Isakson Center for Neurological Disease Research

Kanthasamy Lab in the News

• Synergistic Idea Award Highlights – Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
• Three more UGA faculty elected to NAI – UGA Office of Research
• Inaugural Isakson Chair and GRA Eminent Scholar named – UGA Today
• Skin Samples May Aid Early Diagnosis of Parkinson’s, Study Suggests – Parkinson’s News Today
• Diagnosing Parkinson’s disease with skin samples could lead to earlier detection – Iowa State University
• The signs and symptoms of Parkinson’s disease – Medical News Today
• Georgia Bulldogs roll out big numbers for Mark Richt’s ‘Dawg Bowl’ – AJC

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Isakson Center for Neurological Disease Research Faculty

Core Faculty

• Anumantha G. Kanthasamy – Director, GRA Eminent Scholar and John H. “Johnny” Isakson Chair for Parkinson’s Research
• Arthi Kanthasamy – Professor
• Vellareddy Anantharam – Part-Time Professor
• Shaolin Liu – Associate Professor
• Greg Philips – Professor
• Jason Richardson – Professor
• Hui Zhang – Associate Professor

Affiliated Faculty

• Karin Allenspach, DVM, PhD Professor, Pathology; Clinical Medicine, gastroenterology and Immunology
• Deborah Barany, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Neuroscience
• Michael Bartlett, Ph.D. Professor, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences; Neuroscience
• Haini Cai, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Cellular Biology; Neuroscience
• Brett A Clementz, Ph.D. Professor, Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience, Director, BioImaging Research Center
• Julie Coffield, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Physiology and Pharmacology; Toxicology; Neuroscience
• David Crich, Ph.D. Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Affiliate Member, Center for Molecular Medicine.
• Claire De La Serre, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
• Art Edison, Ph.D. GRA Eminent Scholar, CCRC, Professor of BMB/Genetics/IOB
• Jonathan Eggenschwiler, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Genetics; Neuroscience
• Travis Glenn, Ph.D. Professor, Bioinformatics; Toxicology
• Tai L. Guo, Ph.D. Professor, Toxicology; Neuroscience
• Robert Haltiwanger, Ph.D. Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Neuroscience GRA Eminent Scholar in Biomedical Glycosciences
• Billy Hammond, Ph.D. Professor, Neuroscience
• Gerald Hart, Ph.D. Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Member, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
• Shelley Hooks, Ph.D. Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Interim Associate Department Head for Research and Faculty Development, Associate Vice President, Office of the VPR
• Jesse Hostetter, Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Pathology
• Phil V Holmes, Ph.D. Professor, Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program, Dept of Psychology, Medical Partnership Faculty
• Natalia Ivanova, Ph.D. Professor, Dept. of Genetics, Associate Member, Center for Molecular Medicine.
• Daichi Kamiyama, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Cellular Biology; Neuroscience
• Natarajan Kannan, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Professor of the Institute of Bioinformatics
• Lohitash Karumbaiah, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Animal and Diary Science, member Regenerative Bioscience Center.
• Eileen Kennedy, Ph.D. Dr. Samuel C. Benedict Professor, Interim Associate Department Head, Dept. of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
• James Lauderdale, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Cellular Biology; Neuroscience Program Chair
• Dexi Liu, Ph.D. Professor, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences; Neuroscience
• Tianming Liu, Ph.D. Professor, Bioinformatics; Neuroscience
• Jennifer McDowell, Ph.D. Professor, Neuroscience
• L. Stephen Miller, Ph.D. Director of Bio-imaging Research Center, Professor; Neuroscience
• Jon Mochel, DVM. Ph.D. Professor, Pathology; Pharmacology and Neuroscience
• Puliyur MohanKumar, Ph.D. Meigs Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences
• Sheba MohanKumar, Ph.D. Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences
• Emily Noble, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Nutritional Sciences
• Karen Norris, Ph.D. Professor, Center for Vaccines and Immunology, Department of Infectious Diseases, GRA Eminent Scholar in Immunology/Translational Biomedicine
• Assaf Oshri, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Neuroscience
• Lisa M. Renzi-Hammond, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Co-director of Cognitive Aging Research and Education (CARE) Center
• Arthur Roberts, Ph.D. Professor, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences; Toxicology
• Jayshree Samanta, MBBS/PhD, Associate professor, Biomedical Sciences, Myelin disorders
• Fabio Santori, Ph.D. Associate Research Scientist, Center for Molecular Medicine.
• Walter K. Schmidt Jr., Ph.D. Professor, Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar Biochemistry & molecular Biology; Neuroscience
• Ping Shen, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Cellular Biology; Neuroscience
• Steven Stice, Ph.D. Professor, GRA Eminent Scholar, Dept. of Animal and Dairy Science, Director of the Regenerative Bioscience Center
• Anne Summers, Ph.D. Professor, Microbiology; Toxicology
• Michael Tiemeyer, Ph.D. Distinguished Research Professor, Co-director, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, Interim Director, Center of Molecular Medicine
• Lance Wells, Ph.D. Distinguished Research Professor and GRA Distinguished Investigator, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Director of Integrated Life Sciences, Member of Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
• Franklin West, Ph.D. Professor, Animal and Diary Science, Co-Chair, Regenerative Bioscience Center,
• Catherine White, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences; Toxicology
• Yao Yao, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Animal and Dairy Science, Member of the Regenerative Bioscience Center
• Nadja Zeltner, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Cellular Biology and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Associate Member, Center for Molecular Medicine