David Anderson, Ph.D.
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Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering / Georgia Tech
Research Interests: machine learning, signal processing
Nicholas Au Yong, M.D., Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
Neurosurgery / Emory
Research Interests: neuromodulation, motor control, sensorimotor integration
Paul Beach, D.O., Ph.D.
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Sr. Associate in Movement Disorders
Neurology / Emory University
Research Interests: Movement disorders, Parkinsonism, Parkinson disease, Multiple system atrophy, Autonomic Dysautonomia, Interoception
Ken Berglund, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
Neurosurgery / Emory
Research Interests: Optogenetics, chemogenetics
James Dahlman, Ph.D.
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Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering / Georgia Tech
Research Interests: Nanotechnology, RNA therapies, CRISPR, gene editing
Stewart Factor, D.O.
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Professor and Director ofthe Movement Disorder Program
Neurology / Emory University
Research Interests: Clinical trials, Parkinson's, Huntington's
Adriana Galvan, Ph.D.
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Associate Professor
Neurology and Yerkes National Primate Center / Emory
Research Interests: Basal ganglia, thalamus, non-human primate models, funtional circuits, optogenetics, chemogenetics, electrophysiology
Amanda I Gillespie, Ph.D.
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Director of Speech Pathology
Co-Director, Voice Lab
Assistant Professor Otolaryngology / Emory University
Research Interests: voice diagnostics and treatment
Matthew Gombolay
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Assistant Professor
College of Computing / Georgia Tech
Research Interests: robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning
Robert Gross, M.D., Ph.D.
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Professor
Neurology / Emory University
Research Interests: developing novel gene and computational approaches to epilepsy and Parkinson's dsease
Madeleine Hackney, Ph.D.
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Associate Professor
School of Medicine / Emory
Research Interests: Parkinson's disease, aging, older adults, dance, exercise, rehabilitation, imaging, motor control, motor learning, cognition, motor-cognition, psychosocial
Bilal Haider, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering / Georgia Tech
Research Interests: Visual cortex, perceptual behavior, visual attention, sensory-motor integration, electrophysiology, patch clamp, optogenetics
Chad Hales, M.D., Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
Neurology / Emory University
Research Interests: molecular biology, neurodegenerative diseases
Ellen Hess, Ph.D.
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Professor
Pharmacology and Chemical Biology / Emory University
Research Interests: Movement disorders, mouse models, dopamine, physiology, therapeutics
Daniel Huddleston, M.D.
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Assistant Professor
Neurology / Emory University
Research Interests: Parkinsonism MRI RBD Neuromelanin Iron
Omer Inan, Ph.D.
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Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering / Georgia Tech
Research Interests: Wearable sensing; cardiovascular physiology; autonomic sensing
Dieter Jaeger, Ph.D.
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Professor
Biology / Emory
Research Interests: basal ganglia, thalamus, motor cortex, voltage imaging, deep brain stimulation, cerebellum, electrophysiology
Anumantha Kanthasamy, Ph.D.
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John H. “Johnny” Isakson Chair and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Parkinson’s Research University of Georgia
Center for Molecular Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine
Research Interests: cellular and molecular mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease
Shella Keilholz, Ph.D.
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Professor
Biomedical Engineering / Georgia Tech / Emory
Research Interests: Functional neuroimaging
Adam M. Klein, M.D.
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Professor and Chief, Division of Laryngology
Otolaryngology / Emory University
Research Interests: Voice and swallow symptoms related to Parkinson’s
Hang Lu, Ph.D.
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Professor
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering / Georgia Tech
Research Interests: Behavioral genetics, whole-brain imaging, high throughput screening
J. Lucas McKay, Ph.D., M.S.C.R.
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Assistant Professor
Biomedical Informatics, Neurology / Emory University
Research Interests: Falls; balance; clinical research; freezing of gait; informatics
Svjetlana Miocinovic, M.D., Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
Neurology / Emory University
Research Interests: Movement disorders, deep brain stimulation, human electrophysiology, computational neuroscience, Parkinson's disease
Cassie Mitchell, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering / Georgia Tech
Research Interests: Predictive medicine, machine learning, text mining, literature based discovery, dynamical systems engineering
Joe Nocera, Ph.D.
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Associate Professor
Neurology / Emory University
Research Interests: Neuroscience, exercise, brain imaging
Chethan Pandarinath, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering / Emory
Research Interests: brain computer interfaces, machine learning, assistive devices, movement control
Stella Papa, M.D.
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Professor
Neurology / Emory University
Research Interests: Parkinson, basal ganglia circuits, experimental therapeutics
Machelle Pardue, Ph.D.
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Professor
Biomedical Engineering / Georgia Tech
Research Interests: retinal physiology, mechanisms of disease, therapeutic technologies
Boris Prilutsky, Ph.D.
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Professor
Biological Sciences / Georgia Tech
Research Interests: Neural control of movement, quadrupedal locomotion, arm reaching movements
Christopher Rozell, Ph.D.
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Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering / Georgia Tech
Research Interests: Computational neuroscience; machine learning; signal processing; closed-loop neuromodulation
Annabelle Singer, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering / Georgia Tech
Research Interests: Learning and memory, neurodegenerative disease, neural circuits, neural stimulation
Yoland Smith, Ph.D.
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Professor
Neurology / Yerkes
Research Interests: Basal ganglia, parkinson, neuroanatomy, synaptic plasticity, electron microscopy, ultrastructure, synaptic network
Garrett Stanley, Ph.D.
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Director, McCamish Program
Co-Director, GT & Emory Neural Engineering Centers
McCamish Foundation Distinguished Chair, GT & Emory University
Research Interests: control of neural circuits, sensory pathways, decision making
Lena Ting, Ph.D.
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Co-Director, Emory & GT Neural Engineering Centers
Portman Professor of Biomedical Engineering Emory University & Georgia Tech
Research Interests: Neuromechanics, Movement Control, Parkinson's disease
David Weinshenker, Ph.D.
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Professor
Human Genetics
Research Interests: Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, locus coeruleus, norepinephrine
Thomas Wichmann, M.D.
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Director, Udall Parkinson’s Disease Research Center Yerkes’ Associate Director for Scientific Programs Emory University
A Worley Brown Professor of Neurology
Research Interests: neural circuitry underlying Parkinson's disease