Christopher A. Ross, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neuroscience Director, Division of Neurobiology Director, Baltimore Huntington's Disease Center. Professional Interests In their study of neuropsychiatric disorders, Dr. Ross and his research team focus on Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease, and use insights from these disorders to approach more complex diseases such as schizophrenia. They use biophysical and biochemical techniques, cell models, and transgenic mouse models to understand disease processes and provide targets for development of rational therapeutics. Ultimately, the neurobiologic study of schizophrenia many help illuminate normal thought, perception and emotion – and help us understand the biology of human nature itself. Reference: Science, Nov. 16, 2007l, p. 1062.