Faculty

Neuroscience Program Faculty

Drawing from 16 different departments, the Neuroscience Program has around 100 faculty members. There are over 60 faculty who have funded research programs and laboratories and are available as research advisors to students in the Neuroscience Program. In addition, there are over 40 faculty in clinical departments who may participate in teaching and serve as consultants and collaborators with research faculty.

The major areas of research of faculty and students in the Neuroscience Program include:

  • Development and Plasticity
  • Sensory Neurobiology
  • Molecular Neurobiology
  • Behavioral and Systems Neurobiology
  • Neuropharmacology and Substance Abuse
  • Neurological Disease and Aging

Departments

  • Anesthesiology
  • Biology
  • Comparative Medicine
  • Dermatology
  • Neurobiology/Anatomy
  • Neurology
  • Neurosurgery
  • OB-GYN
  • Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Otolaryngology
  • Pathology
  • Pediatrics
  • Physiology/Pharmacology
  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
  • Radiology 









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Last Updated 3/14/2012
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Neuroscience Graduate Program (Track 6)
Program Secretary 
336-716-9243

Program Director 
336-716-4405

Ronald Oppenheim, Ph.D., Program Director
Neuroscience Graduate Program (Track 6)
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157

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