Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Expertise on Development and Disabilities

Brain Development

Brain imaging
John C. Gore, Ph.D., Chancellor's University Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Director of Vanderbilt Institute of Imaging Science

Brain plasticity
Ford Ebner, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Cell Biology

Jon Kaas, Ph.D., Centennial Professor of Psychology and Professor of Cell Biology

Pat Levitt, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Director of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center

Drugs of abuse and brain development
Gregg Stanwood, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Early development of central nervous system
Chin Chiang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology

Genetics of brain development
Kendal Broadie, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Sciences

Ronald B. Emeson, Ph.D., Joel G. Hardman Chair in Pharmacology; Associate Professor

Pat Levitt, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Director of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center

Andrew J. Link, Ph.D., Ingram Assistant Professor of Cancer Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Neurotransmitters
Randy Blakely, Ph.D., Allan D. Bass Chair in Pharmacology, Professor of Pharmacology, and Director of Vanderbilt Center for Molecular Neuroscience

Roger Colbran, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Eric Delpire, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Elaine Sanders-Bush, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry, and Director of Vanderbilt Brain Institute

Vision and sensory systems
Vivien Casagrande, Ph.D., Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Psychology and Ophthalmology

Jon Kaas, Ph.D., Centennial Professor of Psychology and Professor of Cell Biology