Staff Members
Director: Dr. Ted Abel
Associate Director: Dr. Jennifer Heerding
Program Coordinator: Miss Maxine Hobson
Faculty Members
Dr. Ted Abel, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Steven Arnold, Department of Psychiarty, School of Medicine
Dr. Tracy Bale, Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Rita Balice-Gordon, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Dr. Kendra Bence, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Dr. Wade Berrettini, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, School of Medicine
Dr. Oliver Berton, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Dr. Julie Blendy, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine
Dr. David Brainard, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Edward Brodkin, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Dr. Maja Bucan, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Dr. Gregory Carlson, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Dr. Anjan Chatterjee, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Dr. Dorothy Cheney, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Diego Contreras, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Dr. Douglas Coulter, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Dr. Peter Crino, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Dr. John Detre, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Dr. Marc Dichter, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Dr. David Dinges, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Dr. Richard Doty, Director of Clinical Smell and Taste Research Center
Dr. Russell Epstein, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Martha Farah, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Eduardo Fernandez-Dugue, Department of Anthropology, School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Loretta Flanagan-Cato, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Steven Fluharty, Vice Provost for Research
Dr. Marcos Frank, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Dr. Namni Goel, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Dr. Joshua Gold, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Dr. Joel Greenberg, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Dr. Harvey Grill, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Murray Grossman, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Dr. Raquel Gur, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Dr. Ruben Gur, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Dr. Judd Hollander, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine
Dr. Amishi Jha, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Kelly Jordan-Scuitto, Department of Pathology, School of Dentistry
Dr. Max Kelz, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine
Dr. Sangwon Kim, Professor of Neurobiology, School of Medicine
Dr. Virginia Lee, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine
Dr. Irwin Levitan, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Dr. Jon Lindstrom, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Dr. James Loughead, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Dr. Irwin Lucki, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Dr. David Meaney, Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering
Dr. Javier Medina, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Richard Miselis, Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Adrian Morrison, Department of Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Isabel Muzzio, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Robert Neumar, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine
Dr. Andrew Newberg, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
Dr. M. Frank Norman, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Michael Nusbaum, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Dr. Charles O'Brien, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Dr. Allan Pack, Sleep Center and Respiratory Neurobiology, School of Medicine
Dr. Larry Palmer, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Dr. R. Arlen Price, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Dr. Edward Pugh, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine
Dr. David Raizen, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Dr. Jonathan Raper, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Dr. Robert Rescorla, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. James Saunders, Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine
Dr. Brian Salzberg, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Dr. Marc Schmidt, Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Robert Schultz, Regional Autism Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Dr. Michael Selzer, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Dr. Robert Seyfarth, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Steven Siegel, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Dr. Steven Thomas, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine
Dr. Sharon Thompson-Schill, Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Sigrid Veasey, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Dr. Daniel Yee, Department of Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Zhaolan (Joe) Zhou, Department of Genetics, School of Medicine
Adjunct Faculty Members
Dr. Gary Beauchamp, Monell Center, University City Sciences Center
Dr. Paul Breslin, Monell Center, University City Sciences Center
Dr. Charles Horn, Monell Center, University City Sciences Center
Dr. Jennifer Heerding, University of Pennsylvania, BBB Program
Dr. Nedra Lexow, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology
Dr. Michael Kaplan, Laboratory Instructor, BBB Program
Dr. Judith McLean, Monell Center, University City Sciences Center
Dr. John Teeter, Monell Center, University City Sciences Center
Dr. Ronald Ulm, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania


BBB Student Research: Images show the pattern of reticulospinal neuron labeling in 4 day old wild type (top) and slytherin mutant (bottom) embryos after retrograde labeling of rhodamine dextran applied to the 12th somite post spinal cord transection. Each picture is a single plane projection of a confocal stack of multiple images. Work was performed by Magdalena Reyes with Dr. Rita Balice Gordon.