Garrison Institute on Aging Staff
Garrison Institute on Aging Staff Directory
Yong Chen, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
• Phone: 806.743.2455
• Email: Yongchen.Chen@ttuhsc.edu
Boris Decourt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, TTUHSC School of Medicine
• Phone: 806.743.1012
• Email: BDecourt@ttuhsc.edu
Samudani Dhanasekara, MD, MS, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Garrison Institute on Aging
• Phone: 806.743.2378
• Email: Samudani.Dhanasekara@ttuhsc.edu
Ruben Gonzales, B.A.
Senior Director, Business Manager
• Phone: 806.743.2408
• Email: Ruben.Gonzales@ttuhsc.edu
Tasha Hendley
Assistant Director, Finance
• Phone: 806.743.7805
• Email: Tasha.Hendley@ttuhsc.edu
Ashly Hindle
Senior Research Associate
• Phone: 806.743.3032
• Email: Ashly.Hindle@ttuhsc.edu
J. Josh Lawrence, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
• Phone: 806.743.3887
• Email: John.Lawrence@ttuhsc.edu
Julie Medina, B.A.
Associate Director, Finance
• Phone: 806.743.3809
• Email: Julie.Medina@ttuhsc.edu
Volker Neugebauer, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer, Garrison Institute on Aging, Mildred and Shirley L. Garrison Chair Aging
University Distinguished Professor and Chair, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
• Office: 5C192A
• Phone: 806.743.3880
• Email: Volker.Neugebauer@ttuhsc.edu
Jonathan Singer, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist, TTU Memory Clinic Director, TTUHSC Garrison Institute on Aging
• Phone: 806.743.9401
Hongmin Wang, Ph.D.
Professor, Pharmacology And Neuroscience, TTUHSC School of Medicine
• Phone: 806.743.7089
• Email: Hongmin.Wang@ttuhsc.edu
Clarissa Acevedo
Senior PSS, Memory Clinic
Phone: 806-743-9401
Gayle Ayers, D.O.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry, TTUHSC
Co-Medical Director, Memory Clinic, Garrison Institute on Aging
John Bertelson, M.D.
Associate Professor and Medical Director, Neurology, TTUHSC School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Medical Director
Alayna Jump
Clinic Manager, Memory Clinic
- Phone: 806-743-9401
Brityn Kirby
PSS, Memory Clinic
- Phone: 806-743-9401
Jonathan Singer, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist, TTU
Memory Clinic Director, TTUHSC Garrison Institute on Aging
- Phone: 806-743-9401
Cordelia Aguirre
Coordinator, Project FRONTIER
• Email: Cordelia.Aguirre@ttuhsc.edu
Erin Baker
Project ECHO Coordinator
• Phone: 806.743.9317
• Email: Erin.M.Baker@ttuhsc.edu
Joan Blackmon, M.B.A.
Specialist IV, Lubbock RSVP
• Phone: 806.743.1217
• Email: Joan.Blackmon@ttuhsc.edu
Janie De La Cerda
Project ECHO Coordinator
• Phone: 806.743.6466
• Email: Janie.Delacerda@ttuhsc.edu
Jacob Franco
Coordinator, Community Outreach & Education
• Phone: 806.743.3420
• Email: jacob.franco@ttuhsc.edu
Veronica Lopez, B.S.
Director of Community Outreach And Education
• Phone: 806.743.7479
• E-mail: Veronica.Molinar-Lopez@ttuhsc.edu
Christy Mendoza
Specialist IV, Project FRONTIER
• Email: Men28904@ttuhsc.edu
Barbara Singer
Coordinator, Community Outreach & Education
• Phone: 806.743.6474
• Email: Basinger@ttuhsc.edu
Deborah J. Clegg, Ph.D.
Professor, Vice President For Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, Office of Research, El Paso, Texas
Gail A. Cornwall, Ph.D.
Professor, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, TTUHSC School of Medicine
Petar Grozdanov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, TTUHSC School of Medicine
Josee Guindon, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, D.V.M. Veterinary, TTUHSC School of Medicine
Min Hee Kang, PharmD
Associate Vice President, Office of Research, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, SOM Cancer Center, TTUHSC School of Medicine
Andrey L. Karamyshev, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, TTUHSC School of Medicine
Li Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice & Pharmaceutical Sciences, TTUHSC School of Pharmacy
Naima Moustaïd-Moussa, Ph.D.
Horn Distinguished Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Associate Vice President for Research
Director, Obesity Research Institute, TTU
Igor Ponomarev, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, TTUHSC School of Medicine
Duke Appiah, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health
Alyce Ashcraft, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.E., F.N.G.N.A., A.N.E.F.
University Distinguished Professor
Associate Dean for Research Scholarship, Glenna Roberts Endowed Practiceship in Geriatric Nursing,
TTUHSC School of Nursing
Mirla Avila, M.D.
Associate Professor, Neurology, TTUHSC School of Medicine
Keith Bishop, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medical Education, TTUHSC School of Medicine
Michael Blanton, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, TTUHSC School of Medicine
Associate Vice President for Research
Senior Associate Dean, TTUHSC
John Culberson, M.D.
Professor and Medical Director, Family and Community Medicine, Bernhard T. Mittemeyer, MD
Endowed Chair in Medical Excellence in Geriatric Medicine, TTUHSC School of Medicine
John DeToledo, M.D.
Dean, Vernon and Elizabeth Haggerton Chair in Neurology
Professor and Chair, Neurology, TTUHSC School of Medicine
Chanaka Kahathunduwa, M.D.
Resident Physician, Neurology, TTUHSC School of Medicine
Kelly Mitchell, M.D.
Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Co-Director, ROP Service, Faculty, West Texas VA Healthcare System, TTUHSC School of Medicine
Leslie Shen, Ph.D., C.C.R.P.
Associate Dean for Research and Professor, Pathology, TTUHSC School of Medicine
Stephanie Stroever
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education, Lubbock, TTUHSC
Sarah Wakefield, M.D.
Professor & Chair, Psychiatry, School of Medicine, TTUHSC
Kevin F. Bienick, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Brain Bank Director, Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
Brittany Dugger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medcicine, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA
C. Dirk Keene, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Lab Medicine & Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Director of Neuropathology Fellowship Program, Associate Director & Precision Neuropathology Core Leader, ADRC, Seattle, WA
Gladys Maestre, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Neurosciences and Human Genetics, Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Claudia Satizabal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Glenn Biggs Institute For Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases, UT Health Sciences At San Antonio, TX
Sudha Seshadri, M.D.
Professor and Director, Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases, UT Health Science at San Antonio