Western Faculty Profile: Dr. Shawn Whitehead

Abstract

Dr. Shawn Whitehead is an Assistant professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and is cross-appointed in the Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences. He is currently the course coordinator for Integrative Neuroscience, 4451F. His research tackles neurodegenerative disease by using integrative and translational models to investigate how different brain regions exhibit variable vulnerabilities to stress and injury.