Neurology Residency Program Research Activities

The Department of Neurology is active in basic and clinical research and receives significant financial grant support from governmental and private sources.

Residents are required to participate in basic science or clinical research supervised by attending staff members. They will present their work to the Department and other interested attendees near the end of their PGY-4 year.

Areas of Faculty Research	Subspecialty	Theme
Clinical Research
Konstantin E. Balashov, MD PhD	Multiple sclerosis	Clinical trials
Jerry M. Belsh, MD	ALS	Clinical trials,
		Diagnostic criteria
Subasini Dash, MD	Stroke	Clinical trials
Suhayl Dhib-Jalbut, MD	Multiple sclerosis	Clinical trials
Brian L. Gerhardstein, MD PhD	General neurology	Headache
Lawrence I. Golbe, MD	Movement dis.	Epidemiology and genetics
		Clinical trials
Sowmya Lakshminarayanan, MD	Epilepsy	Clinical trials
Frederick E. Lepore, MD	Neuro-ophthalmology	Ocular migraine,
		Eye movement
Margery H. Mark, MD	Movement dis.	Clinical trials
M. Maral Mouradian, MD	Movement dis.	Clinical trials
Jacob I. Sage, MD	Movement dis.	Clinical trials
Brenda Y. Wu, MD	Epilepsy	Clinical trials

Laboratory Research
Konstantin E. Balashov, MD PhD	Neuroimmunology	Multiple sclerosis
Suhayl Dhib-Jalbut, MD	Neuroimmunology	Multiple sclerosis
Kouichi Ito, PhD	Neuroimmunology	Multiple sclerosis
William G. Johnson, MD	Neurogenetics	Genetic risks for various disorders
Eunsung Junn, PhD	Molecular biology	Parkinson’s disease
M. Maral Mouradian, MD	Molecular biology	Parkinson’s disease
Patricia K. Sonsalla, PhD	Neuropharmacology	Neuronal loss in Parkinson’s
Gail D. Zeevalk, PhD	Neuropharmacology	Neuronal loss in Parkinson’s