Jillian Lee Wiggins - CV

Jillian Lee Wiggins - CV

Marusak, H.A., page 1

Curriculum Vitae

Hilary Ann

Marusak, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Wayne State University

Department of Pharmacy Practice

259 Mack Avenue, Suite 2190, Detroit, MI 48201

(248) 953-9408

EDUCATION

Wayne State University School of Medicine

Detroit, MI

Ph.D. in Translational Neuroscience, 2016

(Advisor: Moriah Thomason, Ph.D.)

Dissertation: Childhood trauma and emotion processing neurocircuitry

Kalamazoo College

Kalamazoo, MI

B.A. in Biology and Psychology, 2011

Cum laude

Thesis: Functional MRI Differences in Emotional Regulation Pathways Associated with Unmedicated Bipolar II Disorder Depression

(Advisors: Blaine Moore, Ph.D., Kalamazoo College; and Lori Altshuler, M.D., University of California, Los Angeles)

Universidad Antonio de Nebrija

Madrid, Spain

Study abroad with a focus on Spanish language and culture, 2009

RESEARCH POSITIONS

5/2012 – 3/2016Graduate Student Researcher

Social Cognitive Affective Neurodevelopment Laboratory

NICHD PRB (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Perinatology Research Branch) and Wayne State University

Principal Investigator: Moriah Thomason, Ph.D.

8/2012 – 12/2012Graduate Student Researcher

Cognitive and Brain Development Lab

Wayne State University

Principal Investigator: Noa Ofen, Ph.D.

1/2012 – 5/2012Graduate Student Researcher

Brain Research and Imaging Neuroscience Division

Wayne State University School of Medicine

Principal Investigator: Vaibhav Diwadkar, Ph.D.

5/2010 – 9/2010Undergraduate Research Assistant

Mood Disorders Research Program

University of California, Los Angeles

Principal Investigator: Lori Altshuler, M.D.

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL HONORS

  • 1st Place Presentation and $500 Travel Award, Three Minute Thesis Competition, Translational Neuroscience Program, Wayne State University School of Medicine, January 19, 2016.
  • Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute for Child and Family Development, Wayne State University, 2015-2016
  • Summer Dissertation Research Fellowship, competitive award, Wayne State University, 2015
  • 1st Place Presentation Award, Lifespan Alliance Graduate Research Day, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute and Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, February 13, 2014
  • Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute for Child and Family Development, Wayne State University, 2014-2015
  • University of California, Los Angeles, Advanced Neuroimaging Training Summer Program, selected to attend, July 21-August 1, 2014
  • 1st Place Poster Award, Lifespan Alliance Graduate Research Day, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute and Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, February 7, 2014
  • Travel Award, Organization for Human Brain Mapping 19th Annual Meeting, 2013
  • Dr. Robert J. Bernucci Endowed Fellowship (Wayne State University School of Medicine), 2011-2013
  • Joseph F. Young Sr. Fellowship Award (Wayne State University School of Medicine), 2011-2013
  • Dean’s List (Kalamazoo College), 2009-2011
  • Cum laude (BA from Kalamazoo College)
  • Michigan Intercollegiate Athletics Association Honor Roll of Athletes Award, 2009-2011
  • Kalamazoo Honors Scholarship (Kalamazoo College), 2007-2011

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

  • Scientific Advisory Board, Kids Kicking Cancer, non-profit Organization, 2016-
  • Co-Director of Community Outreach, Student Neuroscience Society, Wayne State University, 2015-2016
  • Student Moderator, Society for Research in Child Development sponsored conference: Relevance of Population Neuroscience for Understanding Human Development, University of Michigan, May 16-17, 2014
  • Mentor, Youth Employment Summer (YES) program sponsored by the Youth Development Commission and the Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD), Summer 2013, 2014
  • Student Councilor, Elected by chapter members, Society for Neuroscience, Michigan Chapter, 2012-2014
  • Planning Committee, Michigan Chapter Society for Neuroscience 44th Annual Meeting 2012-2013
  • Team Captain, Elected by fellow teammates, Kalamazoo College Women’s Varsity Soccer, 2010-2011
  • Student Representative, Athletic Leadership Council (Kalamazoo College), 2010-211
  • Elected Chair, Athletic Committee (Kalamazoo College), 2010-2011
  • Elected Representative, Kalamazoo College Student Commission, 2009-2011

