Thirteen UC Irvine junior neuroscience scholars received awards at the 2019 CNLM Award Ceremony
CAROL AND JAMES MCGAUGH AWARD
Mona Fariborzi (Dr. Gyorgy Lur)
"Stress induces persistent loss of communication between cortical regions"
CAROL BECKER MCGAUGH AWARD
Nima Hadidi (Dr. Christine Gall)
"Computational modeling of stress response regulation"
JAMES TAIT GOODRICH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN NEUROBIOLOGY
Sonia Parievsky (Dr. Autumn Ivy)
"Insights into the lasting effects of exercise on the developing brain"
FRIENDS OF THE CNLM AWARD
Sharmin Shanur (Dr. Marcelo Wood)
"Effects of exercise on gene expression"
JARED M. ROBERTS MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Natalie DiProspero (Dr. Michael Yassa)
"Predicting Alzheimer's disease in people with Down Syndrome"
JOHN W. HAYCOCK MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
XiaoTing Zheng (Dr. Sunil Gandhi)
"Rewiring the brain using neuronal transplantation"
JOHN W. HAYCOCK MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
Kara Wendel (Dr. Andre Obenaus)
"Understanding reward circuit modifications following early life adversity"
RENÉE HARWICK ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Rianne Campbell (Dr. Marcelo Wood)
"How cocaine hijacks regulators of gene expression in the brain"
RENÉE HARWICK ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Maria Montchal (Dr. Michael Yassa)
"How do we remember when events occurred?"
RENÉE HARWICK ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Isabella Sanchez (Dr. Leslie Thompson)
"The choroid plexus and CSF secretion in Huntington's disease"
ROGER W. RUSSELL AWARD IN THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY
Jonathan Hasselmann (Dr. Mathew Blurton-Jones)
"Human microglia and mouse brains: A new direction for Alzheimer's research"
ROGER W. RUSSELL AWARD IN THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY
Jessica Lingad (Dr. Craig Stark)
"Examining the metabolic signatures of neural activity in aging"
NORMAN WEINBERGER AWARD
Angeline Eugene (Dr. Christie Fowler)
"The long-term consequences of adolescent cannabinoid and nicotine exposure"
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, Dr. James Tait Goodrich and Mrs. Judy 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.
We would also like to thank UCI Graduate Division for their support of our graduate awards and a special thanks to Dean Frances Leslie for her dedication to graduate education at UCI.
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