2022 Honors Thesis Projects

2022 Honors Thesis Projects

Anushree Aneja

Modeling Autism Spectrum Disorder in Drosophila Melanogaster

Yanquan Song, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

 

Bergan Babrowicz

Distinct cell types in CDKL5 network hyperexcitability & synaptic dysfunction

Frances Jensen, Neurology

 

Bema Boateng

Enhancing the Ability to Build Trust Through Excitatory TMS to the TPJ

Joe Kable, Psychology

 

Gillian Broome

Examining the Relationship Between Cerebellar White Matter and Reading Skills 

Allyson Mackey, Psychology

 

Serena Chen

The role of lysosomal mobilization in oligodendrocyte maturation

Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, Neuroscience

 

Diane Chernoff

RBD as a Behavioral and Pathological Indicator for Parkinson's Disease

Kelvin Luc, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

 

Sarah Chowdhury

Mechanisms Regulating Non-Amyloidogenic Processing in HIV-Associated Excitotoxicity

Kelly Jordan-Sciutto, Basic and Translational Sciences, School of Dental Medicine

 

Helen Downes

Biomarkers of Post-Traumatic Epilepsy and Traumatic Brain Injury

John Wolf, Neurosurgery

 

Natalie Edman

ASD differences processing and reducing uncertainty in social vs. nonsocial domains 

Anna Jenkins, Psychology

 

Siani Ellis

GABAergic entorhinal cortical neurons projecting to the dentate gyrus

Sanghee Yun, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (CHOP)

 

Harrison Fellheimer

Matrix reasonings impact on cognitive development in high school students

Loretta Flanagan-Cato, Psychology

 

Margo Games

Effects of Slow-Wave Activity Impairment on Memory in High-Anxiety Adults

Jennifer Goldschmied, Psychiatry

 

Mikaeel Habib

The role of viscerosensory feedback on song stability in a zebra finch

Marc Schmidt, Biology

 

Ali Hamandi

Quantifying Space Radiation Impact on Female Mouse Conflict Resolution Using Deep Learning Behavioral Analysis

Amelia Eisch, Anesthesiology and Critical Care

 

Nicole Horrio

Retinal Imaging Detects Ophthalmic Changes in Frontotemporal Degeneration

Kim Benjamin, Opthamology

 

Farhan Jivraj

The Effect of Biophilic Design Elements on Cognition and Creativity

Anjan Chatterjee, Neurology

 

Jenaye Johnson

Asymmetry of white matter language microstructure in human brain revealed by DTI

Hao Huang, Radiology

 

Emily Kopp

White Matter Evaluation Techniques in Frontotemporal Dementia

David Irwin, Neurology

 

Kayla Kruger

Neural Underpinnings of Anorexia Nervosa 

Nick Betley, Neuroscience

 

Namrita Kumar

Impact of Newborn Neurons on the Proliferation of Stem Cells in the Dentate Gyrus Region of the Hippocampus

Kimberly Christian, Neuroscience

 

Elysha Kunwar

Determining the population of lentivirus-infected cells in macrophage culture

Guo-Li Ming, Neuroscience

 

Isabella Lamadrid

Investigating Possible Cognitive Deficits in Offspring Exposed to In Utero Morphine

Mariella DeBiasi, Psychiatry

 

Theodor Lenz

A Biomarker Investigation of the Contact Hypothesis in a Real-World Setting

Loretta Flanagan-Cato, Psychology

 

Sarah Materasso

Analysis of Agonistic and Affiliative Behaviors in Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaques 

Michael Platt, Neuroscience

 

Marissa Mojena

Modeling sex differences in anxiety-like symptoms in mice following TBI

Akiva Cohen, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

 

Lauren Nguyen

Interneuron transplants as a potential therapy for Dravet syndrome in mouse models

Stewart Anderson, Psychiatry

 

Ellen O’Callaghan

Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease

Robert Mach, Radiology

 

Emily Orengo

The explore/exploit trade-off and ADHD symptomatology 

Elizabeth Brannon, Psychology

 

Alexander Palma

Effects of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury on Sodium Channel Expression

Douglas Smith, Neurosurgery

 

Diego Quirarte

Assessing Behavioral Deficits in an Animal Model of Traumatic Brain Injury

Han-Chao Chen, Neurosurgery

 

Maya Rajan

NRXN1 Genotype to ASD Phenotype Relationships

Edward Brodkin, Psychiatry

 

Dana Raphael

Role of Microglia in Mediating Sex Differences in a Mouse Model of Perinatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury

Amelia Eisch, Anesthesiology and Critical Care 

 

Rose Rasty

Randomized controlled trial of TUNE In, a novel cognitive behavioral treatment program to help autistic adults with social functioning

Edward Brodkin, Psychiatry

 

Mariana Restrepo

Patient Stress Responses due to Neuro-ICU Conditions and Interventions

Krzysztof Laudanski, Anesthesiology and Critical Care

 

Anyara Rodriguez

Genetic Modifiers of TDP-43 Toxicity 

Matt Kayser, Psychiatry

 

Lana Salloum

Investigating & Targeting Hippocampal Changes Post Traumatic Brain Injury

John Wolf, Neurosurgery

 

Sophie Siemsgluess

Assessing how neurodevelopment is regulated via the mTOR pathway in a DBT KO mouse primary culture modeling MSUD

Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas, Pediatrics

 

Robert Sierra

Do sickness-inducing treatments that produce anorexia also trigger malaise

Harvey Grill, Psychology

 

Jackey Tang

Identification and Characterization of Sleep Circuits in Drosophila Larvae

Matt Kayser, Psychiatry

 

Deepti Tandri

Assessing Spatial Memory in Planning Future Navigation

Michael Kahana, Psychology

 

Rachel Villari

The effects of exercise and hunger-supressant drugs on dopamine 

Nick Betley, Biology

 

Kelsey Walsh

Investigating the Role of AMPD2 Isoforms in Neurons

Naiara Aquizu-Lopez, Pathology (CHOP)

 

Jonathan Webster

Neurodegenerative Effects of Sleep Fragmentation and LC Lesioning in Mice

Sigrid Veasey, Medicine

 

Max Wragan

Density of Microglia in the Hippocampus of the Developing Mouse: Does Sex Matter?

Amelia Eisch, Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine

 

Steven Wren

TRIM Protein Protection Against Neurodegeneration

Xiaolu Yang, Cancer Biology

 

Irene Yee

ATPF1B is a novel genetic candidate for Luft Syndrome 

Rebecca Ganetzky, Pediatrics

 

Lilian Zhang

Novel AAV vector delivery via ICV Injections to mouse models 

Beverly Davidson, Pathology and Laboratory medicine