Mentors

Faculty Name	Rank	Department	Research Interest
Johns Hopkins University
Peter Barker, DPhil	Professor	Radiology	Neuroimaging, MRI, MR spectroscopy in HIV infection
Amanda Brown, MD, PhD	Instructor	Neurology	Mechanisms of HIV persistence in macrophages
Janice Clements, PhD	Professor	Comparative Medicine	Molecular Virology and Viral Pathogenesis of SIV Models
Robert Cotter, PhD	Professor	Pharmacology	Proteomics of CSF and brain from HIV patients
David Graham, PhD	Assist. Professor	Comparative Medicine	Metabolomics of CSF and brain from HIV patients and SIV models
Norman Haughey, PhD	Assoc. Professor	Neurology	Pathogenesis of central nervous system complications associated with HIV and AIDS
William Latimer	Professor	Mental Health	Neurobehavioral models of HIV and Addiction
Wenxue Li, PhD	Instructor	Neurology	Synaptodendric injury in HAND
Joseph Mankowski, PhD	Professor	Comparative Medicine	Pathogenesis of HIV-induces CNS, PNS and heart disease using the SIV/macaque model
Justin C McArthur, MD, MBBS, MPH	Professor	Neurology, Epidemiology	Neurological manifestations of HIV infection; neuroepidemiology, therapeutic development, clinical trial design, studies of pathogenesis
Carlos Pardo, MD	Assoc. Professor	Neurology, Pathology	Neuropathology and Immunopathology of AIDS associated neurological disorders
Martin Pomper, MD, PhD	Professor	Radiology	Use of novel PET scanning and MRI techniques for monitoring neuronal recovery and injury in humans and animal models of HIV infection
Ned Saktor, MD	Professor	Neurology	HIV dementia epidemiology, surrogate markers, pathogenesis, and treatment
Ola Selnes, PhD	Professor	Neurology	Neurocognitive studies in HIV infection
Richard Skolasky	Assoc. Professor	Orthopedics, Neurology, Biostatistics	Statistical analytical techniques in neuroepidemiology and clinical trials of neuro-AIDS
Joseph Steiner, MD	Assoc. Professor	Neurology	Mechanisms of neuroprotection; Drug discovery for neuroprotection and recovery; translational research
M. Christine Zink, DVM, PhD	Professor	Comparative Medicine	Pathogenesis od primate lentiviral diseases as models of HIV-1 infection
University of Puerto Rico
Lasalde, Jose	Professor	Biology	Nicotinergic receptors in macrophages and their role in HIV infection
Menendez, Loyda	Professor	Microbiology	Surrogate markers for HIV dementia
Miller, Mark	Professor	Anatomy	Dopaminergic systems in HIV infection
Silva Ortiz,Walter	Professor	Physiology	Role of astrocytes in neurodegenerative diseases
Wojna, Valerie	Professor	Neurology	Neuroendocrine axis in HIV dementia
University of Hawaii
Chang, Linda	Professor	Neurology and Radiology	PET and MRI/MRS in HIV dementia and drug abuse
Lu, Yuanan	Assoc. Professor	Microbiology	Monocyte migration and drug delivery to brain
Nerurkar, Vivek	Professor	Microbiology, Tropical Medicine	Molecular epidemiology of HIV and JC Virus
Shiramizu, Bruce	Professor	Medicine	AIDS lymphomas, CSF in HIV dementia