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Year 1 at Agnes Scott :Fall 2012 - Spring 2013: 3 students**all students presented their work at SpARC

 Year 2 at Agnes Scott: Fall 2013 - Spring 2014: 9 students *7/9 students presented their work

Year 3 at Agnes Scott: Fall 2014 - Spring 2015: 8 students * 6/8 presented at SpARC, 6/8 were authors on a manuscript published that year with their work.

Year 4 at Agnes Scott: Fall 2015 - Spring 2016: pre-tenure leave 1 semester, 1 student, who presented at SpARC and Society for Neuroscience

Year 5 At Agnes Scott: Fall 2016 - Spring 2017: 7 students: 6/7 presented at SpARC, 1/7 presented at Society for Neuroscience

Year 6 at Agnes Scott: Fall 2017 - Spring 2018: 4 students, **all presented at SpARC

Year 7 at Agnes Scott: Fall 2018 (sabbatical) - Spring 2019: 5 students *all presented at SpARC

Year 8 at Agnes Scott: Fall 2019 - Spring 2020: 8 students *all presented at GURC *5/7 presented at Society for Neuroscience*2/7 presented at ABRCMS

Year 9 at Agnes Scott: Fall 2020 - Spring 2021: ONLINE due to COVID - 2 students * analyzed some data from the previous few years, and worked to finish a manuscript which was accepted representing the data of the last 4 years.

Year 10 at Agnes Scott: Fall 2021 - Spring 2022: 6 students * all presented at SpARC

Year 11 at Agnes Scott: Fall 2022 - Spring 2023: 4 students * all presented 2 posters at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting -data was for each student’s senior thesis project.

Year 12 at Agnes Scott: Fall 2023 - Spring 2024: shift to a new mouse model: 6 students *3 presented 1 poster at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting

Undergraduates mentored in Research at Agnes Scott College, Decatur GA

Name. Current career. Time in Lab. Outcome of research in lab. 

 

44 Undergraduates mentored in Research at Agnes Scott College, Decatur GA

Fall 2012 - Spring 2023

Student Presentations

40 have presented a poster or given a scientific talk in their research

21 have presented a poster at a national conference

14 are contributing co-authors on peer-reviewed manuscripts

24 have/are pursuing further degrees

13  PhD students, 11 of which are minority women

2 of the PhD women of color earned K99R00 Training awards as DSPAN scholars with NIH.

1 of the PhD women of color was a Goldwater Scholar

4 Medical Doctor/ Dental School, 2 of which are minority women

6 Master’s Degrees, 5 of which are minority women

1 Law student

1 Nurse

15 are in STEM related careers

3 Science Educators, 2 of which are minority women

10 Engineer/Data analyst/Lab Tech/manager, 5 of which are minority women

3 NIH IRTA Trainees, 3 of which are minority women.

Name. Current career. Time in Lab. Outcome of research in lab.

  1. Karima Johnson. Ph.D. in Chinese Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University. Fall 2012 – Spring 2013. SpARC poster presentation.

  2. Leila Ibrahim. Master’s in Public Health, Project manager at Brain Health Emory.  Fall 2012 – Spring 2013. SpARC poster presentation.

  3. Laurel (Alex) Ambrose. Medical Doctor. Fall 2012 – December 2013. SpARC poster presentation *published manuscript.

  4. Jessica Resnack. Retail Management. Fall 2013 – May 2014

  5. Olivia Bello. Science Teacher, New York City Schools. Spring 2014. SpARC oral presentation   *published manuscript.

  6. Pamela Guinn. Biology Teacher, St. Gabriel’s College, Thailand. Spring 2014. SpARC oral presentation

  7. Jasmine Spraggins. Manager at Chick-fil-A. Spring 2014. SpARC oral presentation

  8. Kaela Singleton. Completed a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Georgetown University current Post-Doc at Emory University. Fall 2013 – Summer 2014. SpARC oral presentation  *published 2 manuscripts

  9. Laura Segura. Completed a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at University of Illinois Chicago. Spring 2014 – Summer 2014. SpARC oral presentation

  10. Katherine Binkowski. OD Medical student. Summer 2014-Fall 2015

  11. Rebecca Cross. Secretary at a Medical Clinic. Spring 2014 – Spring 2015. SpARC oral presentation *published manuscript*Honor’s Thesis

  12. Eli Whistant. Process Engineer at New WinCup Holdings. Spring 2015. SpARC oral presentation *published manuscript

  13. Cecilia Graza. Manager at Doctor’s office. Spring 2015. SpARC oral presentation *published manuscript

  14. Kathryn Laprade. Research Tech at Vermont School of Medicine. Spring 2015

  15. Martha VoderBrugge. Ph.D. student in Psychology. Spring 2015. SpARC oral presentation *published manuscript

  16. Nandi Ramirez. Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, and CEW of Noire Medical Women. Spring 2015. SpARC oral presentation

