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T32 in the Neuroscience of Mental Health
Learn MoreSuma Jacob, MD/PhD was one of the initial postdocs supported by the T32. She used her research time to develop her biological research skills while working with Ed Cook and Sue Carter. Suma is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry (with a joint appointment in the Department of Pediatrics) at the University of Minnesota (tenured).
Erin Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Educational Psychology at UT Austin since 2014. In that time. she continued her work in pediatric asthma and anxiety/depression, and have published several articles in this area.
Annmarie MacNamara's overarching goal is to transform from a clinical psychologist to a clinician neuroscientist.
Dr. Reza Tadayon-Nejad, MD, PhD, is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA. He earned his medical degree from Ahwaz University of Medical Sciences and a PhD in Neuroscience from Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Canada.
Ina Han is a Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellow in the University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill. She looks forward to learning the underpinnings of
Sarah Berth (Hatch) is attending Neuromuscular Fellowship at Johns Hopkins. Sarah's doctoral research examined the mechanisms of neurotoxicity by the HIV glycoprotein gp120, which has been linked to development of HIVassociated dementia and distal sensory polyneuropathy.
Jackson Cone is postdoctoral scholar in the laboratory of Dr. John Maunsell at The University of Chicago.
Michael Alpert received my doctorate in Neuroscience in 2013 from the University of Illinois Chicago in the laboratory of Simon Alford.
In 2015, Miriam Rafferty completed my PhD in Neuroscience on at the University of Illinois Chicago, with a dissertation measuring changes in corticomotor plasticity in response to exercise and worked collaboratively on a long-term randomized clinical trial studying non-pharmacological management of nonmotor and motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease through exercise.
Nacho Rivero-Covello is currently an Instructor in the Department of Biology at Marquette U. and is in the process of moving to a tenure track assistant professorship at U. Wisconsin, Parkside.
David Braun pursued his doctoral research in the laboratory of Douglas Feinstein, PhD, which specialized in the role of the noradrenergic system in the context of various central nervous system disorders.
Natali King is a Medical Science Liaison, Associate Director at Novartis working in both Multiple Sclerosis and Migraine therapies.
Casey Sarapas worked with Stew Shankman and received an F31 from NIMH to conduct his thesis research. He did a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard and is now a psychologist at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge.
Emily Church developed a course BIOS 386 together with Mike Alpert and Ignacio Covelo, in which undergraduate neuroscience students read and evaluate primary research papers. Each instructor (GPN students are the instructors) teaches a class delivering background material on the paper to be discussed and then another
Nathan Wray is a Medical Science Liaison (MSL) for Collegium Pharmaceuticals where he sets up collaborations with academic psychiatrists and pain specialists.
Sophie DelDonna is currently a clinical post-doctoral fellow in the University of Chicago.
Andrew Widmer is a resident in Child Neurology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center.
Lynne Lieberman is a post-doctoral fellow at Rush University Medical Center focusing on the treatment of PTSD.
Rachel is working toward a PhD in Neuroscience at UIC and an MD at UIC with Dr. Ernesto Bongarzone, PhD, as her mentor. She currently holds an MS in Avian Science from UC Davis and BS in Neuroscience and Biological Sciences from The University of Pittsburgh.
Jessica is a PhD student in the Graduate Program in Neuroscience. She joined the CoNECt Lab under Dr. Ajilore in 2020 to research mood disorders, specifically depression and anxiety. Jessica received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Illinois Chicago in 2019 with a minor in Biological Sciences.
Theresa Nguyen is currently an MD/PhD student in the BME department. She received her B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology, with an emphasis in Neurobiology, from UC Berkeley. She is interested in investigating affective disorders and will be working on the unmasck project in the CoNeCT lab.
