Current Students
![Kelly Abshire](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Abshire_Kelly.jpg)
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](/sites/default/files/2020-09/Andrus_Mason..jpg)
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 Balyess-Edwards](/sites/default/files/2021-02/BaylessEdwards_Landon..jpg)
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](/sites/default/files/2020-09/Chan_Amy..jpg)
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 headshot](/sites/default/files/2023-08/Cunningham_Hannah_x.jpg)
Hannah Cunningham
cunninha@ohsu.edu
MS Kinesiology and BS Biomedical Engineering (2020) Michigan Technology University
Matriculated: 2023
![Caitlynn De Preter](/sites/default/files/2020-08/DePreter_Caitlynn.jpg)
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 headshot](/sites/default/files/2023-08/Driscoll_Gillian.jpg)
Gillian Driscoll
driscolg@ohsu.edu
BA Neuroscience (2021) Hamilton College
Matriculated: 2023
![Mizan Gaillard profile picture](/sites/default/files/2023-08/Gaillard_Mizan%20250x250.png)
Mizan Gaillard
gaillard@ohsu.edu
Mentor: Dr. Bonnie Nagel
![Michael Johnson headshot](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Johnson_Michael.jpg)
Michael Johnson
mijohnso@ohsu.edu
MS Biology (2022) Arizona State University
Matriculated: 2022
Mentors: Dr. Andrey Ryabinin & Dr. Deena Walker
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Joshua Karpf
fkarpf@ohsu.edu
BS Biology and BS Psychology (2016) University of Oregon
Matriculated: 2021
Mentor: Dr. Chris Kroenke
![Michelle Kielhold](/sites/default/files/2020-08/Kielhold_Michelle..jpg)
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](/sites/default/files/2020-08/Kliamovich_Dakota..jpg)
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 headshot](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Kuhn_Hayley_headshot.jpg)
Hayley Kuhn
kuhnh@ohsu.edu
BS Neuroscience (2022) Michigan State University
Matriculated: 2022
Mentor: Dr. Marina Wolf
![Courtney Ledford headshot](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Ledford_Courtney.jpg)
Courtney Ledford
ledfordc@ohsu.edu
BA Biology (2022) Portland State University
Matriculated: 2022
Mentor: Dr. Bita Moghaddam
![Chloé Le Moing](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Le%20Moing_Chloe..jpg)
Chloé Le Moing
lemoing@ohsu.edu
BA Biological Sciences (2019) Cornell University
Matriculated: 2021
Mentor: Dr. Skyler Jackman
![Kendrick Lewis headshot](/sites/default/files/2023-08/Lewis_Kendrick_x.jpg)
Kendrick Lewis
lewiske@ohsu.edu
BS Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Cognitive Science, Neuroscience Emphasis (2021) University of California Davis
Matriculated: 2023
![Kayla Maanum](/sites/default/files/2023-04/Maanum_Kayla_x.jpg)
Kayla Maanum
maanum@ohsu.edu
BA Integrative Biology (2019) University of California, Berkeley
Matriculated: 2022
Mentor: Dr. Tianyi Mao
![Nicholas Margolies headshot](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Margolies_Nicholas.jpg)
Nicholas Margolies
margolie@ohsu.edu
MS Endocrinology & Animal Biosciences (2018) Rutgers School of Graduate Studies
Matriculated: 2022
Mentor: Dr. Marina Guizzetti
![Noah Milman](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Milman_Noah..jpg)
Noah Milman
milman@ohsu.edu
BS Behavioral Neuroscience (2021) Northeastern University
Matriculated: 2021
Mentor: Dr. Miranda Lim
![Louis Nunez](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Nunez_Louis..jpg)
Louis Nuñez
nunezlo@ohsu.edu
BA Neuroscience and Psychology (2021) University of Colorado Boulder
Matriculated: 2021
Mentor: Dr. Angela Ozburn
![Randall Olson](/sites/default/files/2020-09/Olson_Randall..jpg)
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
![Michelle Palumbo](/sites/default/files/2022-10/Palumbo_Michelle%202.jpg)
Michelle Palumbo
palumbmi@ohsu.edu
MS Neurobiology (2018) Northwestern University
Matriculated: 2019
Mentor: Dr. Aaron Janowsky
Dissertation Project: Delivering microRNA-137 via nanoparticles to the brain
![Grecia Ramirez-Ovalle headshot](/sites/default/files/2023-08/Ramirez-Ovalle_Grecia_x.jpg)
Grecia Ramirez-Ovalle
ramiregr@ohsu.edu
MSc Petroleum Engineering (2019) Stanford University
Matriculated: 2023
![Samantha Rios](/sites/default/files/2020-08/Rios_Samantha..jpg)
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 headshot](/sites/default/files/2023-08/Smith_Daniel_x.jpg)
Daniel Smith
smdaniel@ohsu.edu
MS Data Science (2022) Willamette University
Matriculated: 2023
![Jonah Stickney headshot](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Stickney_Jonah_headshot.jpg)
Jonah Stickney
sticknej@ohsu.edu
BS Neuroscience, Psychology (2021) Washington State University
Matriculated: 2022
Mentor: Dr. Stephen David
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Sophia Weber
weberso@ohsu.edu
BS Biology (2017) University of Washington
Matriculated: 2019
Mentor: Dr. Marina Wolf
Dissertation Project: The role of dopamine in the incubation of cocaine craving
![Jereme Wingert](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Wingert_Jereme..jpg)
Jereme Wingert
wingertj@ohsu.edu
BS in Neuroscience (2018) Washington State University
Matriculated: 2021
Mentor: Dr. Stephen David