Bruce D. Trapp, Ph.D. Chairman Department of Neurosciences / NC30 Lerner Research Institute The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 9500 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44195 Telephone: (216) 444-7177 Fax: (216) 444-7927 Email: trappb@ccf.org

General Research Interests:

Cellular and Molecular Biology of Myelination, Demyelination, and Dysmyelination.

Current Research:

• Cellular and molecular biology of myelination.
• Cellular mechanisms of demyelination and axonal degeneration in multiple sclerosis.
• Cellular and molecular mechanisms of dysmyelination.

Investigators:

• Ansi Chang, M.D.
• Ranjan Dutta, Ph.D.
• Ping Huang, Ph.D.
• Walid Jalabi, Ph.D.
• Grahame Kidd, Ph.D.
• John Peterson, Ph.D.
• Chuanshen Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
• Jian Wu, M.D., Ph.D.
• Xinghua Yin, M.D.

Graduate Students:

• Maria Smith B.A.
• Elizabeth Young B.A.

Collaborators:

• Macklin, Wendy, Ph.D., Dept. of Neurosciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
• Miller, Robert Ph.D., Department of Neurosciences, Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio.
• Messing, Albee, VMD, Ph.D., Dept. of Pathobiological Sciences, U. of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, Wisconsin
• Nave, Klaus-Amin Ph.D. Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Goettingen, Germany
• Stys, Peter M.D., F.R.C.P.(C) Ottawa Health Research Institute, Division of Neuroscience, Ontario, Canada
• Kirschener, Daniel Ph.D., Department of Biology, Boston College, Massachusetts
• Mörk, Sverre, M.D., Dept. of Neuropathology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
• Ransohoff, Richard, M.D., Director, Center for Neuroinflammation Research, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
• Rudick, Richard, M.D., Depts. of Neurology and Neurosciences; Director, Mellen center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research, Director of Clinical Research, CCF