John Charles O'Donnell, BA, MS, PhD

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Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Department: Neurosurgery
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3900 Woodland Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (Biology, Philosophy Minor)
LaSalle University, 2004.
MS (Biology)
Towson University, 2009.
PhD (Neuropharmacology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2016.
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Description of Research Expertise

Traumatic Brain Injury; Disorders of Consciousness; Neurotrauma Rehabilitation and Recovery; Neuroregenerative Medicine; Neurotherapeutics Development; Tissue Engineering to Facilitate Repair, Regeneration, and Recovery after Neurotrauma and Neurodegeneration; Astrocytes; Mitochondria; Biomedical Translation/Commercialization

Selected Publications

D. J. HAN, K. D. BROWNE, K. WOFFORD, D. CULLEN, D. Petrov, J. C. O'DONNELL: Intracranial hypertension and changes in astrocytic endfeet in a large animal model of rotational acceleration traumatic brain injury. Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL October 2024 Notes: Poster presentation.

Daniel J. Han, Kevin D. Browne, Kathryn L. Wofford, Dmitriy Petrov, D. Kacy Cullen, John C. O’Donnell: The Effects of Rotational Acceleration Traumatic Brain Injury on Intracranial Hypertension and Astrocytic Proteins Associated with Cerebral Edema. Annual Meeting of the National Neurotrauma Society, San Francisco, CA June 2024 Notes: Poster presentation.

Purvis EM, Garcia-Epelboim AD, Krizman EN, O'Donnell JC*, Cullen DK* (*CO-SENIOR) : A three-dimensional tissue-engineered rostral migratory stream as an in vitro platform for subventricular zone-derived cell migration Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 12: 1410717, Jun 2024 Notes: eCollection 2024.

Dimple Chouhan, Wisberty J Gordián Vélez, Laura A Struzyna, Dayo Adewole, Erin R Cullen, Justin C Burrell, John C O'Donnell, D Kacy Cullen: Generation of contractile forces by three-dimensional bundled axonal tracts in micro-tissue engineered neural networks. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 17: 1346696, Mar 2024.

O’Donnell JC: Disorders of nomenclature. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics 30(1): e14541, Jan 2024.

O’Donnell JC, Petrov D.: Porcine Models of Neurotrauma and Neurological Disorders. Biomedicines 12(1): 245, Jan 2024.

Daniel Han, Kevin D. Browne, Natalia Fedorczak, Michael R. Grovola, Elizabeth Krizman, Dmitriy Petrov, D. Kacy Cullen, John C. O’Donnell: Astrocytic changes after closed-head, rotational acceleration TBI in swine. Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC November 2023 Notes: Poster presentation.

Krizman E, Purvis EM, Garcia-Epelboim AD, O’Donnell JC, Cullen DK: A tissue-engineered rostral migratory stream as an in vitro platform to investigate subventricular zone-derived neuroblast migration. Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC November 2023 Notes: Poster presentation.

Victor P Acero, Emily S Cribas, Kevin D Browne, Olivia Rivellini, Justin C Burrell, John C O’Donnell, Suradip Das, D Kacy Cullen : Bedside to bench: the outlook for psychedelic research. Frontiers in Pharmacology 14: 1240295, Oct 2023 Notes: eCollection 2023.

Erin M. Purvis, Andrés D. Garcia-Epelboim, John C. O’Donnell*, D. Kacy Cullen*: Development and characterization of an in vitro platform to investigate subventricular zone-derived neuroblast migration along a tissue-engineered rostral migratory stream. IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience 2023 Meeting in Granada, Spain September 2023 Notes: Poster Presentation by E. Purvis.

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