Department Heads
![Michael Avidan, MBBCh](https://advancingneuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Michael-Avidan-280x386-1-280x386.jpg)
Michael Avidan, MBBCh
Dr. Seymour and Rose T. Brown Professor of Anesthesiology; Head of the Department of Anesthesiology
- Email: avidanm@wustl.edu
![Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD](https://advancingneuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/20210614_Lee_0069.jpg)
Jin-Moo Lee, MD, PhD
Andrew B. & Gretchen P. Jones Professor
Neurology Chairman, Department of Neurology
Neurologist-in-Chief, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Phone: 314-362-7382
![Linda J. Richards, PhD](https://advancingneuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Richards-Linda20210524_DSC05422-1-1-280x386-1-280x386.jpg)
Linda J. Richards, PhD
Chair, Department of Neuroscience and Edison Professor of Neuroscience
- Phone: 314-362-3033
- Email: linda.richards@wustl.edu
Research focus: Development, plasticity and function of the cerebral cortex
![Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, PhD](https://advancingneuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/lsk-1a8b90q-280x386-1-280x386.jpg)
Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, PhD
Alan A and Edith L Wolff Distinguished Professor and Head of Developmental Biology
- Phone: 314-362-8768
- Email: solnical@wustl.edu
![Ting Wang, MD](https://advancingneuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/20230621_Wang_0046_280x386.jpg)
Ting Wang, MD
Sanford & Karen Loewentheil Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Head, Department of Genetics
- Phone: 314-286-0865
- Email: twang@wustl.edu
Research focus: Epigenetic regulation of transposable elements and their role in development, diseases, and evolution
![Pamela K Woodard, MD](https://advancingneuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Woodard-280x386.jpg)
Pamela K Woodard, MD
Head, Department of Radiology
Director, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Elizabeth E. Mallinckrodt Professor of Radiology
- Phone: 314-747-3386
- Email: woodardp@wustl.edu
![Gregory J. Zipfel, MD](https://advancingneuroscience.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSCF9669_1-Edit-280x386-1-280x386.jpg)
Gregory J. Zipfel, MD
Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Ralph G. Dacey Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Castle Connolly Top Doctor
- Phone: 314-362-3577
Researchers
More than 540 investigators are involved in neuroscience investigations.