction of GABAergic interneurons, synaptic dynamics, and circuit function in animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders.
901.448.5965
Instructor
901.448.2812
Assistant Professor
Reorganization of somatosensory cortex, mechanism of phantom limb sensation and pain
901.448.6933
Joint Faculty Appointments
Chair
Professor
Psychiatry
Associate Professor
Ophthalmology
901.448.2721
Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery
901.523.8990
Assistant Professor
Ophthalmology
901.448.7830
Professor
Ophthalmology
901.448.7572
Professor
Pharmaceutical Sciences
901.448.2935
Associate Professor
Physical Therapy
901.448.4792
Professor
Ophthalmology
901.448.7740
Professor
Neurology
901.448.4648
Mark H. Myers, PhD
Assistant Professor
Ophthalmology
mmyers25@uthsc.edu
Professor
Pediatric Clinical Neurosciences
901.287.6391
Professor
Neurology
901.448.7384
Affiliated Appointments
Assistant Professor
Anatomy & Neurobiology
Assistant Professor
Anatomy & Neurobiology
Assistant Professor
Anatomy & Neurobiology
Alessandra D'Azzo, PhD
Affiliated Professor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
alessandra.dazzo@stjude.org
Peter McKinnon, PhD
Affiliated Professor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
peter.mckinnon@stjude.org
Heather Mefford, PhD
Affiliated Professor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
heather.mefford@stjude.org
James Morgan, PhD
Affiliated Professor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
jim.morgan@stjude.org
Junmin Peng, PhD
Affiliated Professor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
junmin.peng@stjude.org
Lindsay Schwarz, PhD
Affiliated Professor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
lindsay.schwarz@stjude.org
David Solecki, PhD
Affiliated Professor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
david.solecki@stjude.org
Paul J. Taylor, MD, PhD
Affiliated Professor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
jpaul.taylor@stjude.org
Stanislav S. Zakharenko, MD, PhD
Affiliated Professor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
stanislav.zakharenko@stjude.org
Adjunct Faculty
Emeritus Faculty
William Armstrong, PhD
Emeritus Professor
warmstro@uthsc.edu
Robert Foehring, PhD
Emeritus Professor
rfoehrin@uthsc.edu
Marcia Honig, PhD
Emeritus Professor
mhonig@uthsc.edu
Hitoshi Kita, PhD
Emeritus Professor
hkita@uthsc.edu
Randall Nelson, PhD
Emeritus Professor
rnelson@uthsc.edu
Anton J. Reiner, PhD
Emeritus Professor
areiner@uthsc.edu
Jack Wilson, PhD
Emeritus Professor
jwilson@uthsc.edu
Administrative Staff
Department Staff
Sr. Administrative Associate
Anatomy & Neurobiology
901.448.9959
Administrative Associate
Anatomy & Neurobiology
901.448.5965
College of Medicine Administrative Staff
Assistant Director
Basic Sciences Administration
Ordeathia R. Bogard
HR Coordinator
Basic Sciences Administration
Tanesha Davis
Administrative Associate III
Basic Sciences Administration
twashi19@uthsc.edu
Brooklyn Griffin
Grants/Contracts Coordinator
Basic Sciences Administration
Travel Accounting
Basic Sciences Administration