RAVI CHOPRA, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW + RESIDENT WU/BJH NEUROLOGY DEPT.

I am a current joint post-doctoral fellow in the Hengen Lab and the Miller Lab (WUSM Neurology) as well as an Adult Neurology Resident with the Washington University / Barnes-Jewish Hospital Neurology Residency Program. I spend my time seeing patients with neurologic conditions in the hospital, then bringing that inspiration back to the lab to ask new questions about how we can understand and treat Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

ALS is a devastating neurodegenerative syndrome where degeneration of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord leads to progressive weakness and eventual death. Despite the human toll of this serious neurolgoic condition, it has been difficult to understand the drivers of disease. My work in the Hengen Lab explores the hypothesis that abnormal neural dynamics in the brain and spinal cord of ALS mouse models may predict and even drive the neurodegenerative process.

Outside of the lab, I like to backpack, road bike, cook, and spend time with my family