Johann Theodore Povlishock is chair of the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and director of the Commonwealth Center for the Study of Brain Injury, professor of neurosurgery at VCU.
His research interests focus on traumatic brain injury in terms of its neuronal and vascular consequences and their potential therapeutic modifications. He published more than 300 manuscripts and over 30 books and chapters, with an SCI of close to 10000, and a h-index of 53.
Dr. Povlishock's many honors include serving as president of the Neurotrauma Society, several awards for teaching excellence, and two Javits Neuroscience Investigator Awards. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Neurotrauma and referee for 18 international journals and serves as a member of the National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council.
Professor Povlishock first visited Pécs in 1998. He personally mentored two research fellows and participated in the mentorship or training of five Hungarian researchers at VCU. As mentor and primary investigator he contributed to a Martin Rodbell Scholarship and a Fogarty International Collaboration Award which meant $100.000 support for 3 years to the Neuropathological Laboratory, and he also acted as a founder and five times as co-chair of the Pannonian Symposium on CNS Injury between 2000 and 2010.