Staff

Department Head

D. G. J. Campbell Professor and Head of Department

Rafuse, V. F., BSc (Acadia), PhD (Alberta), Neuronal development and regeneration

Professors

Baldridge, W. H., BSc (Toronto), PhD (McMaster). Structure and function of the vertebrate retina
Chauhan, B.C., BSc (Glasgow), PhD (Wales, Cardiff), MBCO, primary appointment in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Experimental glaucoma
Clarke, D., BSc (Acadia), MDCM, PhD (McGill), FRCS(C), Neuronal survival and regeneration following injury to the central nervous system, major appointmet in Surgery (Neurosurgery)
Darvesh, S., MD (Dalhousie), PhD (UNB), FRCP (C), primary appointment in Medicine (Neurology). Synthetic chemistry of neurogenerative disorders
Friedman, A., BSc, MD, PhD (Beer-Sheva). Role of vascular pathology in dysfunction of neuronal networks
Iulianella, A., BSc (McGill), PhD (Montreal). Neurogenesis and patterning of vertebrate nervous system
Kablar, B., MD, PhD (Zagreb, Pisa). Developmental relationship between skeletal myogenesis, neurogenesis, and osteogenesis
Rafuse, V. F., BSc (Acadia), PhD (Alberta). Neuronal development and regeneration
Schmidt, M., MSc, MD (Toronto), FRCP(C), primary appointment in Diagnostic Radiology. Pediatric radiology
Semba, K., BEd, MA (Tokyo), PhD (Rutgers), Brain mechanisms of sleep and wakefulness
Uher, R., MD, PhD (Charles), CCT (King's College London), primary appointment in Psychiatry. Early interventions during psychiatric diseases
Zhang, Y., BSc (Beijing), PhD (Cornell), Graduate Coordinator. Development and function of locomotor neural networks

Associate Professors

Akay, T., BEng (Egirdir-Turday), Diploma (Bielefeld-Germany), PhD (Cologne-Germany). Neuronal Control of locomotion
Calkin, C., BSc, MD (Dalhousie), CCFP, FRCPC(C), primary appointment in Psychiatry. Metabolic and neuroendocrine disorders in patients with bipolar disorder
Smith, F. M., BSc, MSc, PhD (UBC). Autonomic control of the circulation

Assistant Professors

Johnston, A., BSc (SFX), MSc (York), PhD (McMaster), neuromuscular health and repair, regenerative medicine
Weeks, A., BSc, MD (UBC), FRSC, PhD (Toronto), primary appointment in Neurosurgery. Brain tumours, invasion, and RNA stress granules

Senior Instructor

Pulakunta, T., MBBS, MD (Manipal). Medical education and human anatomy

University Teaching Fellow

Jaffar, A., MBChB (Baghdad), PhD (Nahrain). Human anatomy

Adjunct (FGS)

Franz-Odendaal, T., BSc, MSc, PhD (Univ of Cape Town, South Africa). The patterning and induction of neural crest derived bones of the skull. Associate Professor, MSVU