Mentorship Certified

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
We focus on the intersection of metabolism and stress responses in human health and disease. We use basic and translational approaches to identify and investigate key metabolic regulators in both physiologic and pathophysiologic contexts including obesity and diabetes.

Key words
Metabolism, skeletal muscle, ER stress, calcium, mitochondria, SREBP, obesity, diabetes

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
Our research is focussed on improving the design of neuroprosthetic systems for post-stroke rehabilitation by examining the relationship between neuroplasticity and motor recovery and the mechanisms of neuroprosthetic-driven neuroplasticity.

Key words
Neuroprosthetic, Brain-Computer Interface, Motor Control, Stroke, Neuroplasticity

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

Research summary
We use computational and naturalistic methods to study emotional and social neurodevelopment with the larger goal of identifying neurophenotypes of depression and anxiety symptoms and risk.

Key words
depression, anxiety, infancy, social cognition, emotion, neuroimaging, preschool, neurodevelopment

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
Focusing on the Neuropsychology of Movement Disorders, particularly Parkinson disease, by combining the principles and methods of cognitive and clinical neuroscience, neuropsychology, and neuroimaging

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Program affiliation
Immunology
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
Our laboratory is interested in the role of platelets and leukocytes in inflammatory diseases which induce changes in hemostasis and thrombosis

Key words
thrombosis, platelets, stroke, neutrophils

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Sensory and Evolutionary Neuroscience

Key words
neural circuits, neurophysiology, sensory systems, behavior, evolution, mathematical modeling

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
Understanding the role of endogenous opioids in affective neuroscience and metabolic homeostasis

Key words
reward, valence, opioid, motivation, metabolism, diabetes

Program affiliation
Cancer Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
Understanding the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms that regulate normal and leukemic stem cells

Key words
Hematopoietic stem cells, Leukemia stem cells, Epigenetic modifications

Program affiliation
Neurosciences

Research summary
My research focuses on investigating system biological immune responses in neurodegenerative disease. Using various PET radiotracers, the lab works to detect brain and whole-body inflammation and links these imaging biomarkers to underlying blood and tissue cellular and molecular readouts using appropriate techniques.

Key words
Molecular imaging, neuroimmune interactions, translational research, myeloid cell responses, neurological and neurodegenerative diseases

Program affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology
Neurosciences
Cancer Biology

Research summary
Advances the field of NeuroSonics by integrating breakthroughs in neuroscience and ultrasonics to deepen our understanding of brain function and transform the diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases.

Key words
Brain, neuroscience, cancer biology, imaging, ultrasound