Current Students
Kelly Abshire
abshirek@ohsu.edu
BS in Psychology and BSA in Biology, Psychology (2018) The University of Texas at Austin
Matriculated: 2022
Mentors: Dr. Andrey Ryabinin & Dr. Deena Walker
Mason Andrus
andrusm@ohsu.edu
BA Psychology (2018) University of California Los Angeles
Matriculated: 2020
Mentors: Dr. Matt Lattal & Dr. Deena Walker
Dissertation Project: Building a Molecular Bridge between Trauma and Substance Abuse
Landon Bayless-Edwards
baylesse@ohsu.edu
MS (Biology) from 2019
Matriculated: 2020
Mentor: Dr. Tianyi Mao
Dissertation Project: Opioid modulation of thalamocortical circuitry
Amy Chan
chanamy@ohsu.edu
BA Biology (2018) Macalester College
Matriculated: 2020
Mentor: Dr. Angela Ozburn
Dissertation: Role of nucleus accumbens sex differences in ethanol reward and binge-like drinking
Hannah Cunningham
cunninha@ohsu.edu
MS Kinesiology and BS Biomedical Engineering (2020) Michigan Technology University
Matriculated: 2023
Caitlynn De Preter
depreter@ohsu.edu
BS Psychology (2017) East Tennessee State University
Matriculated: 2018
Mentor: Dr. Mary Heinricher
Dissertation Project: Optogenetic manipulation of inputs into brainstem pain circuits
Gillian Driscoll
driscolg@ohsu.edu
BA Neuroscience (2021) Hamilton College
Matriculated: 2023
Mizan Gaillard
gaillard@ohsu.edu
Mentor: Dr. Bonnie Nagel
Michael Johnson
mijohnso@ohsu.edu
MS Biology (2022) Arizona State University
Matriculated: 2022
Mentors: Dr. Andrey Ryabinin & Dr. Deena Walker
Joshua Karpf
fkarpf@ohsu.edu
BS Biology and BS Psychology (2016) University of Oregon
Matriculated: 2021
Mentor: Dr. Chris Kroenke
Michelle Kielhold
kielhold@ohsu.edu
BS Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (2016) University of California Davis
Matriculated: 2018
Mentor: Dr. Bita Moghaddam
Dissertation Project: Modeling genetic risk for schizophrenia by manipulating NMDAR subunit expression in dopamine neurons
Dakota Kliamovich
kliamovi@ohsu.edu
BS Biology, BA Psychology (2017) Whitworth University
Matriculated: 2017
Mentor: Dr. Bonnie Nagel
Dissertation Project: Predicting Risk for Emerging Depression during Adolescence: A Multimodal Biopsychosocial Approach.
Hayley Kuhn
kuhnh@ohsu.edu
BS Neuroscience (2022) Michigan State University
Matriculated: 2022
Mentor: Dr. Marina Wolf
Courtney Ledford
ledfordc@ohsu.edu
BA Biology (2022) Portland State University
Matriculated: 2022
Mentor: Dr. Bita Moghaddam
Chloé Le Moing
lemoing@ohsu.edu
BA Biological Sciences (2019) Cornell University
Matriculated: 2021
Mentor: Dr. Skyler Jackman
Kendrick Lewis
lewiske@ohsu.edu
BS Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Cognitive Science, Neuroscience Emphasis (2021) University of California Davis
Matriculated: 2023
Kayla Maanum
maanum@ohsu.edu
BA Integrative Biology (2019) University of California, Berkeley
Matriculated: 2022
Mentor: Dr. Tianyi Mao
Nicholas Margolies
margolie@ohsu.edu
MS Endocrinology & Animal Biosciences (2018) Rutgers School of Graduate Studies
Matriculated: 2022
Mentor: Dr. Marina Guizzetti
Noah Milman
milman@ohsu.edu
BS Behavioral Neuroscience (2021) Northeastern University
Matriculated: 2021
Mentor: Dr. Miranda Lim
Louis Nuñez
nunezlo@ohsu.edu
BA Neuroscience and Psychology (2021) University of Colorado Boulder
Matriculated: 2021
Mentor: Dr. Angela Ozburn
Randall Olson
olsonra@ohsu.edu
BA Psychology (2018) University of Portland
Matriculated: 2020
Mentor: Dr. Atheir Abbas
Dissertation: The Role of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex-Claustrum Circuit in Behavioral Switching
Grecia Ramirez-Ovalle
ramiregr@ohsu.edu
MSc Petroleum Engineering (2019) Stanford University
Matriculated: 2023
Samantha Rios
riossa@ohsu.edu
BA Neuroscience (2017) Mount Holyoke College
Matriculated :2018
Mentor: Dr. Tamara Phillips-Richards & Dr. Susan Ingram
Dissertation Project: Role of Lateral Habenula - Dorsal Raphe Circuit on Methamphetamine-Induced Aversion
Daniel Smith
smdaniel@ohsu.edu
MS Data Science (2022) Willamette University
Matriculated: 2023
Jonah Stickney
sticknej@ohsu.edu
BS Neuroscience, Psychology (2021) Washington State University
Matriculated: 2022
Mentor: Dr. Stephen David
Jereme Wingert
wingertj@ohsu.edu
BS in Neuroscience (2018) Washington State University
Matriculated: 2021
Mentor: Dr. Stephen David