Staff

Research Division
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
Community Outreach and Education

Cordelia Aguirre
- Specialist IV, Project FRONTIER
- Email: cordelia.aguirre@ttuhsc.edu

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


Veronica Lopez
- Unit Manager
- Community Outreach
- Phone: 806.743.7479
- E-mail: veronica.molinar-lopez@ttuhsc.edu

Susan Thompson
- RSVP Manager
- Phone: 806.743.7451
- Email: susan.thompson@ttuhsc.edu
Research Collaborators

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

Jonathan Singer, Ph.D
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Psychology
- Phone: 806.834.5884
- Email: jonsinge@ttu.edu
Clinical Collaborators

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
Project FRONTIER Collaborators

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