Congratulations to the 2022 CNLM Junior Scholar Award Recipients
Join us on May 25 at 3 p.m. for the CNLM 2022 Award Ceremony.
Each trainee recipient will share a 2-minute elevator pitch and answer questions about their research.
Undergraduate Student Awards
Erick Ho (Advisor: Dr. Kevin Beier)
"Reducing memory loss in Alzheimer's disease"
Kayla Solorio (Advisor: Dr. Javier Diaz Alonso)
"Understanding how AMPAR synapses alter behavior in mice"
JAMES TAIT GOODRICH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN NEUROBIOLOGY
Sean Lee (Advisor: Dr. Claudia Kawas)
"Resisting Alzheimer's neuropathology"
Joshua Nguyen (Advisor: Dr. Michael Yassa)
"Neurofilament light: a marker of neurodegeneration in Down syndrome"
Grad Student and Post Doc Awards
JOHN W. HAYCOCK MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
Erica Ward (Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Chrastil)
"Detecting dynamic brain networks during navigation"
JOHN W. HAYCOCK MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
Malia Bautista (Advisor: Dr. Christie Fowler)
"The missing lynx in nicotine relapse"
JOHN W. HAYCOCK MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
Gerardo Sandoval (Advisor: Dr. Javier Diaz)
"You can't 'slot' with us: GluA1 ATD protein interactions mediating AMPA receptor trafficking"
JOHN W. HAYCOCK MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
Jaclyn Beck (Advisor: Dr. Mathew Blurton-Jones)
"Why are T cells invading the brain in Alzheimer's disease?"
JARED M. ROBERTS MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Rajat Saxena (Advisor: Dr. Bruce L. McNaughton)
"Lifelong learning in the brain"
JARED M. ROBERTS MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Maricela Martinez (Advisor: Dr. Stephen Mahler)
"Grass is less green: how adolescent THC exposure affects risky decision-making"
JARED M. ROBERTS MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Jacob Rounds (Advisor: Dr. Marcelo Wood)
"This is your brain on drugs"
JARED M. ROBERTS MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Bianca Leonard (Advisor: Dr. Michael Yassa)
"Your teenager's brain is pretty emotional"
Sydney Prange (Advisor: Dr. Katherine Thompson-Peer)
"Dendrite regeneration: a potential avenue to prevent neurodegeneration"
Nora Bradford (Advisor: Dr. Megan Peters)
"Assessing and improving metacognition in the classroom"
ROGER W. RUSSELL AWARD IN THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY
Mike Starrett Ambrose (Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Chrastil)
"How does the human brain navigate cognitive space?"
ROGER W. RUSSELL AWARD IN THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY
Ashley Keiser (Advisor: Dr. Marcelo Wood)
"Using exercise to shed new light on molecular mechanisms underlying memory formation"
Caden Henningfield (Advisor: Dr. Kim Green)
"Targeting a specific microglial subpopulation in Alzheimer's disease"
Miranda Chappel-Farley (Advisor: Dr. Michael Yassa)
"Can exercise support memory through improving sleep?"
RENÉE HARWICK ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Jason Lee (Advisor: Dr. Kei Igarashi)
"Dopamine and the associative memory map"
RENÉE HARWICK ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Isabel Rivera (Advisor: Dr. Jorge Busciglio)
"Developing microglia as therapeutic targets for Down syndrome"
High School Student Awards
Nikhita Kaushik
"Creating a neuroscience community for Southern California high school students"
Faculty Awards
Tallie Z. Baram
Distinguished Professor
Pediatrics, Anatomy & Neurobiology, and Neurology
For outstanding commitment to applying research findings to improving the human condition
Katherine Thompson-Peer
Assistant Professor
Developmental & Cell Biology
For outsanding dedication to positively impacting the training experience of early career scientists
Kevin Beier
Assistant Professor
Physiology & Biophysics
For outstanding early career contributions to charting new paths in neuroscience
Christine Gall
Distinguished Professor and Chair
Anatomy & Neurobiology
For your transformative contributions to the field of learning and memory
The annual awards of the CNLM are possible thanks to the generosity of our wonderful community of supporters including Dr. James McGaugh, Mrs. Janice McGaugh Morrow and Mr. William Morrow, Mrs. Judy Goodrich and the late Dr. James Tait Goodrich, Dr. Renée Harwick, the friends, family and colleagues of Dr. John Haycock, the friends, family and colleagues of Mr. Jared Roberts, the friends, family and colleagues of Dr. Roger Russell, the friends, family and Colleagues of Dr. Norman Weinberger, and the Friends of the CNLM. Thank you for making a difference in the careers of our young scholars.
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