A-Z Faculty
Below is a list of all Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience (NUIN) faculty. View individual profiles of our faculty members — with publication and contact information, research and clinical specialties and more — via the links below.
Weintraub, Sandra
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Description of Interests
Age-related neurodegenerative brain diseases that affect cognition and behavior are the focus of my work. Large-scale neuroanatomical networks such as those that support language can be selectively ta... [more]
Whitlon, Donna
Research Professor of Otolaryngology
Description of Interests
The main focus of this group is to screen for drug/chemicals that protect or repair hearing and to move them to the clinic.
Wong, Yvette
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Description of Interests
Our lab’s goal is to investigate organelle dynamics such as mitochondria and lysosomes to elucidate new pathways in neuronal and cell biology, and diseases including neurodegeneration. Mitochondria an... [more]
Woolley, Catherine
Professor of Neurobiology
Description of Interests
Our research focuses on steroid regulation of synaptic structure and function and the consequences of steroid-driven synaptic modulation for behavior. Most of our work is on the hippocampus, a brain r... [more]
Wright, Beverly
Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Description of Interests
Perceptual learning: Performance on perceptual tasks improves with practice, indicating that our sensory systems are not rigid but rather can be changed through experience. I investigate the factors t... [more]
Wu, Jane
Dr. Charles L. Mix Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry
Description of Interests
Dr. Wu’s research focuses on molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying aging-related diseases. Her team has made a series of contributions to our knowledge of post-transcriptional gene regulation a... [more]