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.

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 aims to better understand the pathways that contribute to chronic neurotoxic inflammation in order to develop new effect treatments for traumatic brain injury

Matthew studies the neurobiology of addiction and relapse. He is working to identify the mechanisms that regulate opioid craving and seeking.