AD HOC REVIEWER

2016-International Journal of Neuropsychopharmarcology

2016- Comprehensive Psychology

2015-Neuropsychopharmacology

2015-Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

2014-Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

  • Facilitator, Giant Step Teen Conference, Detroit, MI, October 28, 2014
  • Presenter, ‘Medicine that Matters’ STEM Career Fair, Birmingham Education Foundation, April 25, 2013
  • Team Organizer, March of Dimes Walk for Babies, Detroit, MI, April 28,2013
  • Member, Planning Committee, Wayne State University hosts “Brain Day” at the Michigan Science Center, March 9, 2013, March 15, 2014
  • Director, Kalamazoo College Annual Triathlon, 2010
  • Volunteer for International Programs (Kalamazoo College), 2009-2011
  • Volunteer, Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals – SW Michigan, 2008-2011
  • Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity (Kalamazoo Valley, MI), 2007-2011

GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND OTHER FUNDING

American Cancer Society (ACS) - Michigan Cancer Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship

129368-PF-16-057-01-PCSM

Marusak (PI)

“Neurobehavioral correlates of learning and memory in child cancer survivors”

07/01/2016 – 06/30/2019

Total direct costs: $163,500

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) NRSA F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship

Marusak (PI)

“Effects of childhood victimization on the neural and behavioral mechanisms underlying fear extinction in adolescents”

Was considered for funding. Withdrew application since accepted ACS award (16 percentile)

Total direct costs: $152,070

Karmanos Cancer Institute, Pilot Project Grant, American Cancer Society IRG

IRG #14-238-04-IRG

Rabinak (PI)

“Understanding Emotional Brain Network Organization in Survivors of Childhood Cancer”

09/01/2016 – 08/31/2017

Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

Thomason, M.E., and Marusak, H.A. (2016). Impact of trauma on the early developing brain. Neuroscience In Press. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.02.022.

Marusak, H.A., Furman, D.J., Kuruvadi, N., Shattuck, D.W., Joshi, S., Joshi, A.A., Jella, P.K., Etkin, A., Thomason, M.E. (2015). Amygdala responses to salient social cues vary with oxytocin receptor genotype in youth. Neuropsychologia 79, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.10.015.

Marusak, H.A., Kuruvadi, N., Vila, A.M., Jella, P.K., Shattuck, D.W., Joshi, S., Joshi, A.A., Thomason, M.E. (2015). BDNF Val66Met Genotype Modulates the Effect of Trauma on Brain Anatomical Development in Childhood. European child and adolescent psychiatry 5, 509-18. doi: 10.1007/s00787-015-0759-4

Marusak, H.A., Etkin, A., Thomason, M.E. (2015). Disrupted insula-based neural circuit organization and conflict interference in trauma-exposed youth. NeuroImage Clinical 8, 516-25. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2015.04.007. PMID: 26199869

Thomason, M.E., Marusak, H.A., Tocco, M.A., McGarragle, O., Rosenberg, D.R. (2015). Altered Amygdala Connectivity in Youth Exposed to Trauma. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsv030

Marusak, H.A., Martin, K. R., Etkin, A., Thomason, M.E. (2015). Childhood trauma exposure disrupts the automatic regulation of emotional processing. Neuropsychopharmacology 40, 1250-8. doi: 10.1038/npp.2014.311. PMID: 25413183

Thomason, M.E., Brown, J.A., Dassanayake, M.T., Shastri, R., Marusak, H.A., Hernandez-Andrade, E., Yeo, L., Mody, S., Berman, S., Hassan, S.S., Romero, R. (2014) Intrinsic functional brain architecture derived from graph theoretical analysis in the human fetus. PLoS One. 9(5): e94423. PMID: 24788455. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094423

Marusak, H.A., Carré, J.M., Thomason, M.E. (2013) The stimuli drive the response: an fMRI study of youth processing adult or child emotional face stimuli. NeuroImage. 83, 679-89. PMID: 23851324. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.07.002

Conference Abstracts:

*Sala-Hamrick, K., Marusak, H.A., Crespo, L., Rabinak, C.A., Thomason, M.E., (2017) The impact of parenting on neural processing of emotional conflict in children and adoelscents. Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.

