Project Title: Axonal plasticity following traumatic brain injury
Sponsor: Dr. Deborah Watson
Department and School: Neurosurgery, School of Medicine
High School: The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville CT
Other: hockey, running, ballet, equestrian, Nu Rho Psi
Project Title: Comparative Quantitative Metabolic Changes in Post Cancer-Chemotherapy Patients using 18F-FDG-PET/CT Imaging: Insights into the “Chemo Brain”
Sponsor: Dr. Abass Alavi
Department and School: Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine (HUP)
High School: La Costa Canyon High School, San Diego CA
Other: BBB society, PUPPS, Penn Cycling Team, former writer for the DP, Penn Bioethics Journal. Hobbies: cycling, running/hiking, playing bass and guitar (starting a soul band), writing/reading, exploring downtown. Awards: summer fellowship at the Penn Positive Psychology Center, submitted honors project to the EJNM.
Project Title: Cross-hemispheric Plasticity in the Zebra Finch Song System Following Unilateral RA Lesion
Sponsor: Dr. Marc Schmidt
Department and School: Biology, School of Arts and Sciences
High School: Toll Gate High School, Warwick RI
Other: Minor in American Sign Language, Penn-in-Hand ASL student sroup, Penn Reading Initiative literacy tutoring, Sol Feinstone Ivy Day Award for community service, Nu Rho Psi honor society, Pincus-Magaziner Family Undergraduate Research Fund, Study abroad in Siena, Italy
Project Title: Home Cage Social Behaviors in a Genetic Model Relevant to Autism
Sponsor: Dr. Edward Brodkin
Department and School: Psychiatry, School of Medicine
High School: Wilson High School, West Lawn PA
Other: dancer/former VP for Penn Masti (South Asian co-ed fusion dance team); volunteer/undergrad coordinator for United Community Clinics in West Philadelphia; Communications Chair, Student Health Advisory Board (SHAB).
Project Title: Phosphorylated-Alk Protein Analysis in Neuroblastomas
Sponsor: Dr. Bruce Pawel
Department and School: Cardiovascular medicine, School of Arts and Sciences
High School: Northville High School, Northville MI
Other: Dean's List 2009-2010, 2010-2011; varsity women's soccer team for 4 years at Penn; volunteer with Big Brothers/Big Sisters for 4 years; volunteered at the VA Medical Center in the Geriatrics Department and at the Philadelphia Hunger Coalition for a semester each; conducted research at the University of Michigan Program for Positive Aging for a summer; research with BIBB399 published in the American Journal of Surgical Pathology Volume 38 Issue 1 January 2012
Project Title: The Structure of Amyloid-Beta Protein in Reverse Micelles
Sponsor: Dr. Paul H. Axelsen
Department and School: Pharmacology, Perelman School of Medicine
High School: Shanghai American School, Shanghai, China
Other: First-author publication in Journal of American Chemical Society; Lead EMT on MERT; Photography Editor of Penn Yearbook
Project Title: Effects of Selective Hippocampal Lesions on Predator Odor Contextual Fear Conditioning
Sponsor: Dr. Isabel Muzzio
Department and School: Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
High School: Stuyvesant High School, NY NY
Other: Phi Beta Kappa; Nu Rho Psi Neuroscience Honor Society; Synapse Associate Editor; Louis H. Castor Undergraduate Research Grant; Deans List 2008-2012; Penn English Program in London; The Tutoring Center at Penn; Penn Summer Program in Computational Neuroscience; Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship
Project Title: Predicting Post-Surgical Memory Outcome of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Patients by Measuring Extratemporal Activation: An fMRI Study
Sponsor: Dr. John Detre
Department and School: Neurology, School of Medicine
High School: The Gulliver Preparatory School, Coral Gables, FL
Other: Nu Rho Psi Neuroscience Honor Society Member, Rodin College House Research Fellow, Pratit International Vice President, College of Arts and Sciences Senior Peer Advisor, Penn Weekend Service Co-Chair, Penn Pals Mentor at Drew Elementary
Project Title: The development of 5-HT and VGLUT3 in the raphe nuclei is subregion specific throughout the postnatal period
Sponsor: Dr. Sheryl Beck
Department and School: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
High School: Pennridge High School, Perkasie, PA
Other: Penn women's soccer all four years; Senior year: team Captain, First Team All-Ivy and Second Team NSCAA All Mid-Atlantic Region
Project Title: The Neural Correlates of Individual Differences in Spatial Navigation
Sponsor: Dr. Sharon Thompson-Schill
Department and School: Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
High School: Byram Hills High School, Byram Hills, NY
Other: Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Track & Field (co-captain for both)