Departments & Centers
The Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
The IBMR team comprises 21 faculty researchers, making this interdisciplinary group perhaps the largest contingent of psychoneuroimmunology researchers in the world.
Our researchers have appointments in basic and clinical science departments and centers, including:
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
- College of Medicine
- Center for Microbial Pathogenesis
- College of Nursing
- College of Public Health Division of Biostatistics
- Department of Human Sciences
- Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity
- Department of Neuroscience
- Department of Neurological Surgery
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
- Department of Psychology
Our Leaders
Our Researchers
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Maria Eugenia Ariza, PhD Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology and Genetics
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Michael Bailey, PhD College of Medicine Principal Investigator, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis
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Ruth Barrientos, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
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Martha Belury, PhD, RDN Carol S. Kenney Professor of Nutrition
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Lisa Christian, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
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Charles Emery, PhD Professor and Department Chair, Clinical Faculty, Department of Psychology
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Johnathan Godbout, PhD Assistant Director for Basic Science, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
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Stephanie Gorka, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
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Mireia Guerau-de-Arellano, PharmD, PhD Associate Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Medical Laboratory Science Division
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Tamar Gur, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Department of Neuroscience, and Department Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Michelle Humeidan, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology, Division of Neuroanesthesiology
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Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, PhD Director, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
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Olga N. Kokiko-Cochran, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
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Kathryn Lenz, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Department of Neuroscience
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William B. Malarkey, MD Director, Clinical Research Center, Associate Director, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
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Phillip Popovich, PhD Director, Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair; Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience; Director, Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair
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Leah Pyter, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
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John Sheridan, PhD, MS Associate Director, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
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Baldwin Way, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology
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Marshall Williams, PhD Professor, Cancer Biology and Genetics, and Microbiology