Student Spotlight
Very briefly, I am interested in the basis for cognitive dysfunction in neuropsychiatric diseases, particularly in psychosis spectrum disorders like schizophrenia.
I study functional brain changes across perinatal development and clinical management of pediatric spinal trauma.
I focus on studying how T-regulatory cells respond during chronic viral infection
My PhD work is focused on understanding the role of inhibition in the inferior colliculus (IC) after noise exposure. Currently, I am interested in characterizing the fate of transplanted embryonic medial ganglionic eminence (MGE) cells in the IC as a means to increase inhibition in naïve and noise exposed mice.
I study how the brain and spinal cord control itch and pain!
Broadly, my research focuses on endothelial cell dysfunction in pulmonary vascular disease as it relates to genetic, metabolic, and infectious origins.
My research ultimately seeks to improve our understanding of neurodevelopmental and pediatric neurological disorders to improve diagnostic and treatment practices.
I study descending mechanisms of pain signaling in the brainstem and spinal cord, and am working to characterize pelvic afferents transmitting affective/pleasurable touch signals.
Using bioinformatics and multiplexed imaging to develop novel methods for characterizing human disease and harnessing clinically actionable data.
I’m interested in using novel technologies to probe the neural circuits underlying psychiatric illnesses. Most recently, I’ve been using in vivo calcium imaging and optogenetics to dissect the contributions of subpopulations of striatal neurons in generating compulsive behaviors and in a mouse model with relevance to OCD.