Staff
Research Division
Boris Decourt, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, TTUHSC School of Medicine
• Phone: (806) 743-1012
• Email: BDecourt@ttuhsc.edu
Samudani Dhanasekara, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, TTUHSC SOM
• 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
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, Neurology Department
• Phone: (806) 743-3613
• E-mail: Maria.Manczak@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, Memory Clinic Director
• Phone: (806) 743-3961
• Email: Jonsinge@ttu.edu
Hongmin Wang, Ph.D.
Professor, Pharmacology And Neuroscience, TTUHSC School of Medicine
• Phone: (806) 743-7089
• Email: Hongmin.Wang@ttuhsc.edu
Community Outreach and Education
La'Cette Avila
Patient Service Specialist, Memory Clinic
• Phone: (806) 743-6465
• Email: LacetteAvila.Martinez@ttuhsc.edu
Joan Blackmon, M.B.A.
Specialist IV, Lubbock RSVP
• Phone: (806) 743-1217
• Email: Joan.Blackmon@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
Barbara Singer
Coordinator, Community Outreach & Education
• Phone: (806) 743-6474
• Email: Basinger@ttuhsc.edu
Research Collaborators
Deborah J. Clegg, Ph.D.
Professor, Vice President For Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
El Paso, Office of Research, El Paso, Texas
• Email: dclegg@ttuhsc.edu
Gail A. Cornwall, Ph.D.
Professor, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, TTUHSC School of Medicine
• Phone: (806) 743-2687
• Email: Gail.Cornwall@ttuhsc.edu
Petar Grozdanov, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, TTUHSC School of Medicine
• Phone: (806) 743-6809
• Email: Petar.Grozdanov@ttuhsc.edu
Josee Guindon, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, D.V.M. Veterinary, TTUHSC School of Medicine
• Phone: (806) 743-6745
• Email: Josee.Guidon@ttuhsc.edu
Min Hee Kang, PharmD
Associate Vice President, Office of Research, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, SOM Cancer Center, TTUHSC
School of Medicine
• Email: Min.Kang@ttuhsc.edu
Andrey L. Karamyshev, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, TTUHSC School of Medicine
• Phone: (806) 743-4102
• Email: Andrey.Karamyshev@ttuhsc.edu
Li Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice & Pharmaceutical Sciences, TTUHSC School of Pharmacy
• Email: Li.Li@ttuhsc.edu
Naima Moustaïd-Moussa, Ph.D.
Horn Distinguished Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Associate Vice President for Research
Director, Obesity Research Institute, TTU
• Phone: (806) 834-7946
• Email: Naima.Moustaid-Moussa@ttu.edu
Igor Ponomarev, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, TTUHSC School of Medicine
• Phone: (806) 743-1381
• Email: Igor.Ponomarev@ttuhsc.edu
Clinical, Educational, And Project Frontier Collaborators
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
• Phone: (806) 743-9202
• Email: Alyce.Ashcraft@ttuhsc.edu
Mirla Avila, M.D.
Associate Professor, Neurology, TTUHSC School of Medicine
• Email: Mirla.Avila@ttuhsc.edu
Gayle Ayers, D.O.
Associate Professor, Psychiatry, TTUHSC School of Medicine
• Phone: (806) 743-2800
• Email: Gayle.Ayers@ttuhsc.edu
John Bertelson, MD
Associate Professor and Medical Director, Neurology, TTUHSC School of Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Medical Director
• Email: John.Bertelson@ttuhsc.edu
Keith Bishop, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medical Education, TTUHSC School of Medicine
• Email: Keith.Bishop@ttuhsc.edu
Michael Blanton, Ph.D.
University Distinguished Professor, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, TTUHSC School of Medicine
Associate Vice President for Research
Senior Associate Dean, TTUHSC
• Phone: (806) 743-3496
• Email: Michael.Blanton@ttuhsc.edu
John Culberson, MD
Professor and Medical Director, Family and Community Medicine, Bernhard T. Mittemeyer, MD
Endowed Chair in Medical Excellence in Geriatric Medicine, TTUHSC School of Medicine
• Phone: (806) 743-6033
• Email: John.Culberson@ttuhsc.edu
John DeToledo, MD
Dean, Vernon and Elizabeth Haggerton Chair in Neurology
Professor and Chair, Neurology, TTUHSC School of Medicine
• Phone: (806) 743-2391
• Email: John.Detoledo@ttuhsc.edu
Chanaka Kahathunduwa, M.D.
Resident Physician, Neurology, TTUHSC School of Medicine
• Email: Chanaka.Kahathuduwa@ttuhsc.edu
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
• Phone: (806) 743-2815
• Email: Leslie.Shen@ttuhsc.edu
Stephanie Stroever
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education, Lubbock, TTUHSC
• Phone: (806) 743-4222
• Email: Stephanie.Stroever@ttuhsc.edu
Sarah Wakefield, M.D.
Professor & Chair, Psychiatry, School of Medicine, TTUHSC
• Email: Sarah.Wakefield@ttuhsc.edu
External Collaborators
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