Project Title: Identification of the Factor That Promotes Neurogenesis of Hippocampal Precursor Cells
High School: Winston Churchill High School, Potomac, MD
Other: Captain of Men's Ultimate Frisbee team at Penn, also participated in Penn Science, Also studied abroad in Spain (Alicante), summer of 2010.
Project Title: Neural Substrates of Spontaneous Interactive Musical Performance
Sponsor: Dr. Charles Limb
Department and School: Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital
High School: Gilman school, Baltimore, MD
Other:
Project Title: Amyloid-Beta Pathologies Following Traumatic Brain Injury in Neprilysin Knockout Mice
Sponsor: Dr. Douglas Smith
Department and School: Neurosurgery, School of Medicine
High School: Bishop's School, La Jolla, CA
Other: Sigma Alpha Pi; Executive Board, Community Service Chair; National Society of Leadership and Success focused on service and community development; Organized campus-wide community service event integrating student groups for coordinated initiative; Nu Rho Psi National Honors Society in Neuroscience; Founding Member, Major Advisor for underclassmen; Penn Pals; Mentor:Mentor elementary schools students from communities of West Philadelphia in afterschool homework; Women;s Club Water Polo captain, Treasurer, Player of the Conference, First Team All Conference; UPenn Club Team 2008-Present, 4th Place 2009, 7th Place 2010 National Championship.
Project Title: Apelin treatment regulates cellular adaptive stress responses: Implications for HIV-associated
Sponsor: Dr. Dennis Kolson
Department and School: Neurology, School of Medicine
High School: Cresskill High School, Cresskill, NJ
Other: PennQuest (preorientation program) Leader,Neuroscience Pipeline - Teaching Assistant, Nu Rho Psi – Neuroscience Honor Society,Phi Kappa Psi Community Service Chair
Project Title: Weight and Behavioral Modifications Secondary to Chemosensory Dysfunction
Sponsor: Dr. Richard Doty
Department and School: Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine
High School: Upper Dublin High School, Fort Washington, PA
Other: Institute for Regenerative Medicine; Center of Excellence Internship, Penn-in- Florence Study Abroad, Alpha Phi Omega, Penn Global Health Initiative, Penn Tutoring, and Kite and Key Society
Project Title: α-1 Adrenoceptor Antagonist Prazosin Reduces Non-REM Sleep (NREMS) Arousals in Fear-Conditioned Wistar-Kyoto Rats (WKY)
Sponsor: Dr. Adrian Morrison
Department and School: Animal Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine
High School: Chagrin Falls High School, Chagrin Falls, OH
Other: I was on the deans list from sophomore year on, I played on the club tennis team, tutored for the west philadelphia
Project Title: An Investigation of Household Influences and Patient Personality as Predictors of Treatment Response in Cocaine Dependent Humans
Sponsor: Dr. Kyle Kampman
Department and School: School of Medicine
High School: The Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Other: Nu Rho Psi Honors Society, Dean's List 2008-2009, Dean's List 2009-2010, Vice President of Penn Hawaii Club, Studied abroad in Barcelona fall of junior year
Project Title: The Role of ALDH3A1 Variation in Climatic Droplet Keratopathy in the Mapuche Indians of Argentina
Sponsor: Dr. Ted Schurr
Department and School: Anthropology, School of Arts & Sciences
High School: Mercer Island High School, Mercer Island, WA
Other: Active member of Sigma Kappa sorority; PR chair, BBB society executive board; CURF research peer advisor; Penn in Alicante summer abroad program, 2008; Awards: Pincus-Magaziner College Alumni Society Research Grant, CURF and Penn Undergraduate Climate Action Grant, CURF.
Project Title: The Relationship between NREM EEG SWE and Inter-Individual Differences in Vulnerability of Vigilant Attention Performance to the Effects of Total Sleep Deprivation
Sponsor: Dr. David Dinges
Department and School: Psychiatry, School of Medicine
High School: Radnor High School, Radnor, PA
Other: Deans list 08-09
Project Title: Immunohistochemical study of the potassium channel Kir4.1 in a mouse model of seizure susceptibility
Sponsor: Dr. Thomas Ferraro
Department and School: Psychiatry, School of Medicine
High School: Lower Merion High School, Lower Merion, PA
Other: Phi Beta Kappa; Study Abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Tutor for Community School Student Partnerships