Neuroscience Institute
Directors and Leadership
Directors and Leadership
Directors
Krish Sathian, MBBS, PhD
Director, Neuroscience Institute – Hershey
Welcome to the Penn State Neuroscience Institute (PSNI) at Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center! The Hershey and University Park components at PSNI work together to facilitate the interdisciplinary integration of neuroscience research (bench and clinical), education, community outreach and health care delivery, and fosters the synergies between these missions.
Nikki Crowley, PhD
Director, Neuroscience Institute – University Park
The strong academic and clinical partnership across the University Park, College of Medicine and commonwealth campuses, driven in part by Penn State Neuroscience Institute, allows for the highest caliber of discovery-based science to move from the bench to the bedside.
The institute allows trainees, graduate students, fellows, residents and scientists to work together in service of flourishing, healthy brain development at all stages of life.
Executive Committee
Krishnankutty "Krish" Sathian, MBBS, PhD
Professor and Chair, Neurology
Patricia "Sue" Grigson-Kennedy, MS, PhD
G. Thomas Passananti Professor and Chair, Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics
Erika F. H. Saunders, MD
Gerald B. Shively/Robert Y. Tan Professor in Biological Psychiatry and Chair, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Thiru Annaswamy, MD, MA
Professor and Rocco Ortenzio Chair, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Brian Spector, MPA
Operations Director, Neuroscience Institute
Advisory Committee
Debra Byler, MD
Director, Office for a Respectful Learning Environment and Ombudsperson, Penn State College of Medicine
Raymond Hohl, MD, PhD
Rice Family Foundation Professor in the Penn State Cancer Institute, Medicine
Council of Center Directors
Sonia Cavigelli, PhD
Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health
Co-Director, Center for Brain, Behavior and Cognition (CBBC)
Bruce Gluckman, PhD
Professor of Enginering Science and Mechanics
Director, Center for Neural Engineering (CNE)
Janine Kwapis, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biology
Director, Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders (CMIND)
Robert Sainburg, PhD, OTR/L
Professor of Kinesiology
Director, Center for Movement Science and Technology (C-MOST)
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