Neuroscience: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Dr. Borna Bonakdarpour

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor of Neurology

Field: Aging, Communications, Music, Neurology

Focus Areas: Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Improvisation , Medical Imaging, Mental Health, Music Theory and Composition, Neurobiology, Neurodegenerative Disease, Neuroscience, Telemedicine

Michael Brook

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Field: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, Public Health

Focus Areas: Criminology, Mental Health, Neuroscience, Public Policy, Social Justice, Violent Crime and Prevention

Dr. Sherry Hsiang-Yi Chou

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chief, Division of Neurocritical Care

Field: Global Health, Neurology

Focus Areas: Aneurysms, Neuroscience, Stroke

Julius Dewald

McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor and Chair of the department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, Professor in Biomedical Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Focus Areas: Biomechanics, Biophysics, Neuroscience, Pain Management, Robotics, Stroke

Francesca R Farina

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Medical Social Sciences

Field: Data Science, Epidemiology, Global Health, Preventive Medicine, Psychology, Public Health

Focus Areas: Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Health Equity and Disparities, Neurodegenerative Disease, Neuroscience

Dr. Colin Franz

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, The Graduate School

Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and of Neurology

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Human Biology, Neurology, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Focus Areas: ALS, Neurobiology, Neurodegenerative Disease, Neuroscience, Precision Medicine, Regenerative Medicine, Therapeutics, Wearable Technology

Jordan H. Grafman

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Neurology, Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Center, Department of Psychiatry

Field: Neurology, Psychology

Focus Areas: Gaming, Neuroscience, Social Psychology

Philip E. Hockberger

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Field: Research Administration

Focus Areas: Biomedicine, Biophysics, Cell Imaging, Neuroscience, Physiology

Dr. Babak S. Jahromi

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Vice Chair, Regional Neurosurgery, Northwestern Medicine

Field: Neurology, Radiology, Surgery

Focus Areas: Aneurysms, Clinical Research, Medical Imaging, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Neuroscience, Stroke

Elizabeth Johnson

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences, Pediatrics, and Psychology

Field: Human Development, Medical Social Sciences, Neurology, Pediatrics, Psychology

Focus Areas: Memory, Network Science, Neuroscience

Nina Kraus

School of Communication

Professor of Neurobiology & Physiology, Otolaryngology

Field: Communications Sciences and Disorders

Focus Areas: Auditory Processing, Language Learning and Processing, Multilingualism, Music Education, Neuroscience

Dr. Rimas V. Lukas

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor Neurology

Field: Neurology

Focus Areas: Brain Cancer, Neuroscience, Spinal Medicine

Dr. Marco Martina

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor of Neuroscience

Field: Neurology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Focus Areas: Biophysics, Chronic Pain, Neuroscience

Richard Miller

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology

Field: Pharmacology

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Use, Arthritis, Diabetes, Drug Development, Neuroscience, Opioid Addiction, Pain Management

Todd Murphey

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Field: Robotics

Focus Areas: Biomechanics, Human-Machine Interaction, Machine Learning and Automation, Neuroscience

Elizabeth Norton

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, School of Communication

Jane Steiner Hoffman and Michael Hoffman Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Field: Communications Sciences and Disorders, Human Development, Linguistics, Medical Social Sciences, Neurology, Psychology

Focus Areas: Autism, Childhood Development, Childhood Education, Child Psychology, Communication Skills, Infant Health, Language Learning and Processing, Neuroscience

Hande Ozdinler

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor of Neurology

Field: Neurology

Focus Areas: ALS, Cell Biology, Cell Imaging, Drug Development, Neurobiology, Neurodegenerative Disease, Neuroscience

Ken A. Paller

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Psychology

Field: Psychology

Focus Areas: Memory, Neuroscience, Sleep

Jones Parker

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Field: Neurology, Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Focus Areas: Addiction and Substance Use, Antidepressant Medications, Neurobiology, Neurodegenerative Disease, Neuroscience, Parkinson's Disease, Schizophrenia, Therapeutics

Dina Simkin

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Research Assistant Professor

Field: Molecular Biosciences, Pharmacology

Focus Areas: Biophysics, Cell Biology, Epilepsy, Neurobiology, Neuroscience

Fred W. Turek

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Neurobiology

Field: Neurology, Sleep Medicine

Focus Areas: Circadian Rhythms, Jet Lag, Neurobiology, Neuroscience, Sleep

Joel L. Voss

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Adjunct Associate Professor

Field: Neurology, Psychology

Focus Areas: Memory, Neuroscience

Hui Zhang

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Professor of Preventive Medicine

Field: Data Science, Preventive Medicine

Focus Areas: Data Science, Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, Neuroscience, Statistics and probability