University of Iowa neurologist, Matthew Rizzo, M.D., has been selected as the Frances and Edgar Reynolds Professor and Chair of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Neurological Sciences. He also will be named the co-director of the Nebraska Neuroscience Alliance (NNA), joining Howard Gendelman, M.D., chair of the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, in that role. The appointment is effective April 1.
An author or co-author of more than 300 scientific articles and several books, Dr. Rizzo’s research focuses primarily on the functional consequences of various neurological disorders. In addition, he has investigated a variety of issues pertaining to home health care, engineering education and human machine interactions.
In conjunction with the NNA and other colleagues, Dr. Rizzo plans to bring a number of new faculty to UNMC to expand the area of mind brain health. Joining Dr. Rizzo at UNMC will be Toby Warden, Ph.D., currently in an administrative role with the National Academy of Sciences. She will serve as scientific administrator for neurological sciences and help facilitate neuroscience research growth in the department, the NNA, and throughout UNMC.
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