OHSU

Graduate Students

Gabriela Alarcón, BA

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Gaby graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, California with a degree in Neuroscience in 2009.  After taking two years off to conduct research at the National Institute of Mental Health, she enrolled in the Department of Behavioral Neuroscience at OHSU where she is now a second year graduate student. Gaby is interested in understanding sex differences in healthy and at-risk adolescent neurodevelopment and how emergent differences may confer risk for psychopathology.  

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Anita Cservenka, BS 

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Anita graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2008 with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Psychobiology. She is a second year graduate student in the Department of Behavioral Neuroscience in Dr. Nagel’s lab. Anita is interested in the relationship between stress and alcohol use in adolescents and their effect on the developing brain.

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Affiliated Graduate Students

Jill Waldman, MS 

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Jill received her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Colorado in Spanish and Business Administration in 2000. She then went on to earn her Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology from Lewis and Clark College in 2006. Jill is currently in the fourth year of her doctoral program at Pacific University. She is working towards a Psy.D., with an emphasis in Pediatric Neuropsychology. Jill's research interests include hormones and neuropsychological functioning in the developing brain.

Jennifer Peraza, MA

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Jenny Peraza completed her BA in Psychology with honors at Scripps College and MA in Counseling Psychology at Pacific University. She is a current student in the doctoral program for clinical psychology at Pacific University and is on the neuropsychology track. She is a research assistant in the Developmental Brain Imaging Lab and research interests include executive functioning, human diversity, and risk and protective factors for neuropsychological and psycho-social outcome.