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Brett C. Langley, Ph.D.
Brett C. Langley, Ph.D.
FORMER FACULTY

Brett C. Langley, Ph.D.

Former Lab Director
Neuronal Epigenetics Laboratory
Associate Professor
Health, Sport and Human Performance
Former Associate Professor of Research in Neuroscience
Weill Cornell Medicine
Former Director
Preclinical Traumatic Brain Injury Program
Burke Neurological Institute

Biography

Brett Langley graduated with First Class Honors from the University of Waikato in New Zealand receiving his B.Sc. and M.Sc. In 2002 he received his Ph.D. (in Molecular Medicine) from the University of Auckland School of Medicine. Following his Ph.D. studies, Dr. Langley did postdoctoral research training under the mentorship of Prof. Rajiv R. Ratan at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Langley then joined the Faculty at the Burke Medical Research Institute and was appointed to the position of Instructor at the Brain Mind Research Institute at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Presently, Dr. Langley remains at the Burke Medical Research Institute and is an Assistant Professor of the Brain Mind Research Institute at Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

Dr. Langley was the recipient of a Goldsmith Award in 2005, an Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) Award in 2008, and is a current Adelson Medical Research Foundation (AMRF) Investigator in Neurorepair and Recovery (APNRR).

Education

Degree: 
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Institution: 
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Burke/Cornell Medical Research Institute, White Plains, New York, Goldsmith Fellowship Award
Degree: 
Ph.D. Molecular Medicine
Institution: 
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Degree: 
M.Sc. Molecular Biology
Institution: 
University of Waikato, New Zealand
Degree: 
B.Sc. Biology
Institution: 
University of Waikato, New Zealand

Recent Publications

PUBLICATION: 
Journal Article
Wong VSC, Picci C, Swift M, Levinson M, Willis D, Langley B
eNeuro. 2018 Feb 28;5(1). pii: ENEURO.0240-17.2018. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0240-17.2018. eCollection 2018 Jan-Feb.
Full-Text on Pubmed
PUBLICATION: 
Journal Article
Cave JW, Langley B, Ratan RR.
Neurosci Lett. 2016 Jun 20;625:1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.05.052. No abstract available.
PubMed
PUBLICATION: 
Review
Wong VS, Langley B.
Neurosci Lett. 2016 Jun 20;625:26-33. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.04.009. Review.
Abstract on PubMed