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Director, Neuroscience Institute – Hershey

Krish Sathian, MBBS, PhD

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.

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Nikki Crowley, PhD

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

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Erika F. H. Saunders, MD

Gerald B. Shively/Robert Y. Tan Professor in Biological Psychiatry and Chair, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

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Nikki Crowley, PhD
Nikki Crowley, PhD

Director - University Park, Neuroscience Institute

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Advisory Committee

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Debra Byler, MD

Director, Office for a Respectful Learning Environment and Ombudsperson, Penn State College of Medicine

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Raymond Hohl, MD, PhD

Rice Family Foundation Professor in the Penn State Cancer Institute, Medicine

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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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