Jurenko Endowed Professorship in Neurology. Dr. West received his undergraduate degree from Alma College and his PhD in Molecular Neuroscience from the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine in Rochester, MN. He then went on to complete a Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute in Los Angeles in the laboratory of Nigel Maidment and a second postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Ted Dawson at Johns Hopkins, followed by an Instructor faculty position in the Department of Neurology at Johns Hopkins. Work from the students of the West laboratory frequently appears in national news: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/12/10/brain-inflammation-shared-trait-in-autism-study-finds/ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140610144402.htm http://www.birminghammedicalnews.com/news.php?viewStory=1090