George Uhl - Former Lab Members
The Branch takes seriously its role in training staff members, and is pleased with the roles that former fellows are playing in academic, government and industrial settings, as listed below. The Branch has allowed outstanding individuals to progress and develop managerial as well scientific expertise at the intersection of pharmacology, molecular neurobiology and genetics.
Professor/Department Head/Vice President
Shiochi Shimada, MD, PhD Professor and Chief. Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan
Toshikazu Nishimori, PhD Professor of Biochemistry, Miyakaki University College of Medicine Miyakaki, Japan
Ichiro Sora, MD, PhD Chief, Dept Psychobiology, Tohoku Univ Graduate School of Med Sendai, Japan
Shigeo Kitayama DDS, PhD Chief, Department of Pharmacology, Okayama University School of Dentistry, Okayama, Japan
Xia-bing Wang, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Nihon Trim Gen Inc, Hunt Valley, MD
Valena Dawson, PhD Professor of Neurology and Physiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD
Lucinda Miner, Ph.D Acting Director, Office of Science Policy & Communications, NIDA Rockville, MD
Tadashi Kusama, PhD Department of Physiology and Anatomy, Nihon University College of Pharmacology, Chiba, Japan
Hee-Jung Cho, PhD Department of Anatomy, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Taegu, South Korea.
Hiroshi Ujike, MD, PhD Department of Neuropsychiatry, Okayama University Medical School Okayama, Japan
Associate Professor
Antonio Persico, MD Department of Neuroscience, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Akiyoshi Moriwaki, PhD First Department of Physiology, Okayama University Medical School Okayama, Japan
Yohtaro Numachi, MD, PhD Division of Psychobiology, Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University School of Medicine Sendai, Japan
Nobuyuki Takahashi, MD, PhD Department of Neurology, Nara Medical College, Nara, Japan
Mark Voigt, PhD Department of Pharmacology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, MOMarcus Rattray PhD, Department of Biochemistry UMDS Guy’s Hospital, London, England
Motohide Takemura, PhD Department of Anatomy, Osaka University Dental School, Osaka Japan
Masanari Itokawa, M.D. PhD, Project Leader, Schizophrenia Research, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
Jai Bei Wang, MD, PhD Department of Pharmaceutical Services, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD
Masahiko Funada, PhD, Dept of Pharmacology, Daiichi College of Pharmaceutical Science, Chiba, Japan
John Marota, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston, Mass
David Donovan PhD, Research Molecular Biologist, ANRI, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, MD
Paul Gregor, PhD Bayer Institute on Metabolic Disorders, West Haven, Conn.
Masatoshi Hazama, PhD Takada Pharmaceuticals, Koyoto, Japan
Cathy Sasek, PhD Division of Basic Research, NIDA, Rockville, MD
Roxanne Vaughn, PhD Dept.Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, ND
David Vandenbergh, PhD, Depts of Biology and Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University, State College, Pa
Robin Huff, PhD Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD
Emanual Oniave, PhD Department of Biology, William Patterson University, Patterson, NJ
Chris Surratt, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa
Hong Bing Wei Senior Captain/Principle Scientist, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Division of Psychiatry/Neuroscience, Silver Spring, MD
Carlo Contoreggi, M.D. Clnical Director, NIDA-IRP and NeuroImaging Research Branch NIH, NIDA, IRP, Baltimore, MD
Assistant Professor/ Research Assistant Professor
Kaori Itokawa,M.D. Dept. of Neurology, Saitama University College of Medicine Saitama,Japan
Hiroki Ishiguro MD PhD Dept. Medical Genetics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Kaori Itokawa, M.D, Ph.D. Dept of Neurology, Saitama Med Sch, Saitama, Japan
Yasuo Imai, DDS, PhD, Dept Pharmacology, Tokushima University School of Dentistry Tokushima, Japan
Charles Spivak, PhD, Pharmacologist, Cellular Neurobiol Br. NIDA-IRP, Baltimore, MD NIH, NIDA, IRP
Bruce O’Hara, PhD Dept of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY.
Zajie Wang, PhD Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
Peter Johnson, Ph.D. Peter Johnson, Ph.D. Licor Bioscience, Lincoln, NE.
Larry Rodriguez, PhD Sequenom, San Diego, Calif.
Dalit Dar, ScD Pharmos, Ltd, Rehovat, Israel
Junichi Kitanaka, PhD Dept Pharmacology, Hyogo Medical College, Hoygo, Japan
Nobue Kitanaka MS Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
David Newlin PhD Research Psychologist, RTI, Inc, Baltimore, MD
Guilian Xu PhD Research Assistant Scientist, Dept. Neuroscience, U. Florida, Gainsville, Fla
Instructor
Thomas Metzger, PhD Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
Zhicheng Lin, PhD Division of Neurochemistry, New England Regional Primate Center and Harvard University, Southboro, Mass
Boris Sokolov PhD Molecular Neuropsychiatry Branch, NIDA-IRP, Baltimore, MD
Oxanna Poleskaya, PhD Research Associate, Dept. Psychology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110
Makota Takahashi MD, PhD Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, Niigata University Graduates School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
Fellow
Ping Wu Zhang MD PhD Dept of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205
B. Current Positions of Faculty Who Have Spent Sabbatical Time in MNB:
Curt Freed, MD. Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver, Co.
Jayaraman Rao, MD Professor of Neurology, LSU Medical School, New Orleans, La.
James Schaffer, PhD Professor of Chemistry, Cal State-Northridge, Northridge, Calif.
Emmanuel Onaive, PhD Associate Professor of Biology, Patterson University, Patterson NJ
Daniel Naiman, PhD Chair, Department of Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University School of Engineering
John Marota MD Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital