Staff

Divya Burugu

• Research Scientist
• Phone: 806.743.7636
• Email: Divya.Burugu@ttuhsc.edu

Ruben Gonzales

• Director, GIA Research and Alzheimer's Brain Bank
• Phone: 806.743.2408
• Email: Ruben.Gonzales@ttuhsc.edu

J. Josh Lawrence, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
• Phone: 806.743.3887
• Email: john.lawrence@ttuhsc.edu

Maria Manczak, Ph.D.

• Research Assistant Professor 
• Phone: 806.743.3613
• E-mail: maria.manczak@ttuhsc.edu

Volker Neugebauer, M.D., Ph.D.

• Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer, Garrison Institute on  Aging
• Mildred and Shirley L. Garrison Chair in Aging
• Professor and Chair, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
• Research interests and expertise: Emotional-affective and cognitive brain mechanisms in pain and neuropsychiatric disorders. Neuroplasticity in the limbic system, including amygdala. Neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease. 
• Office: 5C192A
• Phone: (806) 743-3880
• Email: volker.neugebauer@ttuhsc.edu

Kandi Quesada, M.P.H

• Associate Director
• Phone: 806.743.7630
• Email: kandi.quesada@ttuhsc.edu

Linda Yin

• Senior Research Associate
• Phone: 806.743.2717
• Email: Linda.Yin@ttuhsc.edu

 

Gabriela Ashworth, Ph.D.

• Research Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
• Manager, Grants and Publication
• Co-Director, Project FRONTIER
• Research interests: public health, chronic disease epidemiology, community-based health promotion and chronic disease prevention
• Phone: 806.743.7633
• Email: Gabriela.Ashworth@ttuhsc.edu

Joan Blackmon

• Specialist IV, Community Care Partner Program
• Phone: 806.743.1217
• Email: Joan.Blackmon@ttuhsc.edu

Veronica Lopez

• Manager, Retired and Senior Volunteer Program
• Unit Manager, Community Outreach
• Phone: 806.743.7479
• E-mail: veronica.molinar-lopez@ttuhsc.edu 

Annette Boles

• Director, Community Outreach and Education
• Phone: 806.743.7821
• E-mail: annette.boles@ttuhsc.edu 

Susan Thompson

• Coordinator 
• Phone: 806.743.7451
• Email: susan.thompson@ttuhsc.edu

Gail A. Cornwall, Ph.D.

• Professor, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
• Phone: 806.743.2687
• Email: gail.cornwall@ttuhsc.edu

Josee Guindon, DVM, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience 
• DVM Veterinary
• Phone: 806.743.6745
• Email: josee.guidon@ttuhsc.edu

Andrey L. Karamyshev, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
• Russian Academy of Sciences
• Phone: 806.743.4102
• Email: andrey.karamyshev@ttuhsc.edu

Igor Ponomarev, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
• Phone: 806.743.1381
• Email: igor.ponomarev@ttuhsc.edu

Kevin Pruitt, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor, Immunology
• Phone: 806.743.2523
• Email: kevin.pruitt@ttuhsc.edu

Alyce Ashcraft, Ph.D., RN, CNE, FNGNA, ANEF

• Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship
• University Distinguished Professor
• Glenna Roberts Endowed Practiceship in Nursing
• Phone: 806.743.9202
• Email: alyce.ashcraft@ttuhsc.edu

John Culberson, MD

• Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine
• Bernhard T. Mittemeyer, M.D., Endowed Chair in Medical Excellence in Geriatric Medicine
• Director, Garrison Institute on Aging, Clinical Geriatric Programs
• Phone: 806.743.6033
• Email: john.culberson@ttuhsc.edu

John DeToledo, MD

• Vernon & Elizabeth Haggerton Chair in Neurology
• Professor and Chair
• Department Chairperson, Neurology
• Phone: 806.743.2391
• Email: john.detoledo@ttuhsc.edu

Parunyou Julayanont, MD

• Corinne Payne Wright Regent Endowed Chair in Alzheimer's Disease
• Assistant Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology
• Director, Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Clinic
• Phone: 806.743.1171
• Email: p.julayanont@ttuhsc.edu

Duke Appiah, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health
• Email: duke.appiah@ttuhsc.edu

 

Theresa Byrd, RN, Dr.PH

• Associate Dean and Chair
• Julia Jones Matthews Department of Public Health
• Phone: 806.743.1195
• Email: theresa.byrd@ttuhsc.edu