*Montgomery, D., Marusak, H.A., Rabinak, C.A. (2016) The effects of THC on subjective and objective memory recollection. Brain@Wayne Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

*Sheikh, F., Marusak, H.A., Brown, S., Fakhoury, S.K., Thomason, M.E., Rabinak, C.A. (2016) The impact of parenting on neural processing of emotional interference in children. Brain@Wayne Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

*Peters, C.A., Marusak, H.A., Hatfield, J., Elrahal, F., Rabinak, C.A. (2016) Fear conditioning and extinction in virtual reality: overcoming traditional limitations. Brain@Wayne Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

*Elrahal, F., Marusak, H.A., Marshall, N.A., Iadipaolo, A.S., Peters, C.A., Rabinak, C.A. (2016) Trait mindfulness and brain connectivity in children. Brain@Wayne Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

*Paulisin, S.M., Zundel, C.G., Marusak, H.A., Rabinak, C.A. (2016) Reward sensitivity and perceptions of affect in social cues in youth. Brain@Wayne Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

*Soufan, K., Zundel, C.G., Hatfield, J., Marusak, H.A., Rabinak, C.A. (2016) Variation in brain reward circuitry predicts later risk-taking behavior during adolescence. Brain@Wayne Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

*Fakhoury, S.F, Sharif, L., Marusak, H.A., Thomason, M.E., Rabinak, C.A. (2016) Strategies for improving success and data quality in pediatric neuroimaging. Brain@Wayne Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

*Hatfield, J.R.B, Marusak, H.A., Hehr, A.., Marshall, N., Iadipaolo, A.S., Rabinak, C.A. (2016) Ventral tegmental area fucntional connectivity is altered in trauma-exposed urban youth. Brain@Wayne Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

*Iadipaoloa, A.S., Marusak, H.A., Sala-Hamrick, K., Crespo, L., Rabinak, C.A. (2016) Reward sensitivity alters deafult mode network functional connectivity in children: a potential protective mechanisms against the effects of early adversity. Brain@Wayne Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

*Lisieski, M.J., Marusak, H.A., Perrine, S.A., Fischer, T. (2016) Student-led neuroscience outreach in Detroit Public Schools. Michigan Society for Neuroscience, East Lansing, MI.

*Marshall, N.A., Marusak, H.A., Hatfield, J.R.B., Peters, C.A., Sala-Hamrick, K.J. Crespo, L.M., Thomason, M.E. (2016) Diminished connectivity of corticostriatal reward pathways in socioeconomically disadvantaged youth. Flux Congress for Integrative Developmental Neuroscience. St. Louis, MO.

Marusak, H.A., Zundel, C.G., Thomason, M.E. (2016) Is neutral really neutral? Wayne State University Translational Neuroscience Program (TNP) Research Day, Detroit, MI.

*Zundel, C.G., Marusak, H.A., Thomason, M.E. (2016) Neutral faces are not an appropriate baseline in pediatric studies. Wayne State University Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Rodney Clark Poster Day, Detroit, MI.

Marusak, H.A., Zundel, C.G., Jaffry, S., Li, A., Bazzi, T.H., Bukavyn, N., Sheikh, F., Soufan, K., Elrahal, F., Crespo, L.M., Sala-Hamrick, K., Thomason, M.E. (2016) Aberrant amygdala to medial prefrontal connectivity described in numerous studies of affect dysregulation and risk: are we talking about the same areas? Society of Biological Psychiatry Abstracts, Atlanta, GA.

Thomason, M.E., and Marusak, H.A. (2016) Age-Related Shift from Balance to Imbalance in Reward and Threat Neural Systems in Young Adolescents. Society for Research on Adolescence Paper Discussion Symposium, Baltimore, MD.

Marusak, H.A., Zundel, C.G., Jaffry, S., Li, A., Bazzi, T.H., Bukavyn, N., Sheikh, F., Soufan, K., Elrahal, F., Crespo, L.M., Sala-Hamrick, K., Thomason, M.E. (2016) Aberrant amygdala to medial prefrontal connectivity repeatedly reported across internalizing, genetic, and environmental risk studies: are we talking about the same areas? Graduate Student Research Day Abstracts, Wayne State University School of Medicine. Lifespan Alliance Graduate Research Day Abstracts, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute and Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University.

Marusak, H.A., Jaffry, S., Bazzi, T.H., Bukavyn, N., Baldwin, G.H., Thomason, M.E. (2015) The pediatric chronnectome: time-varying brain connectivity in children. Graduate Student Research Day Abstracts, Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Marusak, H.A., Zundel, C.G., Berman, S.E., Li, A., Thomason, M.E. (2015) Time-varying brain connectivity in children and adolescents. Researchers of Biobehavioral Health in Urban Settings Today (RoBUST) Symposium Abstracts, Wayne State University.

Marusak, H.A. and Thomason, M.E. (2015) A paradoxical assocation of an oxytocin receptor gene polymorphism in youth: early life adversity and neural processing of social stimuli. DWMHA Interdisciplinary Mental Health Conference: Raising the Bar. Detroit, MI.

