2019 Cohort
Maya Bluitt
Undergraduate Institution
University of Kansas (2020)
Current Institution
UNC - Chapel Hill (PhD student)
ENDURE Lab (2019, 2020)
Dr. Lex Kravitz
Project Title
Investigating effort after weight loss in mice
Yesenia Garcia
Undergraduate Institution
Vassar College (2020)
Current Institution
Emory University (PhD student)
ENDURE Lab (2019, 2020)
Dr. Robert Gereau
Project Title
Evaluating the neurobiological consequences of cannabinoid administration on oxycodone withdrawal in mice
Julia Gorman
Undergraduate Institution
Seattle University (2020)
Current Institution
University of California, San Diego (PhD student)
ENDURE Lab (2019)
Dr. Barani Raman
Project Title
Decoding primary olfaction circuits in Drosophila melanogaster with Flywalk behavioral assay
ENDURE Lab (2020)
Dr. Brian Fischer (Seattle U.)
Project Title (2020)
Auditory nerve stimulus encoding in the barn owl
Scott Lee
Undergraduate Institution
Saint Louis University (2020)
Current Institution
Jackson Laboratories (Post-baccalureate scholar)
ENDURE Lab (2019, 2020)
Dr. Joseph Dougherty
Project Title
Mosaic knockout of the QKI RNA-binding protein in cortical astrocytes
2018 Cohort
Kia Barclay
Undergraduate Institution
Wellesley College (2019)
Current Institution
Washington University in St. Louis (PhD student)
ENDURE Lab (2018, 2019)
Dr. Ream Al-Hasani
Project Title
Determining the neurochemical profile of endogenous opioids during withdrawal
Sneha Chaturvedi
Undergraduate Institution
Washington University in St. Louis (2019)
Current Institution
Washington University in St. Louis (MSTP student)
ENDURE Lab (2018, 2019)
Dr. Erik Herzog
Project Title
Sex differences in circadian rhythmicity arise outside the hypothalamus
Michael Kanan
Undergraduate Institution
Saint Louis University (2019)
Current Institution
Washington University in St. Louis (Research Technician)
ENDURE Lab (2018, 2019)
Dr. Erik Musiek
Project Title
Circadian clock disruption influences alpha synuclein spreading and dopaminergic neuron loss in vivo
Luis Ruiz
Undergraduate Institution
Washington University in St. Louis (2020)
Current Institution
University of Michigan (Post-baccalureate scholar)
ENDURE Lab (2018, 2019)
Dr. Matthew MacEwan
Project Title
Behaviorally characterizing sensory percepts elicited by macrosieve stimulation in a rat sciatic model
Vanessa Serrano
Undergraduate Institution
San Diego State University (2020)
Current Institution
San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego (PhD student)
ENDURE Lab (2018)
Dr. Denise Head
Project Title
Working memory and processing speed as moderators of age effects on allocentric processing
ENDURE Lab (2019)
Dr. David Moore (UCSD)
Project Title (2019)
The Relationship between vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and amnestic mild cognitive impairment among older adults living with HIV
Samanda Valente
Undergraduate Institution
Carnegie Mellon University (2020)
Current Institution
University of Washington (Research Scientist)
ENDURE Lab (2018, 2019)
Dr. Harrison Gabel
Project Title
Functional effects of Topoisomerase IIB mutation in neurodevelopmental disease
2017 Cohort
Bruce Ramphal
Undergraduate Institution
Brown University (2019)
Current Institution
Columbia University (Research Assistant)
ENDURE Lab (2017, 2018)
Dr. Chad Sylvester
Project Title
Relations between socioeconomic status, brain connectivity at birth, and psychiatric symptoms at Age 2
Related Publication
B Ramphal, DJ Whalen, JK Kehley, Q Yu, CD Snyser, CE Rogers, CM Sylvester, Brain connectivity and socioeconomic status at birth and externalizing symptoms at age 2 years, Dev Cogn Neurosci. 45, 100811 (2020).
