Bill Nobis, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Epilepsy Division
MRBIII 6130A
I graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry from Michigan State University in 2000 and then completed the Medical Scientist Training Program at Vanderbilt University in 2011. My graduate training focused on circuitry involved in stress and addiction in an area of the brain known as the extended amygdala. I did my residency in Neurology and an Epilepsy fellowship both at Northwestern University in Chicago. I remained fascinated by these subcortical brain regions and their potential unexplored role in epilepsy. In particular, my research focuses on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). I returned to Nashville in Sept 2018, taking a position at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as an epileptologist and researcher to start a new lab.
I hope that my translational and basic science explorations will be applicable to sudden death via neurologic mechanisms such as SUDEP and SIDS and that these brain regions can be explored in terms of their potential role in comorbid depression and anxiety often seen in epilepsy patients. I am happy to be back in Nashville with my wife, this time exploring the city as a father of three wonderful daughters.
Alyssa Mitchell, BS
Research Assistant
Yana Van den Abbeele, BS
Research Assistant
Wen Wei Yan, MS
Research Assistant
Undergraduates:
Lavanya Dhavala, junior
Olivia Nickel, junior
Eunyounh Hong, junior
Members Emeritus:
Undergrads:
Maya Xia - NIH Postbac program -> Columbia MSTP
Alyssa Levitt - Northwestern School of Medicine
Jeremy Chiang - Hackensack School of Medicine
Katie Preisinger - Medical College of Georgia
Martina Hannaalla
Staff Scientist:
Benjamin Owen, PhD
Research Assistant:
Ragan Huffman - Myriad Genetics