Hello everyone! As the summer comes to a close, I look back on my time in the Brackenridge Fellowship. Throughout the fellowship, my perception of research has changed tremendously. Working with my peers for the last few months, discussing our projects, and providing feedback has been incredibly rewarding and beneficial. I have learned a ton…
Tag: Neuroscience
Exploring Circadian Variations in Psychomotor Vigilance Performance in Adolescents – Brackenridge Intro
Hi everyone! My name is Mrudul Nagapurkar, and I am a rising senior majoring in Neuroscience with a minor in Chemistry and certificates in Conceptual Foundations of Medicine and Global Health. I am very excited to be part of the Brackenridge Fellowship this summer and look forward to learning more about everyone’s projects and research…
Brackenridge Scholar Investigates Discrimination and Stressor-evoked Activity within Proximal Stress-Control Brain Regions
This summer I am ressearching with Dr. Layla Banihashemi, who is an associate professor in the Psychiatry and Bioengineering departments at Pitt. She leads the Brain Body Stress Lab at the university, which studies the neural implications of early childhood adversity. This summer I am working with Dr. Banihashemi to investigate how different types of…
Discovering a Future in Neuroscience
Hi everyone! My name is Mercy Akanmu, and I am so excited to have received the Health Sciences Fellowship this summer! My research is focused on neurogranin, a protein that helps regulate the development of our brain’s reward circuit. The reward circuit is a fascinating pathway that determines our responses to various stimuli (food, social…
Gamma Knife Neurosurgery
Hi Everyone, I’m Abhi and I am partaking in the Brackenridge Research Fellowship. I am a rising senior studying neuroscience on the pre-med track. My project revolves around Gamma Knife Radiosurgery (GKRS), studying brain metastases originating from the nasopharynx region (NPC, an area between the nose and throat). GKRS is an invasive surgical technique involving…
How the Tables Have Turned: Learning Through Teaching CUTF 2
I decided to apply to the CUTF in February 2023. Part of the reason that I applied is because I already had several ideas on what kind of project could enhance the class I was taking at the time – Functional Neuroanatomy. There are various difficult circuits that undergraduate neuroscience students learn in this class,…
Communicating with a Broader Community
Being able to communicate my research is a crucial skill that allows my work to impact communities outside my own field. Having an understanding of the audience’s background and what they’re interested in helps you to tailor your message to them. The specific concept I’m talking about is fairly complicated, so I try to be…
My Fellow Fellows
I’m almost a month into the Brackenridge, and I’ve already learned so much. I’ve been able to spend time going in-depth on my research and meet the other fellows. It’s a great experience getting to know people from so many different disciplines, schools, and hometowns. Over this summer, I hope to gain a greater understanding…
Brackenridge Introduction: Grace Bohl
Hi! I’m Grace Bohl. I’m an incoming junior in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences pursuing a major in neuroscience, a minor in economics, and a certificate in conceptual foundations of medicine. I’m from Cincinnati, Ohio. In my free time I enjoy running, reading, and trying new recipes. My project is in the field…
Overcoming pain: Introduction to analgesic research – Sarvesh Acharya
Hi Y’all! My name is Sarvesh Acharya and I am a neuroscience major with minors in chemistry and religious studies. One interesting thing about me is that I absolutely love to be outdoors. If it is nice outside and I am free, you will find me doing something or another outside. Some of my favorite…