People

Linda J. Richards AO, FAA, FAHMS, PhD

Chair, Department of Neuroscience
Edison Professor of Neuroscience

The Department of Neuroscience is renowned for its excellence in medical and graduate education, and as a powerhouse with outstanding research leadership, innovative thinking and superb mentorship of trainees. Understanding the brain is one of the greatest scientific challenges of our time.

Faculty

We have more than 30 faculty investigators and an additional 40 affiliated faculty focused on neuroscience research. These investigators support more than 80 trainees, including postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students.

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Profiles of Department members

Arthur Loewy and the central regulation of autonomic nervous function

Dr. Loewy worked over his decades-long career at Washington University to uncover connections between the peripheral and central nervous systems.

Paul Bridgman, Professor of Neuroscience and innovative educator, retires

Dr. Bridgman made fundamental discoveries into the structure of growth cones and developed novel histology teaching approaches over his 4-decade career at Washington University.

Pest control: A profile of Laura Duvall, PhD

From circadian rhythms in Drosophila to feeding and mating in mosquito, Duvall is revealing the inner workings of insect behavior—and how to manipulate it.

Affiliated faculty

Trainees

The department also benefits from a dedicated team of administrative and research staff.