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is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neuroscience and Director of the Neurobiology of Disease Institute at Ohio State University. In collaboration with Dr. Jacqueline Bresnahan (see below), Dr. Beattie has contributed seminal work in the areas of SCI mechanisms and regeneration, most recently in elucidating the role of programmed cell death (apoptosis) in SCI, and he is co-developer of the BBB (Beattie-Bresnahan-Basso) scale that is now a standard for measurement of behavioral recovery in animals after SCI. He served on the editorial board of Central Nervous System Trauma, and has chaired international symposia on neural transplantation and neurotrauma. Dr. Beattie received his B.A. in Psychology (Biological) from the University of California, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Neuropsychology from Ohio State University. | 