Research Affiliates

Randolph T. Barker, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Business, VCU

Sandra B. Barker, Ph.D., NCC, LPC, Professor Emeritus, Psychiatry, VCU

Gonzalo M. L. Bearman, M.D., MPH, Professor and Chair, Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, VCU

James Bjork, Ph.D., Professor, Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, VCU

Pamela Dillon, Pharm.D., Assistant Professor and Research Liaison, Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research, VCU

Jeffrey D. Green, Ph.D., Professor, Psychology, VCU

Lance J. Hampton, M.D., Professor and Chair, Urology, VCU

Susan Kornstein, Ph.D., Professor, Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director, Institute for Women's Health, VCU

Ashlee R. Loughan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, VCU

Gretchen N. McCandless-Neigh, Ph.D., MBA, Professor, Anatomy, VCU

Shelby McDonald, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work, Sarama Bliss Endowed Chair in Human-Animal Interaction, Colorado State University

Leanne O. Nieforth, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Human-Animal Interaction, Center for the Human-Animal Bond, Purdue University

Ekaterina Stepanova, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Chair in Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, VCU

Tushar P. Thakre, M.D., Ph.D., DFAPA, FAASM, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Division Chief and Medical Director of Inpatient/Acute Psychiatry and Neuromodulation, VCU

Lisa Townsend, LCSW, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, VCU