William E. Cullinan, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery; Dean, College of Health Sciences, Marquette University; Director, Integrative Neuroscience Research Center, Marquette University
Biography
Dr. William E. Cullinan is dean of the College of Health Sciences and director of the Integrative Neuroscience Research Center at Marquette University. Cullinan received his bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from Marquette in 1981 and earned a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Virginia in 1991. He did post-doctoral research at the University of Michigan’s Mental Health Research Institute (1991-1995) before joining the Marquette faculty in the Department of Biomedical Sciences in 1995.
His research laboratory, which has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, focuses on stimulatory and inhibitory brain circuits that regulate neuroendocrine responses to stress, and whose dysfunction leads to neuropsychiatric illness. He has authored numerous research articles and book chapters on functional neuroanatomy, stress neurobiology, and neuroendocrinology.
Cullinan teaches courses in anatomy, neuroanatomy and neuroscience to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as to medical and dental students and medical residents. He received the university’s John P. Raynor, S.J., Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence in 2002, and the John P. Raynor Professorship in 2006. He also established and directs a unique annual neuroanatomical dissection and neuroscience review course that draws a large national audience to Marquette each summer.
Cullinan established the Integrative Neuroscience Research Center (INRC) in 2001. The INRC serves to promote the exchange of ideas amongst Marquette faculty members, thereby increasing opportunities for collaborative research in neuroscience and neurorehabilitation, acquisition of resources, attraction of high quality faculty and students, and strengthening of educational offerings. The center is comprised of over 30 faculty members and serves students and faculty by providing a richer neuroscience environment, as well as the provision of summer research apprenticeships within the research laboratories of center members. The INRC enables Marquette University to use its collective strength in neuroscience to further establish a reputation for excellence in this highly visible and expanding field.
Research Interests
Stimulatory and inhibitory brain circuits that regulate neuroendocrine responses to stress, and whose dysfunction leads to neuropsychiatric illness
Publications
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(Myers B, Mark Dolgas C, Kasckow J, Cullinan WE, Herman JP.) Brain Struct Funct. 2014 Jul;219(4):1287-303 PMID: 23661182 PMCID: PMC3778169 05/11/2013
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(Budde MD, Shah A, McCrea M, Cullinan WE, Pintar FA, Stemper BD.) Front Neurol. 2013;4:154 PMID: 24133481 PMCID: PMC3796287 10/18/2013
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(Ziegler DR, Edwards MR, Ulrich-Lai YM, Herman JP, Cullinan WE.) J Comp Neurol. 2012 Aug 01;520(11):2369-94 PMID: 22247025 PMCID: PMC4440805 01/17/2012
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(Ulrich-Lai YM, Jones KR, Ziegler DR, Cullinan WE, Herman JP.) J Comp Neurol. 2011 May 01;519(7):1301-19 PMID: 21452198 PMCID: PMC3893028 04/01/2011
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(Raff H, Bruder ED, Cullinan WE, Ziegler DR, Cohen EP.) Endocrinology. 2011 Apr;152(4):1218-21 PMID: 21248141 PMCID: PMC3060631 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-79953219058 01/21/2011
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(Cohen EP, Bruder ED, Cullinan WE, Ziegler D, Raff H.) Transl Res. 2011 Jan;157(1):38-47 PMID: 21146149 PMCID: PMC3053012 12/15/2010
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(Cullinan WE, Ziegler DR, Herman JP.) Brain Struct Funct. 2008 Sep;213(1-2):63-72 PMID: 18696110 08/13/2008
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(Raff H, Jacobson L, Cullinan WE.) J Neuroendocrinol. 2007 Nov;19(11):907-12 PMID: 17927669 PMCID: PMC2030994 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-35048852641 10/12/2007
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(Mantsch JR, Cullinan WE, Tang LC, Baker DA, Katz ES, Hoks MA, Ziegler DR.) Brain Res. 2007 Sep 05;1167:101-11 PMID: 17689506 PMCID: PMC2121305 08/11/2007
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(Mantsch JR, Taves S, Khan T, Katz ES, Sajan T, Tang LC, Cullinan WE, Ziegler DR.) Neurosci Lett. 2007 Mar 30;415(3):269-73 PMID: 17293045 PMCID: PMC1978484 02/13/2007
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(Ziegler DR, Cullinan WE, Herman JP.) J Comp Neurol. 2005 Mar 28;484(1):43-56 PMID: 15717303 02/18/2005
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(Patel S, Roelke CT, Rademacher DJ, Cullinan WE, Hillard CJ.) Endocrinology. 2004 Dec;145(12):5431-8 PMID: 15331569 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-9444277292 08/28/2004