People
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Ted Abel
Professor and Chair
Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Director, Iowa Neuroscience Institute
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Alexander Bassuk, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair
Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
Department of Neurology
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Emine Ozgur Bayman, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics
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Christopher Benson, MD
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
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Ruth L. Chimenti, DPT, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
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Laura Frey Law, MPT, PhD
Professor
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
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Katherine Hadlandsmyth, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesia
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry - Psychology
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Keela Herr, BSN, PhD
Associate Dean, College of Nursing
Co-Director, John A. Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence
Kelting Professor of Nursing
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Matthew Howard, MD
John C. VanGilder Chair in Neurosurgery
Department Executive Officer, Department of Neurosurgery
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Otolaryngology
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Rainbo Hultman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
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Catherine Marcinkiewcz, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
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Barbara Rakel, BSN, PhD
Professor
College of Nursing
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Andrew Russo, PhD
Professor
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Department of Neurology
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Aliasger Salem, PhD
Lyle and Sharon Bighley Endowed Chair and Professor
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics
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Kathleen Sluka, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Professor
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
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Stefan Strack, PhD
John Paul Long Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Professor of Pathology
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Yuriy Usachev, PhD
John Paul Long Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Professor of Anesthesia