  17. Andi Sweatman. Research Tech. Spring 2015. SpARC oral presentation *published manuscript

  18. Miranda Arnold. Masters in Biomedical Sciences from Kennesaw State University and current PhD student in Neuroscience at UGA. Summer 2015 – Spring 2017. Society for Neuroscience, Poster (2015) and talk (2016) * published 2 manuscripts and Honor’s Thesis

  19. Megan Do. Dental student at UCSF. Fall 2016

  20. Tempist Harris. Fall 2016

  21. Alveena Jacks. Ross University School of Medicine. Fall 2016 – Spring 2017. SpARC oral presentation

  22. Karina Leung. Master’s Student in Environmental Studies at UNC. Sustainability worker at Agnes Scott College. Spring 2017 – Spring 2018. SpARC oral presentation

  23. Anner Harris. Ph.D. student in Neuroscience at the University of Texas. Spring 2017 – Spring 2018. SpARC oral presentation

  24. Hannah Rudolph. Ph.D. student in Neuroscience at Oregon Health and Sciences University. Spring 2015 – Spring 2017. SpARC oral presentation, Society for Neuroscience, Poster Presentations, Honor’s Thesis and *published 2 manuscripts

  25. Roysheda Tarver. Masters in Applied Behavior, Board Certified.  Fall 2017. Scotties with Nerves, Oral Presentation

  26. Crystal Burgess. NIH IRTA program. Fall 2017 – Spring 2018. SpARC Oral Presentation and Scotties with Nerves, Oral Presentation and an Honor’s Thesis

  27. Susan Cordero Romero. PhD program in clinical research at Clemson. Spring 2018 – Spring 2019. SpARC Oral Presentation, Scotties with Nerves, Oral Presentation, Society for Neuroscience, Poster Presentation and an Honor’s Thesis.

  28. Sammi Hatcher. Research Tech. Summer 2019. Summer Symposium presentation

  29. Jhodi Webster. Ph.D. student in Neuroscience at UAB. Summer 2018 – Spring 2020. GF-STEM Symposium, Society for Neuroscience, Poster 2018, Society for Neuroscience, Poster 2019, ABRCMS poster presentation 2019, and GURC presentation 2019

  30. Alexia Crockett. Ph.D. student in Neuroscience at the University of South Carolina. Summer 2018. GF-STEM Symposium

  31. Ruvimbo Dzvurumi. Post-bac research training program. Summer 2018 – Spring 2020. GF-STEM Symposium, Society for Neuroscience, Poster 2018, ABRCMS poster presentation 2019, GURC presentation 2019.

  32. Lauren Neal. Goldwater Scholar. Ph.D. student in Neuroscience at Rockefeller University. Spring 2018 – Spring 2020. SpARC Oral Presentation, Society for Neuroscience, Poster 2018, Society for Neuroscience, Poster 2019, ABRCMS poster presentation 2019, GURC presentation 2019

  33. Shekinah Phillips. Ph.D. student in Neuroscience at UAB. Fall 2018.

  34. Rachel Thompson. Science Teacher with Teach for America. Summer 2019 – Fall 2019. Society for Neuroscience, Poster Presentation, ABRCMS poster presentation 2019

  35. Alix Wagner (High School Student). Case Western for Undergraduate! Summer 2019.Summer Symposium presentation

  36. Alex Lombardo. NIH IRTA training program for Fall 2021. Summer 2019 – Spring 2020. Summer symposium presentation, Society for Neuroscience Poster Presentation, GURC presentation 2019

  37. Camryn Smith. PhD in Neuroscience at Vanderbilt, laboratory research position for Fall 2021 at Baylor College of Medicine.  Fall 2019 - Spring 2020. Society for Neuroscience Poster 2019, GURC presentation 2019

  38. Clare McDaniel. Applying to medical school. Fall 2021 – Spring 2022. Sparc presentation 2022

  39. Anabel Braziel. Samford University Law School. Summer 2021 – Fall 2021. Sparc Presentation 2022

  40. Xiomara De La Quinta. Applying to medical school. Fall 2021 – Spring 2022. Sparc presentation 2022

  41. Kiki Favors-Gosh. Masters in Medical Sciences. Summer 2021 – Spring 2022. S-STEM student poster presentation Summer 2021

  42. Alex Martin. Manager in Retail. Summer 2021 – December 2022. Sparc presentation 2022, SfN presentation November 2022

  43. Milo Beauchamp.  Spring 2020 - Spring 2023. S-STEM student poster presentation Summer 2020. *published manuscript, Sparc presentation 2022, SfN poster presentation November 2022

  44. Yommi Tadesse. NIH IRTA program. Spring 2020 - Spring 2023. S-STEM student poster presentation Summer 2020, *published manuscript Sparc presentation 2022, SfN poster presentation November 2022

Current Lab Members Summer 2023 - present:

Rosie Hagel. Senior. Spring 2022 – present. SfN poster presentation November 2022

Delano Bielamowicz. Senior. Spring 2022 – present.

Kylie Roach. Junior. Spring 2023 - present

Rebecca Harshman. Sophomore. Spring 2024 - present.

Lil Grehner. Sophomore. Spring 2024 - present.

Fin Turner. Freshman. Fall 2023 - present.