Eric Landsness, MD, PhD
Washington University in St. Louis
Eric C. Landsness, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine and a physician-scientist studying sleep, stroke recovery, neuroprotection, and brain-state regulation. His research combines systems neuroscience, translational stroke biology, and artificial intelligence to investigate how endogenous physiological states such as sleep and torpor can promote neurological recovery after brain injury. His laboratory has demonstrated that regionally specific sleep dynamics are associated with stroke recovery and that pharmacologic and circuit-based modulation of sleep and metabolism can reduce ischemic brain injury in preclinical models.
Dr. Landsness currently leads an NIH R01 investigating torpor-based neuroprotection after stroke and also serves in leadership roles within multi-institutional AI initiatives focused on AI-enabled scientific discovery systems for neuroscience and neurodegeneration research.
Within the American Neurological Association, he previously served as Co-Chair of the Junior and Early Career Member Committee and currently serves as Chair of the Membership Committee.
2026 ANA Rising Star Award