Alumni

Jake Khoussine
Current Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison (MD/PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2016)
Dr. Aaron DiAntonio
PROJECT TITLE
Identifying novel pathways that dictate synaptic growth

Scott Lee
Undergraduate Institution: Saint Louis University (BS/2020)
ENDURE Lab (2019, 2020)
Dr. Joseph Dougherty
PROJECT TITLE
Mosaic knockout of the QKI RNA-binding protein in cortical astrocytes

Carrie Lewis (they/them/theirs)
Current Institution: Mount Holyoke College (Senior)
ENDURE Lab (2021, 2022)
Dr. Dave Holtzman
Project Title
Investigation of LXR agonist’s ability to rescue TREM2-dependent microgliosis in mice with Amyloid-β Amyloidosis

Justin Lopez-Roque (he/him/his)
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (Senior)
ENDURE Lab (2021, 2022)
Dr. Susan Perlman
PROJECT TITLE
The Relationship between Grey Matter Volume and Anxious Temperament in Young Children

Chelsea Mackey
Current Institution: University of Washington (PhD)
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

Alexandra Martinez Lopez
Undergraduate Institution: Wellesley College (BS/2021)
ENDURE Lab (2021)
Dr. Gregory Wu
PROJECT TITLE
Quantification and transcriptional features of meningeal B cell clusters

Megan Maxwell
Undergraduate Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (BS/21)
ENDURE Lab (2021)
Dr. Deanna Barch
PROJECT TITLE
Relationship between Neighborhood Poverty and Externalizing Symptoms in Children: Mediation and Moderation by Brain Structure and Environmental Factors

Makenzie Norris
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2017)
Dr. Jordan McCall
PROJECT TITLE
Potential role for central amygdala dynorphin neurons in affective behaviors

Ephraim Oyetunji
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (Senior)
ENDURE Lab (2021)
Dr. Timothy Miller
PROJECT TITLE
Antisense oligonucleotide-mediated TREM2 reduction in tauopathy mice regionally alters phosphorylated tau in the absence of microglia activation

Julia Pai
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2016, 2017)
Dr. Ilya Monosov
PROJECT TITLE
Primate ventral pallidum neurons are sensitive to the timing of uncertainty-resolving information

Asia Parson
Undergraduate Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (BS/2022)
ENDURE Lab (2021)
Dr. Chad Sylvester
PROJECT TITLE
Attention Alterations in Pediatric Anxiety: Evidence From Behavior and Neuroimaging Follow Up Study

Blanca Perez
Undergraduate Institution: Brown University (BS/2021)
ENDURE Lab (2021)
Dr. Erik Herzog
PROJECT TITLE
Machine learning reveals sex- and genotype-dependent circadian behaviors

Kelsey Person
Current Institution: University of Minnesota (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2021, 2022)
Dr. Meaghan Creed
PROJECT TITLE
The ventral pallidum constitutes the main inhibitory projection to the ventromedial subthalamic nucleus

Jordan Peyer
Current Institution: University of California-Los Angeles (MD/PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2016, 2017)
Dr. Andrew Yoo
PROJECT TITLE
MicroRNA-based reprogramming of human adult fibroblasts into dopaminergic neurons

Marco Pipoly
Current Institution: University of Iowa (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2017)
Dr. Deanna Barch
PROJECT TITLE
Measures of impulsivity predict medial orbitofrontal differences in healthy adults

Bruce Ramphal
ENDURE Lab (2017, 2018)
Dr. Chad Sylvester
PROJECT TITLE
Relations between socioeconomic status, brain connectivity at birth, and psychiatric symptoms at Age 2

Maria Rivera-Santana
Current Institution: University of Michigan Medicine (Postbac)
ENDURE Lab (2019)
Dr. Tamara Hershey
PROJECT TITLE
Atrophy across thalamic nuclei in Wolfram Syndrome
ENDURE Lab (2021)
Dr. Nitish Thakor (Johns Hopkins Medicine)
PROJECT TITLE
Microglial Subset with Genetic Fate Mapping

Oscar Romero
Undergraduate Institution: Reed College (BS/21)
ENDURE Lab (2021)
Dr. Tristan Li
PROJECT TITLE
Testing the Validity of CD11c Marker and Tracking of Early Postnatal Microglial Subset with Genetic Fate Mapping

Luis Ruiz
Current Institution: University of Michigan (PhD BME)
ENDURE Lab (2018, 2019)
Dr. Matthew MacEwan
PROJECT TITLE
Behaviorally characterizing sensory percepts elicited by macrosieve stimulation in a rat sciatic model

Ro Sandoval
Current Institution: University of California-San Diego (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2019, 2020)
Dr. Jose Morón-Concepcion
PROJECT TITLE
Assessing the role of dorsal hippocampal circuits in the formation and retrieval of opioid-induced contextual memory and reinforcement