Alumni
Trinidi Prochaska
Current Institution: Emory University (PhD)
ENDURE Lab 2023: Dr. Sarah England
Project Title:
Examining oxytocin receptor cell surface expression
ENDURE Lab 2022: Dr. Cynthia Rogers
Project Title:
Prenatal Cannabis Use is Associated with Decreased Bilateral Cerebellum and Left Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex Volumes in Neonates.
Pronouns: she/her/hers
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
Catrina Reyes
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (Senior)
ENDURE Lab 2022, 2023
Dr. Mayssa Mokalled
Project Title:
Developing a zebrafish model to study GNAO1-associated neurodevelopmental disorders
Pronouns: she/hers
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
Vanessa Serrano
Current Institution: University of California-San Diego (PhD)
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
The Relationship between vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and amnestic mild cognitive impairment among older adults living with HIV
Maria Tello Borja (she/her/hers)
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (Senior)
ENDURE Lab (2021, 2022)
Dr. Ben Palanca
PROJECT TITLE
A Test Towards the Integration of Sniffing and Spatial Navigation in Mice: Evaluating a Topographical Model of Olfaction
Tyara Thompson
Current Institution: The College of Wooster (Senior)
ENDURE Lab 2022, 2023
Dr. Lex Kravitz
Project Title
Optogenetic inhibition of ventral pallidum GABAergic neurons does not change reward consumption
Pronouns: she/hers
Isaac Toscano
Current Institution: Santa Clara University (BS/23)
ENDURE Lab (2021, 2022)
Dr. John Cirrito
PROJECT TITLE
Role of orexin in amyloid-β peptide production
Pronouns: he/his
David Tyus
Current Institution: University of Virginia (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2017)
Dr. Colin Nichols
PROJECT TITLE
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
Behavioral and anatomical effects of Complement Cascade Inhibitor CSMD1: implications for Schizophrenia risk
Samanda Valente
Undergraduate Institution: Carnegie Mellon University (BS/2019)
ENDURE Lab (2018, 2019)
Dr. Harrison Gabel
PROJECT TITLE
Functional effects of Topoisomerase IIB mutation in neurodevelopmental disease
KG Williams (they/them/theirs)
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (Senior)
ENDURE Lab (2021, 2022)
Dr. Todd Braver
PROJECT TITLE
Determining the roles of learned experience, cognitive control and fronto-striatal circuitry in the healthy aging of emotion regulation
Sierra Williams-McLeod
Current Institution: The John's Hopkins University School of Medicine (PhD)
ENDURE Lab (2019)
Dr. Gilbert Gallardo
PROJECT TITLE
Investigating the role of α-Na/K ATPase in the neurotoxic response of LPS in a neuron-astrocyte co-culture system
ENDURE Lab (2020)
Dr. Joseph Ippolito
PROJECT TITLE
Optimization of computed tomography-based fat quantification to predict sex-specific outcomes in patients with kidney cancer and GBM
Justin Woods
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (BS/23)
ENDURE Lab (2021, 2022)
Dr. Ream Al-Hasani
PROJECT TITLE
Reward seeking during punishment risk in naloxone-precipitated fentanyl withdrawal
Pronouns: he/his
Hunter Yamada
Current Institution: Washington University in St. Louis (Post Bac)
ENDURE Lab (2019, 2020)
Dr. Mayssa Mokalled
PROJECT TITLE
Exploring cell populations following spinal cord injury