
Congratulations to the 2023 CNLM Junior Scholar Award Recipients
The award recipients shared their research on May 25, 2023 3 p.m. during the 2023 CNLM Award Ceremony.
Each trainee recipient shared a 2-minute elevator pitch and answered questions about their research.
Undergraduate Student Awards

Vicky Lam (Advisor: Dr. Katherine Thompson-Peer)
Ouch! Dendrites can detect injury and regenerate too!

Julie Loritsch (Advisor: Dr. Michael Yassa)
Remembering hippocampal subfield changes in adults with Down syndrome

JAMES TAIT GOODRICH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN NEUROBIOLOGY
Fiona Vo (Advisor: Dr. Christie Fowler)
How modern day drug use habits affect future generations

Hassan Shaikh (Advisor: Dr. Marcelo Wood)
The Weekend Warrior Effect: Consistent intermittent exercise induces persistent cognitive benefits
Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Awards

JOHN W. HAYCOCK MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
Mara Burns (Advisor: Dr. Leslie Thompson)
Star Light, Star Bright: How Huntington's disease breaks an astrocyte

JOHN W. HAYCOCK MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
Jharrayne McKnight (Advisor: Dr. Leslie Thompson)
Dont Stress Out: Stress granules in Huntington's disease

JOHN W. HAYCOCK MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
Laraka (Lara) Taniguchi (Advisor: Dr. Tallie Z. Baram)
To eat or not to eat Cocoa Pebbles: Sex differences in effects of early life adversity

JOHN W. HAYCOCK MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
Kate Tsourmas (Advisor: Dr. Kim Green)
Replacing the brain's immune cells to treat disease

JOHN W. HAYCOCK MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
Mariya Vodyanyk (Advisor: Dr. Susanne Jaeggi)
Seeing the world differently by learning to draw

JARED M. ROBERTS MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Nidhi Banavar (Advisor: Dr. Aaron Bornstein)
Fast is old and slow is new? Linking response times and memory discriminability

JARED M. ROBERTS MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Daniela Cossio (Advisor: Dr. Christie Fowler)
Midlife Crisis: The impact of early aging on navigation abilities

JARED M. ROBERTS MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Ari Khoudary (Advisor: Dr. Megan Peters and Dr. Aaron Bornstein)
Dynamically using memory to make better decisions

JARED M. ROBERTS MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Kate Lawson (Advisor: Dr. Stephen Mahler)
Just say no... sometimes: Psychedelic drugs may treat a range of disorders

Wing (Winny) Ning (Advisor: Dr. Bruce McNaughton)
Cracking the memory code: how the brain encodes the context and content of experience

Erica Ramirez (Advisor: Dr. Stephen Mahler)
What gets you motivated? Neuronal populations involved in reward and aversion

Batool Rizvi (Advisor: Dr. Michael Yassa)
Let’s not forget about white matter hyperintensities in aging and Alzheimer’s disease

Alyssa Rodriguez (Advisor: Dr. Marcelo Wood)
Making memories: understanding how the brain adapts with age

ROGER W. RUSSELL AWARD IN THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY
Jenna Adams (Advisor: Dr. Michael Yassa)
Understanding how pathology leads to memory deficits in the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease

ROGER W. RUSSELL AWARD IN THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY
Aditya Singh (Advisor: Dr. Andre Obenaus)
Neurovascular and behavior deficits after traumatic brain injury

RENÉE HARWICK ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Abigail Flores (Advisor: Dr. Gyuri Lur)
What happens in adolescence, doesn’t stay in adolescence

RENÉE HARWICK ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Rachael Hokenson (Advisor: Dr. Tallie Z. Baram)
STRESStrogen: The role of estrogen in traumatic stress

Raymond Villareal (Advisor: Dr. Susanne Jaeggi)
Being absent does not mean being behind
Faculty Awards

Christie Fowler
Professor
Neurobiology and Behavior
For outstanding commitment to applying research findings to improving the human condition

Stephen Mahler
Associate Professor
Neurobiology and Behavior
For outsanding dedication to positively impacting the training experience of early career scientists

Lulu Chen
Assistant Professor
Anatomy and Neurobiology
For outstanding early career contributions to charting new paths in neuroscience

Marcelo Wood
Professor and Chair
Neurobiology and Behavior
For 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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