Faculty
| NAME | DEPARTMENT | RESEARCH / CLINICAL INTEREST / TOOLS / EXPERTISE | |
| Aldrich, Eric | Neurology | ealdrich@jhmi.edu | |
| Bakshi, Rahul | Clinical Pharmacology | jbarrow@jhmi.edu | Anti-infective drug development, trypanosomes, malaria, HIV |
| Barrow, Jim | Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences | jbarrow@jhmi.edu | medicinal chemistry; getting small molecules across the BBB |
| Bergles, Dwight | Neuroscience | dbergles@jhmi.edu | astrocyte cell signaling; regulation of blood flow; vascular development |
| Bigos, Kristi | Lieber Institute | kristi.bigos@libd.org | |
| Brem, Henry | Neurosurgery | hbrem@jhmi.edu | Brain tumors |
| Bressler, Joseph | KKI | jbressl1@jhu.edu | |
| Buchler, Ingrid | Lieber Institute | ingrid.buchler@libd.org | |
| Calabresi, Peter | Neurology | Calabresi@jhmi.edu | Multiple sclerosis |
| Dawson, Ted | Neurology | tdawson@jhmi.edu | Neurodegenerative disease |
| DePasquale, Michael | Lieber Institute | michael.depasquale@libd.org | |
| Dumler, Steve | Pathology-Medical Microbiology | sdumler@jhmi.edu | |
| Farahani, Keyvan | Radiology – Diagnostic Radiology | farahani@nih.gov | Imaging |
| Gerecht, Sharon | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | gerecht@jhu.edu | vascular differentiation & engineering; stem cells – pluripotent & adult; microfluidics for shear & hypoxic cues; biomaterials for delivery & diff. |
| Gottesman, Rebecca | Neurology | rgottesm@jhmi.edu | infectious diseases; african trypanosomes |
| Grab, Dennis | Pathology-Medical Microbiology | dgrab1@jhmi.edu | infectious diseases; african trypanosomes |
| Green, Jordan | Biomedical Engineering – Cell & Tissue Engineering | green@jhu.edu | |
| Grossman, Stuart | Oncology Center-Brain Cancer | grossman@jhmi.edu | |
| Harvey, Vanessa | Radiology/Nuclear Medicine | vmerino1@jhmi.edu | |
| Haughey, Norman | Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neurological Infections | nhaughe1@jhmi.edu | biological membranes; neurodegenerative disease; lipidomic/ metabolite by mass spec |
| Holdhoff, Matthias | Oncology Center | mholdho1@jhmi.edu | |
| Hristova, Kalina | Materials Science & Engineering | kh@jhu.edu | bridging the BBB with designer peptides – vehicles for drug delivery |
| Huganir, Richard | BSi/Neuroscience | rhuganir@jhmi.edu | |
| Janowski, Mirek | neuroibis@gmail.com | ||
| Jimison, Leslie | Applied Physics Laboratory | Leslie.Jimison@jhuapl.edu | |
| Kannan, Sujatha | Pediatric Anesthesiology | skannan3@jhmi.edu | |
| Kleinberg, Larry | Radiation Oncology & Molecular Radiation Sciences | kleinla@jhmi.edu | clinical problem of understanding how affects of therapy on BBB affect imaging & increase drug delivery |
| Koehler, Raymond | Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine | rkoehler@jhmi.edu | stroke; TBI; neurvascular coupling |
| Kupfer, Avi | Cell Biology | akupfer@jhmi.edu | imaging of bacterial crossing of BBB in vitro; multidimensional imaging of the immune synapse |
| Laterra, John | Neurology | jlaterr1@jhmi.edu | |
| Lee, Gabsang | Neurology | glee48@jhmi.edu | |
| Leigh, Rich | Neurology – Cerebrovascular Medicine | rleigh4@jhu.edu | MRI quantification of BBB disruption using gadolincum based imaging; stroke; hemorrhage; vascular dementia; multiple sclerosis |
| Lutty, Jerry | Ophthalmology | glutty@jhmi.edu | |
| Mao, Hai-Quan | Materials Science & Engineering | hmao@jhu.edu | artificial matrix; stem cell engineering; tissue engineering |
| Meyers, David | Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences | dmeyers7@jhmi.edu | |
| Moghekar, Abhay | Neurology | am@jhmi.edu | in-vivo & in-vitro models of assessing BBB function; kinetics of BBB transport |
| Ostrow, Lyle | Neurology | lostrow1@jhmi.edu | Astrocytes; Astrocyte-endothelial cell interactions; Endothelins; cellular mechanosensation |
| Ostrovska, Lyubov | Johns Hopkins University SCiTerra | ostrovl@yahoo.com | brain/ cancer treatment |
| Ostrow, Lyle | Neurology – Neuromuscular Medicine | lostrow1@jhmi.edu | astrocytes; astrocyte-endothelial cell interactions; endothelins; cellular mechanosensation |
| Pardo-Villamizar, Carlos | Neurology | cpardov1@jhmi.edu | |
| Paredes, Daniel | Lieber Institute | daniel.paredes@libd.org | |
| Pearl, Monica | Interventional Neuroradiology | msmit135@jhmi.edu | Interested in optimizing uptake in the pons, specifically for the intra-arterial treatment of pontine gliomas in children. Expertise in neurovascular technical experience (i.e. intra-arterial, catheter based delivery, image guidance, etc. |
| Pomper, Martin | Radiology – Neuroradiology | mpomper@jhmi.edu | Synthesizing imaging agents that are capable of reaching targets within the brain and the development of drugs that will enable chemotherapeutics and other agents to gain access to the CNS. We have developed a medium-throughput assay for inhibitors of the ABCG2 MDR pump and would like to test them in relevant models to see if any can enhance CNS access of compounds of interest. |
