Faculty with expertise in neurology, neuroscience, critical care and sleep medicine, clinical immunology, genetics and genomics, and pharmacology and systems therapeutics from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai work with faculty from Rutgers University and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to conduct the Center’s research.
Center Research Investigators, 2020-2025
Giulio Maria Pasinetti, MD, PhD, Center contact PI and Project 1 Lead, Saunders Family Chair and Professor of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
James Murrough, PhD, co-PI and Project 2 Lead, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, and Director of the Depression and Anxiety Center for Discovery and Treatment, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
James Simon, PhD, Botanical Core Lead, Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology, Member New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition & Health, and Associate Director, Rutgers Center for Sensory Sciences & Innovation, Rutgers University
Mario Ferruzzi, PhD, Botanical Core, Professor, Director, Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Qing-Li Wu, PhD, CORE B, Rutgers Center for Sensory Sciences & Innovation, Rutgers University
Maxine Marchidan, Project 2, Clinical Research Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Elizabeth Karpman, Project 2, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Leah Israel, Project 2, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Matthew Dobbs, Project 2, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ronjon Banerjee, MD, Project 2, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Philip Bonanno, MD, Project 2, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Li Shen, PhD, Core A, Biostatistician, Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Molly Estill, PhD, Core A, Biostatistician, Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Julia Clark, Project 2, Program Assistant, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Susan Gursahai, Project 1, Administrative Coordinator, Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Joshua Palmieri, Project 1, Program Assistant, Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Eun-Jeong Yang, PhD, Project 1, Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Sean Naughton, PhD, Project 1, Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ruth Iban-Arias, PhD, Project 1, Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Aurelian Radu, PhD, Project 1, Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Center Research Investigators, 2015-2020
Jun Wang, PhD, Project 1 Leader and Core C Leader, Associate Professor of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Wei Zhao, PhD, Project 2 Leader, Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Andrew Varga, MD, Project 2 Leader, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Lap Ho, PhD, Project 3 Leader, Associate Professor of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jeremiah Faith, PhD, Project 3 Leader, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and of Medicine, Clinical Immunology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Richard Dixon, PhD, Core B Leader, Professor of Biological Sciences and Distinguished Research Professor, University of North Texas
Ming Hu Han, PhD, Core C Leader, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics and of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
James Simon, PhD, Core B Leader, Director of The New Use Agriculture and Natural Plant Products Program, Rutgers University
Patrick Hof, MD, Core A Investigator, Regenstreif Professor of Neuroscience and Vice-Chair for the Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Qing-Li Wu, PhD, Core B Investigator, Assistant Research Professor in the New Use Agriculture and Natural Plant Products Program, Rutgers University
Shrishalim Yemul, PhD, Associate Researcher, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Libby Ward, Associate Researcher, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Susan Gursahai, Program Manager and Overall Administration
Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, Project 1 Collaborator, Professor of Oncological Science and of Medicine (Hem/Onc division), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jeffrey Gordon, MD, Project 3 Collaborator, Director of Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology and Professor of Pathology/Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine
Stephen Salton, MD, PhD, Core A Collaborator, Professor of Neuroscience and of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Gregory Elder, MD, Core B Collaborator. Research Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Reginald Miller, MD, Core C Collaborator, Associate Professor and Director of Center for Comparative Medicine and Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Edwin Ted Abel, PhD, Project 2 Consultant, Brush Family Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Stephen Talcott, PhD, Project 3 Consultant, Professor of Food Chemistry, Texas A&M University
Simoni Tiano, Associate Researcher, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
James Schmeidler, PhD, Statistician, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and of Biomathematical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Tai Frolinger, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Chad Smith, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Benjamin Lucas, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ming Hu, PhD, External Advisory Committee Chair, Professor of Pharmaceutics, University of Houston College of Pharmacy
Tracy Bale, PhD, External Advisory Committee Member, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania
Ronald Duman, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology, Yale University
David Dinges, PhD, Professor of Sleep and Chronobiology, University of Pennsylvania
Federico Rey, PhD, External Advisory Committee Member, Assistant Professor of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Breanna Valcarcel, Associate Researcher, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Risham Singh, Associate Researcher, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Sterre de Boer, Medical Exchange Student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Adelaida Esteban-Fernandez, PhD Candidate
Stephen Sims, Associate Researcher, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ali Sharma, PhD, Senior Scientist, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai