Current Students

Kelly Abshire

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

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

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

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

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Hannah Cunningham

cunninha@ohsu.edu

MS Kinesiology and BS Biomedical Engineering (2020) Michigan Technology University



Matriculated: 2023

Caitlynn De Preter

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

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Gillian Driscoll

driscolg@ohsu.edu

BA Neuroscience (2021) Hamilton College



Matriculated: 2023

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Mizan Gaillard

gaillard@ohsu.edu



Mentor: Dr. Bonnie Nagel

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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

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

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.

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Hayley Kuhn

kuhnh@ohsu.edu

BS Neuroscience (2022) Michigan State University



Matriculated: 2022

Mentor: Dr. Marina Wolf

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Courtney Ledford

ledfordc@ohsu.edu

BA Biology (2022) Portland State University



Matriculated: 2022

Mentor: Dr. Bita Moghaddam

Chloé Le Moing

Chloé Le Moing

lemoing@ohsu.edu

BA Biological Sciences (2019) Cornell University



Matriculated: 2021

Mentor: Dr. Skyler Jackman

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Kendrick Lewis

lewiske@ohsu.edu

BS Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Cognitive Science, Neuroscience Emphasis (2021) University of California Davis



Matriculated: 2023

Kayla Maanum

Kayla Maanum

maanum@ohsu.edu

BA Integrative Biology (2019) University of California, Berkeley



Matriculated: 2022

Mentor: Dr. Tianyi Mao

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Nicholas Margolies

margolie@ohsu.edu

MS Endocrinology & Animal Biosciences (2018) Rutgers School of Graduate Studies



Matriculated: 2022

Mentor: Dr. Marina Guizzetti

Noah Milman

Noah Milman

milman@ohsu.edu

BS Behavioral Neuroscience (2021) Northeastern University



Matriculated: 2021

Mentor: Dr. Miranda Lim

Louis Nunez

Louis Nuñez

nunezlo@ohsu.edu

BA Neuroscience and Psychology (2021) University of Colorado Boulder



Matriculated: 2021

Mentor: Dr. Angela Ozburn

Randall Olson

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

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Grecia Ramirez-Ovalle

ramiregr@ohsu.edu

MSc Petroleum Engineering (2019) Stanford University



Matriculated: 2023

Samantha Rios

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

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Daniel Smith

smdaniel@ohsu.edu

MS Data Science (2022) Willamette University



Matriculated: 2023

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Jonah Stickney

sticknej@ohsu.edu

BS Neuroscience, Psychology (2021) Washington State University



Matriculated: 2022

Mentor: Dr. Stephen David

Jereme Wingert

Jereme Wingert

wingertj@ohsu.edu

BS in Neuroscience (2018) Washington State University



Matriculated: 2021

Mentor: Dr. Stephen David