Members
The Nebraska Center for Substance Abuse Research enhances research capacity by recruiting new faculty, postdocs and students, and building bridges between basic, clinical and public health investigators. Contact Shilpa Buch, PhD, to discuss how your project would benefit.
The center builds on existing and planned collaborations with other institutions and universities, including the Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Creighton University, Kansas University Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Emory University, as well as Nanjing University in China and two institutes in India – the Brain Research Institute, Manesar, and Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Study.
Send us an email to become a Nebraska Center for Substance Abuse Research member or request a Speaker
Faculty
Shilpa Buch, PhD
Professor, UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
Director, UNMC Center for Substance Abuse Research
Kristina Bailey, MD, ATSF
Vice Chair of Faculty Development, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine
Professor, UNMC Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Jerome Barry, MS
Director, Independence Center, LifePointe, & Pastoral Care, Bryan Medical Center
Rick Bevins, PhD
Cather Professor
Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD
Vice Chair for Research, UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
Professor
Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD
Vice Chair for Research, UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
Professor
Shashank Dravid, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Creighton University
Courtney V Fletcher, PharmD
Professor and Emeritus Dean, UNMC Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science
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Howard Fox, MD, PhD
Professor, UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences
Senior Associate Dean of Research and Development, UNMC College of Medicine
Director, Center for Integrative and Translational Neuroscience
Co-Investigator, Co-Director, Great Plains IDeA-CTR
Howard E. Gendelman, MD
Margaret R. Larson Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Chair, UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
Santhi Gorantla, PhD
Professor, UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
Kathleen Grant, MD
Physician, Mental/Behavioral Health, VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System
Kimberley Haynes-Henson, MD
Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship Program, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Associate Professor
Pain Medicine Specialist, Nebraska Medicine
Addiction Medicine Specialist
Guoku Hu, PhD
Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
Ali S Khan, MD, MPH, MBA
Richard Holland Presidential Chair
Dean, UNMC College of Public Health
Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service (retired)
Ming Li, PhD
Professor, Neuroscience & Behavior Program Coordinator, Department of Psychology, UNL
Qingsheng Li, PhD
Professor, School of Biological Sciences and Nebraska Center for Virology, UNL
Steven J Lisco, MD, FCCM, FCCP
Myrna Newland, MD, Endowed Professor of Anesthesiology
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, UNMC College of Medicine
Chief Academic Officer, Nebraska Medicine
Gurudutt Pendyala, PhD
Robert Lieberman Endowed Professor of Anesthesiology
Professor, UNMC Department of Anesthesiology
Adjunct Professor, UNMC Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy
Palsamy Periyasamy, PhD
Associate Professor, UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
Larisa Poluektova, MD, PhD
Professor, UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
Pankaj Seth, PhD
Professor, National Brain Research Centre
Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, PhD
Professor, UNMC College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology
Associate Director, Community Outreach & Engagement, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Co-Director, Biostatistics & Epidemiology Research Design Core, Great Plains IDeA-CTR
Research Director, Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska
Full Member, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Steven Wengel, MD
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Wellness, UNMC
Professor, UNMC Department of Psychiatry
Honghong Yao, PhD
Chair, Department of Pharmacology, Southeast University
Vice Dean
Professor
Advisory Board
Shilpa Buch, PhD
Professor, UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
Director, UNMC Center for Substance Abuse Research
Surinder K. Batra, PhD
Hartmann Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor and Chairman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Associate Director, Translational Research, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
Bradley Britigan, MD
Stokes-Shackleford Professor, UNMC Department of Internal Medicine
Dean, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Howard E. Gendelman, MD
Margaret R. Larson Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Chair, UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
Ali S Khan, MD, MPH, MBA
Richard Holland Presidential Chair
Dean, UNMC College of Public Health
Assistant Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service (retired)