Elias Wojahn
University of Minnesota
Kathleen Cullen PhD (2019-2021)
Non-human primate and murine vestibular dysfunction
: Denotes an alumnus of the Johns Hopkins Internship in Brain Sciences
: Denotes a guest participant of the JHNSP Program
Meet our Scholars
Cohort 1: 2020 – 2022
Jennifer Hinton
Mississippi Sate University
Dwight Bergles, PhD
Genetic expression and the role of purinergic receptors in the developing inner ear
Montrell Vass
Stevenson University
John Krakauer, PhD, Adrian Haith, PhD
Executive dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease
Olivia Morrissey
Fordham University
Vikram Chib, PhD, MS (2019); Phillip Wong, PhD (2020)
Human brain processing of internal and external rewards (2019); Pathobiology of RNA splicing factors underlying the pathogenic mechanism of several human age-related degenerative diseases (2020)
Oludamisola (Dami) Adeshina
Oludamisola (Dami) Adeshina
Carl Stafstrom, PhD (2019-20); Lirong Shao, PhD (2022)
Effect of 2-Deoxyglucose and Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphate on Pilocarpine (2019-20); Induced Status Epilepticus: Metabolites that Control Neonatal Seizures (2022)
Princess Naomi Newton
Johns Hopkins University
Jung Soo Suk, PhD, MSE, Divya Rao
Potential for increasing the cerebral expression and circulation of exendin-4, a developing Alzheimer’s dementia treatment, through the use of penetrative DNA nanoparticles
Ryleigh Board
Cambellsville University
Matthew Bush, MD
Hearing healthcare disparity between delivery and access
Sarah Noble
Macalester College
Paul Fuchs, PhD
Neuronal Expression of HA-tagged Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor 𝛼9 in Mice'
Sarinah Wahl
University of Maryland, College Park
Tilak Ratnanather, DPhil, Kwame Kutten, PhD
Use of Dynamic Programming Tractography to explore the Optic Radiation white matter tract
Treasure Nwokeleme
Cornell University
Jesse Goldberg, MD-PhD
Motor learning systems
Cohort 2: 2020 – 2021
Ayotimofe Idowu
Howard University
Valina Dawson, PhD
The role of circulatory factors in Parkinson’s disease
Berenice Almaguer
Fallbrook, California
California State University, San Marcos
Thomas Lloyd, MD-PhD
Examining the relationship between Wnt signaling and neurodegeneration in C9orf72 ALS.
Jacqueline Villalobos
University of California, Davis
Diasynou Fioravante, PhD
Murine genetic analysis to determine biomarkers for autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders
Malika Shah
University of Maryland, College Park
Jeremias Sulam, PhD
The application of machine learning algorithms to biomedical challenges, and 3D neuron tracking in the mouse brain
Marcus Milani, MSc.
University of Florida
Cynthia Moss, PhD
Sensory Coding Of Natural Stimuli and Adaptive Motor Control
Maria Rivera-Santana
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Nitish Thakor, PhD
The effects of asphyxial cardiac arrest on cerebrovascular autoregulation in a rat model
Mary Caroline (Caroline) Yuk, MSc
University of Alabama
Dr. Yuri Agrawal, PhD
Neuroanatomical links between age-related vestibular impairment and spatial cognition
Cohort 3: 2021-2023
Alexandra (Zandy) Wong
Johns Hopkins University
Amanda Lauer, PhD
Ongoing Disparities in Pediatric Hearing Health Care Access in Baltimore
Benjamin Luo
Pomona College
Tilak Ratnanather, DPhil, Kwame Kutten, PhD
Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging to understand structure of feline auditory cortex
Brandon Villanueva Sanchez
University of Nebraska, Omaha
Gregory Carr, PhD
Developing novel therapeutics and treatments for cognitive deficits in neuropsychiatric disorders
Darius Carr
Temple University
Ronald Schnarr, PhD
Gangliosides and surface glycan binding
Rose Broderick
Lafayette College
Marcos Grados MD
Genetic and biomedical risk factors for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Shahin Ahmadi
Davidson College
Mark Wu, PhD
Neural and molecular basis of sleep in mice and flies
Valeria Leal
Johns Hopkins University
Cherie Marvel, PhD
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of cerebellar cortex in individuals with substance use disorders
Cohort 4: 2022-present
Aamina Dhar
Haverford College
Haris Sair, MD
Resting state fMRI and blood vessel tortuosity
Aayush Gandhi
College of New Jersey
Yuri Agrawal MD
Analysis of different brain regions related to vestibular function.
Benjamin Thompson
Wesleyan University
Jeffrey Rothstein MD-PhD, Alyssa Coyne PhD
Inducing nuclear pore complex injury in primary mouse neurons in order to create an animal model that mimics true C9orf72 neurodegeneration.
Charles Pinto
University of Toronto
Raul Chavez-Valdez, MD
Relationship between APOE haplotype and neurological dysfunction
Chibuikem Iheagwaram
Fisk University
Ernst Neibur, PhD, Aaron Sampson PhD
Computational analysis of neural signals obtained from intracranial sEEG recordings of human patients with medically intractable, focal epilepsy.
Elennyel Correa
Southwestern College
Amanda Lauer, PhD
Cochlear hair cell injury resulting in hearing loss
Mark J. Lewis
University of California, Los Angeles
Xingde Li, PhD
Neural applications of 2-photon fiber endoscopy
Noor Huma
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Li-Rong Shao MD, MSc (JHIBS); Kelly Mills, MD (JHNSP)
Quantification of Parkinson’s Disease symptoms and Data compilation from cognitive assessments in Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) patients.
Cohort 5: 2023-present
Collins Ijale
Fisk University
Eran Shorer, MBChB
Mental health and sleep in women with HIV (WwHIV)
Jalane Campbell
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Anja Soldan, PhD
Sleep and Physical Activity Practices and its Effects on the Synaptic Protein NPTX2
Kevin Uriarte
Boston College
Brett Morrison, MD-PhD
Impact of adoptive cell transfer of macrophages engineered to upregulate MCT1 on peripheral nerve regeneration after sciatic nerve injury in mice
Luis Guzman-Clavel
Amherst College
Alex Kolodkin, PhD
Mef2C knockout induces long-range innervation defects in L2/3 neurons
Sophia (Sophi) Spindler-Krage
Grinnell College
Solange Brown, PhD
Pupil Size as a Proxy for Reward History