Durham, North Carolina, United States
Lab of Kris Wood, PhD Awarded Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award F32CA268527 from the National Cancer Institute
Completed summer rotation in the lab of Dr. Sarah Berman, MD, PhD. Completed PhD in Neuroscience in the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh in 2017, advised by Dr. Nathaniel Urban Enrolled in Center for Neural Basis of Cognition graduate training program, an inter-institutional training program affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. Awarded Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral Fellow (F30)
• Utilized serial section immunogold EM and array tomography to study dendritic integration in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells • Awarded the Program for Biological Sciences at Northwestern University Summer Research Grant ($3,000) as support for the project “Effect of Aβ42 Production on Hippocampal Synaptic Receptor Expression,” which studied synaptic characteristics using serial section transmission electron microscopy (TEM) • Awarded the Weinberg College Summer 2009 Research Grant ($3,000) as support for the project “Synaptic structure in CA1 basal dendrites,” which used serial section TEM to analyze synapse distribution in the basal dendrites • Awarded the 2010 Summer University Research Grant ($3,000) as support for the project “Comparison of hippocampal apical and basal dendrites using array tomography,” which used a new fluorescence imaging technique to analyze large-scale distributions of synapses within hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells • Awarded the 2011 Academic Year Undergraduate Research Grant ($3,000) as support for the project “Comparison of hippocampal apical and basal dendrites using array tomography”
• Administered standardized reading, language, and IQ tests to children diagnosed with dyslexia
• Awarded the International Group Research Fellowship in Global Health, sponsored by the Framework Programs for Global Health, a grant from the NIH and the Fogarty International Center • Traveled to Lilongwe, Malawi, to examine how non-governmental organizations interact with rural communities and the Malawian government to combat and treat infant malnourishment