| Rojas, Camilo | Brain Science Institute – NeuroTranslational Program | crojas2@jhmi.edu | |
| Rangaramanujam, Kannan | Ophthalmology | krangar1@jhmi.edu | |
| Redmond, Kristin | Radiology | kjanson3@jhmi.edu | |
| Romer, Lew | Anesthesiology & Pediatric Critical Care Medicine | lromer@jhmi.edu | microvasculogenesis; endothelial cell-matrix adhesion; EC cytoskeleton and signaling; interactions between non-receptor tyrosine kinases and rho family GTPases; mechanotransduction in EC growth |
| Rothstein, Jeff | Neurology-Neuromuscular Medicine | jrothstein@jhmi.edu | |
| Savonenko, Alena | Pathology | asavone1@jhmi.edu | |
| Searson, Peter | Materials Science & Engineering | searson@jhu.edu | physics of the BBB; engineered artificial brain capillary |
| Shapiro, Terry | Medicine – Clinical Pharmacology | tshapiro@jhmi.edu | African trypanosomes |
| Smith, Wanli | Psychiatry | wsmith60@jhmi.edu | |
| Spangler, Jamie | Biomedical Engineering | jamie.spangler@jhu.edu | Protein engineering |
| Stins, Monique | Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neurological Infections | mstins@jhmi.edu | BBB modeling; primary cell isolation; activation of microbes |
| Sun, Sean | Mechanical Engineering | ssun@jhu.edu | mathematical modeling; intracellular & extracellular transport; role of molecular motors; cell biophysics |
| Tierney, Elaine | Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences-Child Psychiatry | tierney@kennedykrieger.org | (interest) lipids- cholesterol & apolipoproteins role in transport in BBB; (expertise) psychiatry, behavioral phonotyping/ description |
| Troncoso, Juan | Pathology | troncoso@jhmi.edu | |
| Wahl, Richard | Radiology/Nuclear medicine | rwahl@jhmi.edu | |
| Walczak, Piotr | Radiology | pwalcza1@jhu.edu | |
| Wang, Jian | Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine | jwang79@jhmi.edu | intracerebral hemorrhage; neuroportection; BBB protection |
| Zink, Chris | Molecular & Comparative Pathobiology | cz@jhmi.edu | intracerebral hemorrhage; neuroportection; BBB protection |
Postdocs
| NAME | DEPARTMENT | RESEARCH / CLINICAL INTEREST / TOOLS / EXPERTISE | |
| Alnasser, Yossef | Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine | yalnass1@jhmi.edu | |
| Chu, Chengyan | Walczak Lab | dychuchengyan@hotmail.com | Postdoc |
| Furmanski, Orion | Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine | ofurman1@jhmi.edu | blood-spinal cord barrier permiability & chromic pain/ remodeling after injury; (cardio)vascular remodeling in hypoxia & pulmonary hypertension; developed recombinant resistin family (especially HIMF/FIZZ) proteins |
| Hayes, Lindsay | Molecular Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences | lhayes14@jhmi.edu | |
| Jackson, Sadhana | Neuro-Oncology & Brain Cancer Program | sjacks78@jhmi.edu | |
| Jiang, Mali | Psychiatry & Neuobiology | mjiang5@jhmi.edu | neurodegeneration |
| Nance, Elizabeth | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | enance2@jhu.edu | |
| Passeri, Eleonora | Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences | epasser1@jhmi.edu |
Students
| NAME | DEPARTMENT | RESEARCH / CLINICAL INTEREST / TOOLS / EXPERTISE | |
| Alkhunaizi, Fatimah | Grad – Cognitive Science | fatimah@jhu.edu | Microglia |
| Bogorad, Max | Grad – Materials Science & Engineering | mbogora1@jhu.edu | |
| Campian, Jian | Grad – Oncology Center-Hematology & Medical Oncology | jcampia1@jhmi.edu | |
| Gallagher, Erin | Grad – Materials Science & Engineering | egallag8@jhu.edu | |
| Komin, Alex | Grad – Materials Science & Engineering | alexkomin@jhu.edu | |
| Lorenzini, Ileana | Grad – Neuroscience | ilopez2@jhmi.edu | gliovascualr changes in ALS disease; 3D image reconstruction in mouse models of ALS |
| Sanchez, Henry | Undergrad – Materials Science & Engineering | hsanche3@jhu.edu | |
| Shyam, Rishab | Grad – Biomedical Engineering | rshyam@jhmi.edu | BBB Delivery |
| Tammia, Markus | Grad – Materials Science & Engineering | mtammia1@jhu.edu | |
| Thakur, Kiran | Grad – Neurology-Neuroimmunology & Neurological Infections | kthakur1@jhmi.edu | |
| Tzeng, Stephany | Grad – Biomedical Engineering | stzeng1@jhu.edu | |
| Wiedman, Greg | Grad – Materials Science & Engineering | gwiedman@jhu.edu | |
| Xu, Zinnia | Grad – Biomedical Engineering | zxu20@jhmi.edu | |
| Zhang, Clark | Grad – Biomedical Engineering | czhang30@jhmi.edu | Nanoparticle delivery through BBB and brain tissue for treatment of central nervous system diseases |
| Zhang, Elena (Zhi) | Grad – Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine | zzhang74@jhmi.edu | neuroscience |
To join the working group, or to have changes made to your info, send an email to dtiggle1@jhu.edu.
