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Tara Pirnia, PhD

    Education & Training

  • Carnegie Mellon University, PhD, 2024
  • University of California, Los Angeles, BS, 2009
  • El Camino College, AS, 2007
Representative Publications
Lipski WJ, Alhourani A, Pirnia T, Jones PW, Dastolfo-Hromack C, Helou LB, Crammond DJ, Shaiman S, Dickey MW, Holt LL, Turner RS, Fiez JA, Richardson RM. Subthalamic Nucleus Neurons Differentially Encode Early and Late Aspects of Speech Production. J Neurosci. 2018 Jun 13;38(24):5620-5631. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3480-17.2018. Epub 2018 May 22. PMID: 29789378; PMCID: PMC6001034.
Student Year
MS3
Career Advisor
Paula Clemens, MD
Thesis Advisor
Leila Wehbe, Bonnie Nazbanou
Program
Psychology (CMU)
Dissertation Title

Neural processes underlying cognitive control during language production

Trainee
Current
Training Start Year
2015