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Peter Adelman
pca9@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Carol Colby
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Mandar Aras
aras.mandar@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9480
Mentor: Dr. Elias Aizenman
Focus: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration.
James Bales
bales.james@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-2188
Mentor: Dr. C. Edward Dixon
Focus:
Layla Banihashemi
labst94@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-8748
Mentor: Dr. Linda Rinaman
Focus: The effects of early life experience on central autonomic circuits.
Michael Bienkowski
msb21@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-8748
Mentor: Dr. Linda Rinaman
Focus:
Andreea Bostan
acb42@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-3379
Mentor: Dr. Peter Strick
Focus: Functional neuroanatomy of CNS circuits.
Michelle Carter
mdc56@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-6200
Mentor: Dr. Charlie Bradberry
Focus:
Vanessa Chan
chan.vanessa@medstudent.pitt.edu
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Mentor: Dr. Robert Turner
Focus: Pathophysiology of Parkinson's Disease, and mechanisms of therapeutic deep brain stimulation.
Amanda Clause
arc38@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-605-3979
Mentor: Dr. Karl Kandler
Focus: Structural refinement of inhibitory connections.
Mahlon Collins
mac230@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-9776
Mentor: Dr. Ruth Perez
Focus:
Sarah Cook
sjc58@pitt.edu
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Mentor: Dr. Carol Colby
Focus:
Kate Cosgrove
kecst41@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4567
Mentor: Dr. German Barrionuevo
Focus: Synaptic physiology of interneurons and their inputs in the hippocampus.
Trinity Crapse
tbc6@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-7229
Mentor: Dr. Marc Sommer
Focus: Visual processing by the frontal lobes during saccadic eye movements.
Allison Curley
aac31@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-9909
Mentor: Dr. David Lewis
Focus: Altered prefrontal cortex circuitry in schizophrenia.
Christopher Divito
cbd8@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9748
Mentor: Dr. Susan Amara
Focus: Structural and functional dynamics of neurotransmitter transporters.
Yijuan Du
yid8@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-7332
Mentor: Dr. Anthony Grace
Focus:
Nicole Edgar
nie2@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7167
Mentor: Dr. Etienne Sibille
Focus: Genetic influences and molecular mechanisms of depression.
Patrick M. Fisher
pmf6@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-9957
Mentor: Dr. Julie Price
Focus: Cortico-limbic emotional regulatory networks and genetic influences.
Krysta Fox
kmf43@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-7332
Mentor: Dr. Anthony Grace
Focus: Alterations in cortical inhibitory neurons in Schizophrenia.
George Fraser
gwf2@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-9060
Mentor: Dr. Andy Schwartz
Focus: Motor cortex network activity and field potentials.
Christopher Gaiteri
cag44@pitt.ed
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Etienne Sibille
Focus: Non-linear dynamics, neural and genetic small-world networks.
Krishnamurthy Ganapathy Subramanian
krg28@pitt.edu
Phone:
Mentor: Dr. Robert Turner
Focus:
Sonya Giridhar
sbp11@pitt.edu
Phone: 268-9818
Mentor: Dr. Nathan Urban
Focus: Dynamics and impact of correlations in olfactory circuitry.
Christin Glorioso
glorioso.christin@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7167
Mentor: Dr. Etienne Sibille
Focus: Genetics and molecular mechanisms of central nervous system aging.
Sara Guediche
sag25@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-7083
Mentor: Dr. Julie Fiez
Focus: Language processing through fMRI
Nathan Hall
njh5@pitt.edu
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Mentor: Dr. Carol Colby
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Rashed Harun
rah28@pitt.edu
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Mentor: Dr. Amy Wagner
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Gil Hoftman
hoftman.gil@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-3934
Mentor: Dr. David Lewis
Focus:
Ericka Holmstrand
ech6@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-8452
Mentor: Dr. Susan Sesack
Focus: Anatomy underlying cholinergic modulation of dopamine systems
Max Horowitz
horowitz.max@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9154
Mentor: Dr. J. Timothy Greenamyre
Focus: Dysregulation of brain iron trafficking in Parkinson's disease.
Jie Jiang
jij12@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-7376
Mentor: Dr. Susan Amara
Focus: The structure and regulation of excitatory amino acid transporters.
Daniel Jimenez
daj13@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-9818
Mentor: Dr. Nathan Urban
Focus: Functional integration of adult born neurons in the olfactory bulb.
Amanda Kinnischtzke
akk31@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9556
Mentor: Dr. Ericka Fanselow
Focus: Role of inhibitory interneurons in cortical circuits.
Caitlin Kirkwood
Phone: 412-624-4391
Mentor: Dr. Robert Sweet
Focus:
Roma Konecky
rok10@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-7229
Mentor: Dr. Carl Olson
Focus: Neural mechanisms underlying cognitive control.
Patryk A. Laurent
patryk@cnbc.cmu.edu
Phone: 412-624-3121
Mentor: Dr. Erik Reichle
Focus: Use of computational modeling and fMRI to understand the neural mechanisms of reward-based learning.
Marvin Leathers
mll27@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-6414
Mentor: Dr. Carl Olson
Focus: Cortical mechanisms of value-based decision making in monkeys.
