Faculty & Staff

Administrative Staff

Bethann Nobel
Administrative Associate

900 Walnut Street   
Jefferson Hospital for Neurosciences, Room 409
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Contact Ms. Nobel
215-955-6366 | 215-503-4358 fax

Faculty

Our faculty and administration/staff work seamlessly to provide an high quality educational experience.

Richard J. Smeyne, PhD Chair & Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Director, Jefferson Comprehensive Parkinson’s Center - Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
215-955-8634

Elena Blanco-Suárez, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
215-955-0440

Jingli Cai, PhD Research Instructor, Iacovitti Laboratory
Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
215-955-5363

Manuel L. Covarrubias, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
215-503-4340

Melanie B. Elliott, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Educational Coordinator, JeffMD
215-955-3776

Aaron R. Haeusler, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
215-955-8630

Lorraine Iacovitti, PhD Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
215-955-8118

Kyunghee Koh, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
215-955-5905

Angelo Lepore, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
215-503-5864

Irwin Levitan, PhD Paul C. Brucker MD, Professor in Neuroscience Research 215-503-5996

Le Ma, PhD Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
215-503-1108

Timothy J. Mosca, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neurosciences
215-955-2670

Piera Pasinelli, PhD Frances & Joseph Weinberg Professor in Neuroscience, Department of Neuroscience
Director, Jefferson Weinberg ALS Center
Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
215-955-8394

Davide Trotti, PhD Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Research Director, Weinberg Unit for ALS Research
Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience
215-955-8416

Development Team

Christopher Ahearn
Assistant Vice President, Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience

 

Katie Bampfield
Associate Director of Development, Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience

Kaitlin Garthwaite
Associate Director of Development, Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience

Benjamin Salas
Development Associate, Vickie & Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience

Jill Kyle, MBA, CFRE
Bruce and Judi Goodman Senior Vice President, Regional Advancement
Abington

 

Larry Slagle
Associate Vice President of Development
Jefferson Health New Jersey

Phil Kuhne
Senior Director of Development
Abington

Christina Bender
Director of Development
Northeast

Bonnie Taylor
Director of Development
Einstein