David Tyus
Undergraduate Institution
Washington University in St. Louis (2019)
Current Institution
University of Virginia (PhD Student)
ENDURE Lab (2017)
Dr. Colin Nichols
Project Title (2017)
The effect of KATP channel mutations on inhibitor sensitivity: implications for personalized treatment of Cantu Syndrome
ENDURE Lab (2018)
Dr. Beth Stevens (Harvard)
Project Title (2018)
Behavioral and anatomical effects of Complement Cascade Inhibitor CSMD1: implications for Schizophrenia risk
Olivia Gautier
Undergraduate Institution
MIT (2018)
Current Institution
Stanford University (PhD student)
ENDURE Lab (2017)
Dr. Karen O’Malley
Project Title
mGluR5 is functional at the cell surface and at intracellular membranes in cortical astrocytes
Makenzie Norris
Undergraduate Institution
Purdue University (2018)
Current Institution
Washington University in St. Louis (PhD student)
ENDURE Lab (2017)
Dr. Jordan McCall
Project Title
Potential role for central amygdala dynorphin neurons in affective behaviors
Marco Pipoly
Undergraduate Institution
University of Missouri-St. Louis (2018)
Current Institution
University of Iowa (PhD student and NSF Graduate Research Fellow)
ENDURE Lab (2017)
Dr. Deanna Barch
Project Title
Measures of impulsivity predict medial orbitofrontal differences in healthy adults
2016 Cohort
Joseph Bradley
Undergraduate Institution
Harris-Stowe State University (2016)
Current Institution
Washington University in St. Louis (PhD student)
ENDURE Lab (2016, 2017)
Dr. Carlos Cruchaga
Project Title
Genomic loci associated with differential expression in AD: a multivariate regression analysis of ADNI-2/GO cohorts
Ya’el Courtney
Undergraduate Institution
Kent State University (2016)
Current Institution
Harvard University (PhD Student)
ENDURE Lab (2016, 2017)
Dr. Todd Braver
Project Title
The Influence of genetics on individual differences in neural activation patterns
Related Publication
JA Etzel, Y Courtney, CE Carey, MZ Gehred, A Agrawal, TS Brauer, Pattern Similarity Analyses of FrontoParietal Task Coding: Individual Variation and Genetic Influences, Cereb Cortex. 30(5), 3167-3183 (2020).
María González
Undergraduate Institution
University of Puerto Rico (2019)
Current Institution
Washington University in St. Louis (PhD student)
ENDURE Lab (2016, 2017)
Dr. Joshua Rubin
Project Title
TAp63α overexpression mitigates sexually dimorphic proliferation in mesenchymal Glioblastoma astrocytes
Jake Khoussine
Undergraduate Institution
University of Oklahoma (2017)
Current Institution
University of Wisconsin-Madison (MSTP student)
ENDURE Lab (2016)
Dr. Aaron DiAntonio
Project Title
Identifying novel pathways that dictate synaptic growth
Chelsea Mackey
Undergraduate Institution
University of Missouri (2018)
Current Institution
University of Washington (PhD student)
ENDURE Lab (2016, 2017)
Dr. Erik Musiek
Project Title
A characterization of amyloid pathology and circadian system function in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
Julia Pai

Undergraduate Institution
New York University (2017)
Current Institution
Washington University in St. Louis (PhD Student)
ENDURE Lab (2016, 2017)
Dr. Ilya Monosov
Project Title
Primate ventral pallidum neurons are sensitive to the timing of uncertainty-resolving information
Jordan Peyer
Undergraduate Institution
Vassar College (2018)
Current Institution
NIH (IRTA Post-Baccalaureate Research Fellow)
ENDURE Lab (2016, 2017)
Dr. Andrew Yoo
Project Title
MicroRNA-based reprogramming of human adult fibroblasts into dopaminergic neurons
2015 Cohort
Jessica Jimenez
Undergraduate Institution
Oberlin College (2017)
Current Institution
UNC-Chapel Hill (PhD student)
ENDURE Lab (2015)
Dr. Carlos Cruchaga
Project Title (2015)
Role of ABCA7 & TM2D3 variants in Alzheimer's Disease
Related Publication
J.L. Del-Aguila, M.V. Fernández, J. Jimenez, K. Btlack, S. Ma, Y. Deming, et al., Role of ABCA7 loss-of-function variant in Alzheimer’s disease: a replication study in European–Americans. Alzheimer's Res Ther. 7, 73 (2015).
ENDURE Lab (2016)
Dr. Aaron Bowman (Vanderbilt)
Project Title (2016)
Identifying small molecule-altered cellular manganese regulatory pathways
Neco Johnson
Undergraduate Institution
San Diego State University (2017)
Current Institution
Washington University in St. Louis (PhD student)
ENDURE Lab (2015)
Dr. David Balota
Project Title (2015)
Exploring the cognitive mechanisms underlying memory benefits of wakeful rest
ENDURE Lab (2016)
Dr. Desiree White
Project Title (2016)
Developmental trajectories of strategic processing in children with Phenylketonuria
Related Publication
Z.W. Hawks, M.J. Strube, N.X. Johnson, D.K. Grange, D.A. White, Developmental Trajectories of Executive and Verbal Processes in Children with Phenylketonuria. Dev. Neuropsychol. 43, 207-218 (2018).