Lepore Research

Shuxin Li, MD PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Collaboration: Inhibitory peptides for targeting axon growth after SCI

George Smith, PhD
Professor
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Collaboration: Viral vectors for tracing and silencing neural circuitry

Megan Wright, PhD
Associate Professor
Department Biology
Arcadia University
Collaboration: Neuromuscular junction plasticity following SCI

Yinghui Zhong, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
Drexel University
Collaboration: Hydrogel-based drug delivery platforms for SCI repair

Megan Detloff, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Marion Murray Spinal Cord Research Center
Drexel University College of Medicine
Collaboration: Novel behavioral assays of SCI-induced neuropathic pain

Michael Lane, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Marion Murray Spinal Cord Research Center
Drexel University College of Medicine
Collaboration: Respiratory interneurons and cervical SCI

Itzhak Fischer, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Marion Murray Spinal Cord Research Center
Drexel University College of Medicine
Collaboration: Glial progenitor transplantation

Nicholas Maragakis, MD
Professor
Department of Neurology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Collaboration: Human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived astrocytes

Jeffrey D. Rothstein, MD PhD
The John W. Griffin Director, Brain Science Institute
Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Director, Robert Packard Center for ALS Research
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Collaboration: Eph/ephrin expression in postmortem ALS tissue samples

Antonio Salgado, PhD
Neurosciences Research Domain
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS)
School of Health Sciences
University of Minho
Collaboration: Novel biomaterial/stem cell constructs for SCI therapy

David Poulsen, PhD
Professor of Translational Neuroscience
Department of Neurosurgery
Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
University of Buffalo
Collaboration: Vectors for GLT1 overexpression

Matthew Dalva, PhD
Professor and Vice-Chair
Department of Neuroscience
Director, Jefferson Synaptic Biology Center
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Collaboration: Synaptopathy after SCI

Manuel Covarrubias, MD PhD
Professor
Co-director of the MD/PhD Program
Department of Neuroscience
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Collaboration: Potassium channel dysregulation in SCI-induced neuropathic pain

Le Ma, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Collaboration: MAP7 role in axon growth after SCI

Piera Pasinelli, PhD
Professor
Director, Weinberg ALS Center
Department of Neuroscience
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Collaboration: Astrocyte contribution to ALS pathogenesis

Davide Trotti, PhD
Professor
Director of Research, Weinberg ALS Center
Department of Neuroscience
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Collaboration: Astrocyte contribution to ALS pathogenesis

Lorraine Iacovitti, PhD
Professor, Departments of Neuroscience, Neurology and Neurological Surgery
Director, Jefferson Stem Cell and Regenerative Neuroscience Center
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Collaboration: Response of novel stem cell niches of the brain to nervous system injury

Makarand Risbud, PhD
James J. Maguire Jr. Professor of Spine Research
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Collaboration: Chronic pain and vertebral disk degeneration