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Affiliated Faculty

This list of affiliated investigators can help you identify potential research mentors at the University of Pittsburgh. PSTP students can, and do, work with mentors not on this list, but the investigators featured below have expressed interest in hosting PSTP students in their laboratories.

Kalil Abdulla, MD
Kalil Abdulla, MD
Research Areas: Cancer, Neurosurgery
Research Summary:

Brain tumors, hydrocephalus, Chiari malformations, trigeminal neuralgia, and traumatic br

Taylor Abel, MD
Taylor Abel, MD
Research Areas: Neurosurgery
Research Summary:

Neural mechanisms of visual and auditory perception.  

Sameer Agnihotri, PhD
Sameer Agnihotri, PhD
Research Areas: Cancer, Neurosurgery
Research Summary:

The Brain Tumor Biology and Therapy Laboratory studies pediatric and adult high-grade gliomas (HGG)—focusing on brain tumor signing, glioma metabolism and using genomics to identify novel and effective therapies.

Friedlander
Robert Friedlander, MD
Research Areas: Neurosurgery, Surgery
Research Summary:

The study of the basic mechanisms of apoptosis, as mediated by the caspase apoptotic family in neurologic diseases

Avniel Ghuman
Avniel Ghuman, PhD
Research Areas: Neuroscience, Neurosurgery
Research Summary:

Our lab studies what human brain networks are doing using long-timescale recordings during real world behavior, as well as how our brains process social information during natural conversations.

Gonzalez-Martinez
Jorge Gonzalez-Martinez, MD, PhD
Research Areas: Neuroscience, Neurosurgery
Research Summary:

Adult and pediatric epilepsy surgery; movement disorder surgery; neuro-oncology; general neurosurgery

Costas Hadjipanayis
Costas Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD
Research Areas: Neurosurgery
Research Summary:

Dr. Hadjipanayis and the Brain Tumor Nanotechnology Laboratory he directs focuses on translational research approaches for more effective treatment of malignant brain tumors that involve preclinical studies, imaging, rodent/larger animal  brain tumor models, and actual human clinical trials. 

Pollack
Ian Pollack, MD
Research Areas: Neurosurgery, Pediatrics
Research Summary:

Molecularly targeted therapeutics for childhood and adult brain tumors and identifying and counteracting mechanisms of glioma treatment resistance.