I am a neuroscience PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania interested in understanding why and how neurodegeneration occurs. My thesis work focuses on studying the mechanisms of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders, cognitive impairment which affects about half of the HIV-infected population. Through my work, I aim to understand how HIV infection can activate processes that injure the brain and the central nervous system and how we can stop them.
Children living in poverty suffer greater cognitive and physical effects from lead exposure than children from richer families, even if they live in the same area
Taking out the trash improves key symptoms of neurodegenerative disease
This method, which uses a handful of small molecule drugs, is a time-saver compared to stem cell therapy
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Everyone experiences trauma, but in some brains, PTSD arises where others aren't at as much risk
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The Columbia scientist on the neuroscience of motherhood and how social justice and science intersect
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Scientists compare cortical organoids to a developing human brain and spot key differences
Bees from other colonies accepted infected bees with open arms where they usually would be rejected.
By breeding dogs for specific behaviors, humans have also altered the physical structure of their brains
Studying the effects of isolated, monotonous environments on the human brain has important implications for space travel
