Congratulations to the 2020 CNLM Junior Scholar Award Recipients
Join us on May 20 from 4-6 p.m. for the Virtual 2020 Young Scholars Award Ceremony.
Each award recipient will share a 2-minute elevator pitch and answer questions about their research.
Undergraduate Student Awards
Jeanine Sandra Esteban (Advisor: Dr. Stephen Mahler)
"Exploring the brain's mechanisms of motivation"
Jennifer Truong (Advisor: Dr. Susanne Jaeggi)
"Can we improve our vision by training our visual working memory?"
JAMES TAIT GOODRICH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN NEUROBIOLOGY
Jorge Mendoza (Advisor: Dr. Norbert Fortin)
"Understanding sequential memory through sound"
Tri Dong (Advisor: Dr. Marcelo Wood)
"Exercise-induced cognitive benefits are memorized by the brain"
Graduate Student Awards
JOHN W. HAYCOCK MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
Forrest Weghorst (Advisor: Dr. Karina Cramer)
"How the ear finds the brain"
JOHN W. HAYCOCK MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
Taylor Nakayama (Advisor: Dr. Sunil Gandhi)
"Turning back the clock on our brain's plasticity"
JARED M. ROBERTS MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Elizabeth Hubbard (Advisor: Dr. Kevin T. Beier)
"Opioid withdrawal induces brain changes that contribute to drug relapse"
JARED M. ROBERTS MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Sophia Levis (Advisors: Dr. Tallie Z. Baram/Dr. Stephen Mahler)
"Effects of early life adversity on opioid addiction vulnerability"
JARED M. ROBERTS MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Negin Sattari Barabadi (Advisor: Dr. Sara Mednick)
"Sex and age effects on sleep-related memory formation"
JARED M. ROBERTS MEMORIAL GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Sandra Gattas (Advisor: Dr. Michael Yassa)
"How the brain keeps record of similar but separate memories"
Morgan Coburn (Advisor: Dr. Mathew Blurton-Jones)
“Human cells in a mouse brain: a better way to study Alzheimer’s disease”
ROGER W. RUSSELL AWARD IN THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY
Rachael Elizabeth Hokenson (Advisor: Dr. Tallie Z. Baram)
"Why does stress affect memory differently in women and men?"
ROGER W. RUSSELL AWARD IN THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY
Sarah Kark (Advisor: Dr. Michael Yassa)
"Revealing untold stories from the healthy and diseased brain"
RENÉE HARWICK ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Amanda McQuade (Advisor: Dr. Mathew Blurton-Jones)
"Letting the immune system fight back against Alzheimer's disease"
RENÉE HARWICK ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Yasmine Sherafat (Advisor: Dr. Christie Fowler)
"Nicotine addiction: the missing lynx"
RENÉE HARWICK ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD
Mitchell Farrell (Advisor: Dr. Stephen Mahler)
"Rewiring the opioid addicted brain"
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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