Thomason, M.E., Marusak, H.A., Carroll, M.R., Vila, A.M., Haugen, I.M., Baldwin, G.H. (2015) Altered insula-based functional organization in urban youth exposed to trauma. Pediatric Academic Societies Abstracts, San Diego, CA.

Haugen, I.R., Marusak, H.A., Thomason, M.E. (2015) Oxytocin receptor gene moderates the association between childhood interpersonal trauma and social anxiety. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Abstracts, Long Beach, CA.

Carroll, M.R., Burt, A., Marusak, H.A., Papiez, K., Thomason, M.E. (2015) Genetic variance in COMT moderate the relation between externalizing problems and fractional anisotropy in youth. Society for Research in Child Development Abstracts, Philadelphia, PA.

*LePage, R. M., Marusak, H.A., Carroll, M.R., Thomason, M.E. (2014) Uniquely impaired brain-reward function in high-risk youth. Society for Research in Child Development Abstracts, Philadelphia, PA.

Thomason, M.E., Levy-Gigi, E., Carroll, M.R., Marusak, H.A. (2015) Adolescent positivity bias in reversal learning. Society for Research in Child Development Abstracts, Philadelphia, PA.

Marusak, H.A., Etkin, A., Thomason, M.E. (2014) Insular dysfunction linked to disrupted conflict systems and large-scale brain networks in children exposed trauma. Graduate Student Research Day Abstracts, Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Marusak, H.A., Vila, A., Shen, S., Martin, K., Etkin, A., Thomason, M.E. (2014) Deficits in emotional conflict regulation in children exposed to trauma. Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Abstracts, Milan, Italy.

Marusak, H.A., Vila, A., Shen, S., Martin, K., Etkin, A., Thomason, M.E. (2014) Childhood trauma exposure disrupts neural and behavioral systems for emotional interference control. Organization for Human Brain Mapping 20th Annual Meeting Abstracts, Hamburg, Germany.

Marusak, H.A., Vila, A., Kuruvadi, N., Srivastava, P., Carroll, M., Younus, F., Shen, S. Martin, K., Thomason, M.E. (2014) Trauma exposure disrupts conflict from emotional distracters in youth. Lifespan Alliance Graduate Research Day Abstracts, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute and Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University.

Carroll, M.R., Marusak, H.A., Vila, A., Kuruvadi, N., Thomason, M.E. (2014) Trauma and negative affectivity impact reward-related neural processing in youth. Society for Research on Adolescence Abstracts, Austin, TX.

Marusak, H.A., Lozon, T.A., Novotny, A.L., Thomason, M.E. (2013) The stimuli drive the response: child face stimuli alter brain response in youth. Flux Congress for Integrative Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Abstracts, Pittsburgh, PA.

Thomason, M.E., Marusak, H.A., Tocco, M.A., Baldwin, G.H., Angell, K.L. (2013) Altered amygdala connectivity in youth exposed to trauma. Flux Congress for Integrative Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Abstracts, Pittsburgh, PA.

Marusak, H.A., Stoltman, J., Serota, R., Diwadkar, V.A., Ofen, N. (2013) Top-down control mediating successful memory retrieval across development. Organization for Human Brain Mapping 19th Annual Meeting Abstracts, Seattle, WA.

Marusak, H.A., Tocco, M.A., Baldwin, G.H., Thomason, M.E. (2013) Trauma exposure disrupts amygdala connectivity in youth. Michigan Chapter Society for Neuroscience 44th Annual Meeting Abstracts, Detroit, MI.

Marusak, H.A. and Thomason, M.E. (2013) Face stimuli alters neural and behavioral response in youth. Graduate Exhibition Abstracts, Wayne State University.

Marusak, H.A. and Thomason, M.E. (2012) Using child face stimuli changes brain and behavioral responses in youth performing an emotion processing fMRI study. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences Research Day Abstracts, Wayne State University School of Medicine.

*Martin, K.R., Marusak, H.A., Dassanayake, M.T., Frigon, T.A., Baliff, K.P., Katkuri, Y., Thomason, M.E. (2012) Brain activation in youth altered when stimuli are child versus adult emotional faces. Society for Neuroscience 42nd Annual Meeting Abstracts, New Orleans, LA.

Marusak, H.A., White, R., Wadehra, S., Diwadkar, V.A. (2012) Working memory demand and the modulation of dorsal anterior cingulate efferent pathways revealed by fMRI and dynamic causal modeling. Society for Neuroscience 42nd Annual Meeting Abstracts, New Orleans, LA.

