BBPU

Carolyn Baum, PhD
Professor of Occupational Therapy
Professor of Neurology
- Phone: 314-286-1619
- Email: baumc@msnotes.wustl.edu

Kevin J. Black, MD
Professor, Psychiatry, Neurology, Radiology and Neurobiology
- Phone: 314-362-6908
- Email: kevin@wustl.edu
Main research interests include development of methods for pharmacologic activation studies using neuroimaging, pathophysiology of affective disorders in Parkinson disease, treatment of psychiatric abnormalities associated with PD and pathophysiology of Tourette’s syndrome

Gammon Earhart, PhD, PT, FAPTA
Professor of Physical Therapy
Associate Dean for Physical Therapy
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Neuroscience
- Phone: 314-286-1407
- Email: earhartg@wustl.edu
Gammom Earhart, PhD, PT, FAPTA, investigates how the human nervous system controls movement in health and in neurological and neurodegenerative disease, with a particular focus on rehabilitation of gait and balance.

Erin R. Foster, PhD, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy, Neurology and Psychiatry
- Phone: 314-286-1638
- Fax: 314-286-0631
- Email: erfoster@wustl.edu
Erin Foster, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist and rehabilitation scientist with expertise in the cognitive and functional effects of Parkinson disease. She earned her clinical Doctorate in Occupational Therapy (OTD) in 2005 and PhD in Rehabilitation and Participation Science in 2018 from Washington University School of Medicine. She has completed postdoctoral training in neuroscience, neuropsychology, and clinical investigation. Her current primary research goal is to develop cognitive rehabilitation approaches that improve daily function for people with Parkinson disease. She receives federal and foundation funding for her research.
Foster directs the Cognitive and Occupational Performance Laboratory, which aims to understand everyday cognitive function among people with chronic neurological conditions and develop more comprehensive and effective rehabilitation programs for people with neurological conditions and cognitive dysfunction.
Foster is on the Board of Directors of the Greater St. Louis Chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association.

Johanna Hartlein, APRN, MSN
Clinical nurse practitioner
- Phone: 314-362-6908
- Email: johanna@wustl.edu

Tamara Hershey, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Neurology
Professor of Radiology
- Phone: 314-362-5593
- Email: tammy@wustl.edu
Main research interests include cognitive effects of deep brain stimulation, neuroimaging and effects of diabetes on brain anatomy and cognitive function.

Joel S Perlmutter, MD
Elliot Stein Family Professor of Neurology
Professor, Radiology, Neuroscience, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy
- Phone: 314-362-6026
- Email: perlmutterjoel@wustl.edu
Main research interests include neuroimaging, basal ganglia physiology and pharmacology, mechanisms of deep brain stimulation, pathophysiology of dystonia, development of new agents to reduce nigrostriatal injury and electronic medical records systems.