Charles H. Hubscher

Dr. Charles Hubscher received his Bachelor of Science degrees in Biochemistry (1986) from Concordia University and in Psychology (1988) from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He earned his Master of Science degree (1990) and Doctor of Philosophy degree (1994) in Neuroscience from the Psychology Department at Florida State University in Tallahassee. He held an Assistant Scientist position at the University of Florida in Gainesville in the Department of Physiological Sciences before coming to the University of Louisville as a faculty member in the Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology in 2001. Dr. Hubscher currently holds the rank of Professor at the University Of Louisville School Of Medicine and serves as Vice Chair and Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology. He has an Associate appointment in the Department of Neurological Surgery and is a member of the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center. His research on spinal cord injury is funded by grants from agencies that include the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, and the Kentucky Spinal Cord and Head Injury Research Trust. Specific research expertise includes the areas of bladder, bowel and sexual functions as well as chronic spinal cord injury related pain.