
Neuroscience Faculty: Possible Independent Study Mentors
USC encourages all undergraduates to participate in Independent Study activities outside the formal class room. Independent Study offers students the opportunity to experience hands on learning and to develop personal relationships with a deeper core of the University than they can through classes alone. To encourage this experience, the Neuroscience Minor requires that students gain Independent Study research experience in neuroscience. Below is a list of Neuroscience researchers in the many disciplines that contribute to our understanding of the nervous system. In order to conduct research, a student should arrange to do an independent study course with a suitable neuroscience mentor. You sign up for the course by filling out an independent study form with your mentor, getting the required signatures and bring the form to the Registrar's Office. Your advisor will have to sign the form and can help you with the process.
College of Arts and Sciences Department of Biological Sciences |
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Shannon Davis | Developmental Neurobiology |
Robert Friedman |
Bioinformatics, evolutionary biology |
Amar Kar | Neurodegeneration |
Sofia Lizarraga | Neuronal morphogenesis and development |
Fabienne Poulain | Neurodevelopment and neurogenerative disorders |
Deanna Smith | Migration and cellular trafficking in the adult nervous system |
Daniel Speiser | Structure, function and evolution of visual systems |
Jeff Twiss | Neuron growth and injury responses |
Department of Philosophy | |
Anne Bezhuidenhout | Philosophy of Mind |
Tom Burke | Philosophy of logic and cognitive science |
Department of Psychology | |
Amit Almor | Psycholinguistics, memory and attention in mind and brain |
Rose Booze | Behavioral and molecular neuroscience |
Jessica Bradshaw | Early identification and intervention of Autism Spectrum Disorder |
Scott Decker | Neuropsychological assessment of children |
Rutvik Desai | Language and meaning in the brain |
Jessica Green | Neural mechanisms of human attention and perception |
Steven Harrod | Nicotine-induced sex differences in adult rats |
Sandra Kelly | Consciousness, meditation and the brain |
Charlie Mactutus | Behavioral Neuroscience |
Melanie Palomares | Cognitive neuroscience and vision |
John Richards | Developmental cognitive neuroscience |
Jane Roberts | Biological mechanisms underlying developmental disorders |
Chris Rorden | Brain injury, stroke and behavioral changes |
Jeff Schatz | Cognitive neuroscience |
Svetlana Shinkareva | Development and application of quantitative methods to neuroimaging data |
Jennifer Vendemia | Understanding how cognitive and personality variables moderate pain perception |
Doug Wedell | Judgment and decision making |
College of Computer Science and Engineering |
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Melissa Moss | Protein aggregation in Alzeimer's Disease |
John Rose | Computational neuroscience and machine intelligence |
Song Wang | Computational neuroscience |
College of Pharmacy |
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Yangmei Li | Development drugs for pain management |
Sajish Mathew | NAD+ metabolism and signaling in Neurobiology |
Misha Shtutman | Functional gemonmics |
Jun Zhu | Mechanisms underlying dysfunction of the human dopamine transporter |
Arnold School of Public Health |
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Roozbeh Behroozmand | Neuroscience of Speech Production and Motor Control |
Dirk Den Ouden | Neurolinguistics |
Daniel Fogerty | Speech perception |
Julius Fridriksson | Aphasia recover after stroke using MRI techniques |
Troy Herter | Motor rehabilitation |
Jessica Klusek | Autism and fragile X syndrome |
William Matchin | Neurolinguistics |
Davis Moore | Concussion and functional outcomes |
Jill Stewart | Neural control of movement |
USC School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience |
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Jim Fadel | Anatomy and function of forebrain dopamine and acetylcholine systems |
Janet Fisher | Functional properties of the GABA receptor and its role in epilepsy |
Norma Frizzell | Mitochondrial metabolism in neurodegenerative/neurodevelopmental disorders |
Fiona Hollis | |
Michy Kelly | Molecular mechanisms of memory and social deficits |
Alex McDonald | Anatomy of cholinergic circuitry in the amygdala |
Joseph McQuail | Brain aging, chronic stress and memory loss |
David Mott | Alterations of hippocampal neurons/synapse in epilepsy |
Ana Pocivavsek | Molecular mechanisms of sleep and cognitive dysfunction |
Larry Reagan | Stress, metabolic disorders, and hippocampal neuroplasticity |
Marlene Wilson | Neuropharmacology of anxiety and stress |
Susan Wood | Depression, stress and the brain |