Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center

KSCIRC Neuroscience Cores

Principal Investigators

• Scott R. Whittemore, Ph.D. 
  • KSCIRC Scientific Director
  • Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology
• Susan Harkema, Ph.D.
• Rehabilitation Research Director
• Laboratory of Neural Plasticity
• David S. K. Magnuson, Ph.D.
• Laboratory of Locomotor systems and Rehabilitation
• Theo Hagg, M.D., Ph.D.
• Laboratory of Innovative Factor-based Therapies
• Michal Hetman, M.D., Ph.D.
• Laboratory of Neurosignalling
• Jeff Petruska, Ph.D.
• Laboratory of Neural Physiology & Plasticity
  
• Alexander V. Ovechkin, M.D., Ph.D.
• Mary Ellen Buning, Ph.D.
• Director, Assistive Technology Resource Center
• Claudia Angeli, Ph.D.
• Maxwell Boakye, M.D.
  
• Laboratory of Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research
• Neurosurgical Outcomes and Translational Research (NOTR) Laboratory
• David Stirling, Ph.D.
• Laboratory of Advanced Optical Imaging
• Dena Howland, Ph.D.
  
• Laboratory of Neural Plasticity, Repair and Functional Recovery
• Andrea Behrman, Ph.D.
• Dmitry Sayenko, M.D., Ph.D.
• Steve Williams, M.D.
• Darryl Kaelin, M.D.
  

Associated Investigators

• Fred J. Roisen, Ph.D
  • Professor, Anatomical Sciences & Neurobiology
• Evelyne Gozal, Ph.D
  • Associate Professor, Pediatrics
• Matthew Qiu, Ph.D.
  • Professor , Anatomical Sciences & Neurobiology
• Richard Benton, Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor, Anatomical Sciences & Neurobiology
• Charles H. Hubscher, Ph.D.
  • Professor, Anatomical Sciences & Neurobiology
• John R. Johnson, M.D.
  • Professor and Chair, Orthopedics
• Steven Glassman, M.D. 
  • Associate Professor, Orthopedics
• Michael Voor, Ph.D.
• Professor, Orthopedics
• Radhika Vaishnav, Ph.D.
  
• Assistant Professor, Neurology