Award
Samantha Michalka wins first place for HIR Achievement Day
Sam has been awarded first place in the Graduate Program for Neuroscience division of Henry I. Russek Student Achievement Day 2014. This prize is awarded to students who are not only considered gifted researchers, but who have also distinguished themselves as being dedicated members of their program and community. Congratulations to Sam and her great […]
Congrats to James Brissenden for winning NSF award!
James has been awarded a prestigious NSF grant for his research on cognitive training and working memory. His proposal is titled “Cognitive Training and Functional Imaging of Visual Working Memory.” Congratulations, James!
Aparna Panja awarded UROP funding
Congratulations to Aparna for being awarded UROP funding for her project “Defining cortical connectivity maps in two attention networks for optimal analyses.”
Congrats to Kathryn Devaney for receiving NSF grant!
Katie has received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship award for her proposal “Mindfulness Meditation Training Effects in the Human Cortical Visual Attention Network: Assessment with Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Experts and Novices.” Congratulations, Katie!
Sam Michalka receives NRSA predoctoral award
Sam has been awarded an NRSA (Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows) award for her project titled “Dynamic Recruitment of the Lateral Frontal Cortex in Vision and Audition.” Congratulations, Sam!
Congrats to Dan Bireley and Emily Levin for receiving summer UROP funding!
Dan and Emily have both received summer funding from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). Emily’s project is titled “Investigating Attentional Networks in Naive versus Expert Meditators Using Functional Imaging,” and Dan’s project is “Functional MRI Investigations of Attentional Network Switching Mechanisms using Cortical-Surface Searchlight Analysis.”