Shuang Li
shl61@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-6695
Mentor: Dr. Seong-Gi Kim
Focus:
Li-Chun Lin
lil58@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7167
Mentor: Dr. Etienne Sibille
Focus:
Witek Lipski
wjl3@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-7332
Mentor: Dr. Anthony Grace
Focus: In vivo electrophysiology techniques to study plasticity mechanisms underlying emotional memory formation and expression in rats.
James Maniscalco
jwm58@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-6994
Mentor: Dr. Linda Rinaman
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Sashi Marella
skm21@pitt.edu
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Mentor: Dr. Bard Ermentrout
Focus: Mathematical and computational investigation of neuronal networks.
Marguerite Matthews
mam222@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-0132
Mentor: Dr. Bita Moghaddam
Focus: Developmental rodent models of schizophrenia.
J. Patrick Mayo
jpm49@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-4116
Mentor: Dr. Marc Sommer
Focus: Neural correlates of vision, eye movements, and the perception of time.
Meghan McCord
mcm77@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7167
Mentor: Etienne Sibille
Focus:
Lisa McIlvried
lam98@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-5368
Mentor: Dr. Michael Gold
Focus:
Paul Middlebrooks
pgm7@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-2010
Mentor: Dr. Marc Sommer
Focus: Single neuron activity and the associated circuitry involved in visual awareness.
Caitlin Moyer
cem46@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-9909
Mentor: Dr. Robert Sweet
Focus: Presynaptic changes in auditory cortex circuitry in schizophrenia.
James Myers
jhm24@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-3379
Mentor: Dr. Peter Strick
Focus:
Vivek Patel
patel.vivek@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-5380
Mentor: Dr. Charleen Chu
Focus: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration.
Andrea Ponting
ponting@pitt.edu
Phone: 624-7083
Mentor: Dr. Julie Fiez
Focus: Investigation aspects of human memory/learning using fMRI
Jessica Porter
jnp13@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-7048
Mentor: Dr. Charles Bradberry
Focus: Evaluating the effects of chronic cocaine exposure on cognition in non-human primates.
Brad Rocco
brr33@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9381
Mentor: Dr. Ken Fish
Focus:
Jonathan Sager
jjs81@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-8526
Mentor: Dr. Gonzalo Torres
Focus: Development of neural networks.
Kathleen Salerno
kms116@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-1152
Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Albers
Focus: Changes in signaling and gene transcription following nerve injury, mechanisms of neuropathic pain.
Ranmal Samarasinghe
samarasinghe.ranmal@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-9564
Mentor: Dr. Donald DeFranco
Focus: Response of primary cortical and hippocampal cultures and acute brain slices to oxygen and glucose deprivation.
Andrew Samuelsson
ars66@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-2945
Mentor: Dr. Yan Xu
Focus: Adult neurogenesis in the olfactory bulb.
Nicole Scheff
nns6@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-5368
Mentor: Dr. Michael Gold
Focus:
Samuel Shin
shin.samuel@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-2188
Mentor: Dr. Edward Dixon
Focus:
SooYoon Shin
sys3@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-8625
Mentor: Dr. Marc A. Sommer
Focus: Neural correlates of vision and eye movements in the circuitry from the basal ganglia to the frontal cortex.
Beth Siegler Retchless
bas95@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4299
Mentor: Dr. Jon Johnson
Focus: Mechanisms of NR2 subunit-dependent variation in NMDA receptor channel properties.
Deepak Soneji
soneji.deepak@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9086
Mentor: Dr. H. Richard Koerber
Focus:
Kristen Stedenfeld
kas108@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-9168
Mentor: Dr. Alan Sved
Focus: The effects of stress on neural control of autonomic function and cardiovascular regulation.
Rachelle Stopczynski
stopczynski.rachelle@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-1152
Mentor: Dr. Kathryn Albers
Focus:
David A. Sturman
sturman.david@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4537
Mentor: Dr. Bita Moghaddam
Focus: Neurophysiology of adolescents during appetitive, goal-directed behavior.
Janani Subramanian
jas291@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-268-2010
Mentor: Dr. Carol Colby
Focus: Understanding whether LIP neurons show shape selectivity when they update visual space.
Nelson Totah
nkt6@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4537
Mentor: Dr. Bita Moghaddam
Focus: The neural basis of attention.
Maria Tsiarli
mat90@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-383-8625
Mentor: Dr. Thanos Tzounopoulos
Focus:
Ting Wang
tiw12@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9568
Mentor: Dr. Brian Davis
Focus: The involvement of GDHF growth factor in neuropathic pain.
Meghan Wilson
wilson.meghan@medstudent.pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-9655
Mentor: Dr. Robert Bowser
Focus: Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in ALS.
Jesse Wood
jtw22@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-624-4537
Mentor: Dr. Bita Moghaddam
Focus: Neurophysiology of behaving animals regarding reward processes.
Eser Yilmaz
esy4@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-7023
Mentor: Dr. Floh Thiels
Focus: Regulation of gene expression during synaptic plasticity.
Erin Zimmerman
ekz1@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-7032
Mentor: Dr. Floh Thiels
Focus: The neurobiology of motivated behaviors.