External Advisory Committee

Francis W. “Bill” Flynn, Ph.D, Chair

Chair, of CNTN EAC
Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Program and Neuroscience Center
University of Wyoming, Neuroscience Program

Nicolas G. Bazan, MD, Ph.D

Professor of Ophthalmology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Neurology
Director, Neuroscience Center of Excellence
Louisiana State University Health New Orleans
Boyd Professor
Ernest C. and Yvette C. Villere Chair
for the Study of Retinal Degeneration

Edgar E. Garcia-Rill, Ph.D

Director
Center for Translational Neuroscience
Department of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences
College of Medicine
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

William Jagust, MD

Professor, Public Health and Neuroscience
Berkeley School of Health
(Mentor: Project 1)

Bruce Lamb, Ph.D

Roberts Family Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Executive Director Stark Neurosciences Research Institute
Indiana University School of Medicine
(Mentor: Project 3)

Michael Webster, Ph.D

Director, Center for Integrative Neuroscience
Co-Director, Integrative Neuroscience Graduate Program
Co-Director, Neuroscience Major
University of Nevada, Reno

Irene Litvan, MD

Tasch Endowed Professor in Parkinson’s Disease Research
Director, Movement Disorders Program
University of California San Diego
(Mentor: Project 2)