Articles from January 2023
Alexandra Alario, PhD program student in the Niciu Lab, featured in 2023 Dare to Discover
Monday, January 30, 2023
Alexandra studies treatment-resistant depression with the goal of finding predictors of treatment response to interventions for depression.
Amanda Bullert, PhD program student in the Lehmler Lab, featured in 2023 Dare to Discover
Monday, January 30, 2023
Amanda models possible PCB exposures in school-aged children to determine if there are neurodevelopmental effects. She wants to help minimize PCB sources indoors and maximize student health & safety
Micah Johnson, PhD program student in the Hultman Lab, featured in 2023 Dare to Discover
Monday, January 30, 2023
Micah is working to bridge the gap between brain networks, early life stress, and migraine-related pain to discover how to manipulate brain circuits to provide better outcomes for people with migraine.
Recent program graduate, Alex Petrucci, PhD, featured in 2023 Dare to Discover
Monday, January 30, 2023
Graduate Alex Petrucci (Buchanan Lab) focuses on identifying brain mechanisms underlying sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and potential SUDEP risk factors. This work is critical to advance our understanding of SUDEP and save lives
Brittany Todd, MD/PhD student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, earning her PhD in neuroscience, student working with Drs Alex Bassuk and Beth Newell, featured in 2023 Dare to Discover
Monday, January 30, 2023
Brittany aims to better understand the pathways that contribute to chronic neurotoxic inflammation in order to develop new effect treatments for traumatic brain injury
Matthew McGregor, PhD program student in the LaLumiere Lab, featured in 2023 Dare to Discover
Monday, January 30, 2023
Matthew studies the neurobiology of addiction and relapse. He is working to identify the mechanisms that regulate opioid craving and seeking.