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Meet the Faculty - University of Nebraska Medical Center //

The city of Omaha is home to a vibrant, multifaceted neuroscience community that consists of four major research institutions within a three mile area: the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Boys Town National Research Hospital, and Creighton University. Trainees in this highly-collaborative research environment study with faculty teams that stretch across these institutions, utilizing state-of-the-art technology to investigate the neural dynamics that serve cognitive processing throughout development.


Tony Wilson, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska Medical Center

http://www.unmc.edu/pharmacology/faculty/primary-faculty/wilson/

Keywords: oscillation, cortex, MEG, motor, tDCS, attention, working memory

 

Max Kurz, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska Medical Center

http://www.unmc.edu/mmi/about/mmifaculty/maxkurzphd.html

Keywords: sensorimotor integration, motor learning, magnetoencephalography

 

Amy Badura-Brack, Ph.D.
Creighton University

https://www.creighton.edu/ccas/psychology/facstaff/
fulltimefaculty/dramybadurabrack/

Keywords: trauma, psychopathology, behavioral disorders, resilience

 

David Warren, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska Medical Center

http://david-e-warren.me/

Keywords: hippocampus, medial temporal lobe, memory, amnesia, language

 

James Blair, Ph.D.
Boys Town National Research Hospital

https://www.boystownhospital.org/research/CenterNeurobehav
Research/Pages/default.aspx

Keywords: conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, irritability, cognitive neuroscience, fMRI, maltreatment

 

Jeffrey French, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska Omaha

http://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/callitrichid

Keywords: oxytocin, social behavior, social cognition, nonhuman primate, neuropeptides

 

Karina Blair, Ph.D.
Boys Town National Research Hospital

https://www.boystownhospital.org/research/
CenterNeurobehavResearch/Pages/default.aspx

Keywords: anxiety disorders, cognitive neuroscience, fMRI, self-referential processing, trauma

 

Lori Leibold, Ph.D.
Boys Town National Research Hospital

https://www.boystownhospital.org/research/Pages/Lori-Leibold.aspx

Keywords: auditory development, auditory scene analysis, speech-in-noise, hearing loss, bilingual speech perception

 

Maital Neta, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska Lincoln

http://psychology.unl.edu/can-lab

Keywords: emotion, individual differences, amygdala, resting-state fMRI, development

 

Maya Khanna, Ph.D.
Creighton University

http://www.creighton.edu/ccas/psychology/facstaff/fulltimefaculty/drmayakhanna/

Keywords: cognitive development, language processing, memory, executive function, lead-exposure

 

Nicholas Smith, Ph.D.
Boys Town National Research Hospital

https://www.boystownhospital.org/research/Faculty/Pages/NicholasSmith.aspx

Keywords: auditory development, speech, music, event-related potentials (ERP), eye tracking

 

Ryan Wong, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska Omaha

https://sites.google.com/a/unomaha.edu/wonglab/

Keywords: behavioral neurogenomics, neuroethology, neuroplasticity, stress

 

Soonjo Hwang, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center

http://www.unmc.edu/psychiatry/index.html

Keywords: child and adolescent psychiatry, disruptive behavior, emotional dysregulation, clinical trials, neuroimaging

 

Stuart White, Ph.D.
Boys Town National Research Hospital

https://www.boystownhospital.org/research/
CenterNeurobehavResearch/Pages/default.aspx

Keywords: antisocial behavior, neuroscience, fMRI, callous-unemotional traits, developmental psychopathology

 

Ryan McCreery, Ph.D.
Boys Town National Research Hospital

https://www.boystownhospital.org/research/AudiologicalVestibularResearch/Pages/
AudibilityPerceptionandCognitionLab.aspx


hearing aids, children, speech perception, cognition, and language

 

Janelle Beadle, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska – Omaha

http://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-public-affairs-and-community-service/
gerontology/about-us/profile%20pages/janelle-beadle.php

social and affective neuroscience, lifespan development, aging, empathy, neuropsychological patient studies