*Schaffhauser, J.,Baldwin, G., Tozon, T.A., Rihan, B., Quednau, K.A., Shen, S., Katkuri, Y. Goetz, S.M., Carré, J.M., Marusak, H.A., Thomason, M.E. (2012) Hippocampal to default mode network (DMN) neural connectivity corresponds to cortisol levels during MRI in youth. Society for Neuroscience 42nd Annual Meeting Abstracts, New Orleans, LA.

Marusak, H.A. and Thomason, M.E. (2012) The stimuli drive the response: an fMRI comparison of youth processing adult or child emotional face stimuli. Selected for an oral presentation. Graduate Student Research Day Abstracts, Wayne State University School of Medicine.

*Quednau, K.A., Shen, S., Schaffhauser, J., Baldwin, G., Lozon, T.A., Rihan, B., Katkuri, Y., Goetz, S., Carré, J.M., Marusak, H.A., Thomason, M.E. (2012) Increased neuroendocrine stress response during MRI alters hippocampal to default mode network (DMN) functional connectivity in youth. Michigan Chapter Society for Neuroscience 43rd Annual Meeting Abstracts, Ann Arbor, MI.

Marusak, H.A., White, R., Wadehra, S., Diwadkar, V.A. (2012) Working memory demand and the modulation of dorsal anterior cingulate efferent pathways revealed by fMRI and dynamic causal modeling. Michigan Chapter Society for Neuroscience 43rd Annual Meeting Abstracts, Ann Arbor, MI, and the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences Research Day Abstracts, Wayne State University School of Medicine.

*Student presenter

PRESENTATIONS

  • Brain it on, Cancer! Invited Speaker, Kids Kicking Cancer MAT Seminar, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, 2016, Detroit, MI.
  • Aberrant amygdala to medial prefrontal connectivity described in numerous studies of affect dysregulation and risk: are we talking about the same areas? Selected for an oral presentation, Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, 2016, Atlanta, GA.
  • Is neutral really neutral? Selected for an oral presentation, Wayne State University Translational Neuroscience Program (TNP) Research Day, Detroit, MI.
  • Emotion and the brain: how early trauma gets under the skin. Three minute thesis talk. Translational Neuroscience Program Seminar Series. Detroit, MI in January 2016.
  • Impact of childhood trauma on brain and behavioral development in youth. Translational Neuroscience Program Seminar Series. Detroit, MI in November 2015.
  • Time-varying brain connectivity in children and adolescents. Paper presentation, Researchers of Biobehavioral Health in Urban Settings Today (RoBUST) Symposium. Detroit, MI in October 2015.
  • Neurodevelopmental correlates of mood disorder risk. Three minute thesis talk. Translational Neuroscience Program Seminar Series. Detroit, MI in May 2015.
  • Oxytocin receptor genotype modulates limbic brain responses to social cues and response to early life stress. Lifespan Alliance Research Day. Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute and Institute of Gerontology. Detroit, MI in February 2014.
  • Altered emotion regulatory neural circuitry in trauma-exposed youth. Perinatology Research Brain Neuroscience Colloquium. Detroit, MI in November 2014.
  • Childhood trauma and disrupted regulation of emotion processing. Translational Neuroscience Program Seminar Series. Detroit, MI in November 2014.
  • Neurocircuitry underlying individual variation in mood disorder symptomology in youth. Translational Neuroscience Program Seminar Series. Detroit, MI in November 2013.
  • Children show preference for happy peer faces in in the immature amygdala. Translational Neuroscience Program Seminar Series. Detroit, MI in February 2013.
  • A multimodal approach to assessing ADHD as a developmental disorder. Translational Neuroscience Program Seminar Series. Detroit, MI in March 2012.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1/2015 –Lecturer, Molecular Neuropsychopharmacology “Anxiety Disorders and PTSD”

Wayne State University School of Medicine

1/2010 – 6/2011Teaching Assistant, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Kalamazoo College, Blaine Moore, Ph.D.

1/2010 – 6/2011Teaching Assistant, Physiological Psychology

Kalamazoo College, Robert Batsell, Ph.D.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

5/2014 – 9/2014Wayne State University Physician Group

Child Psychiatry Clinic

Observation

Supervisor: Gabriella Geiszt, M.D.

5/2014 – 9/2014Children’s Hospital of Michigan

Child Psychology

Observation

Supervisors: David Rosenberg, M.D., and Olivia McGarragle, Ph.D.

5/2010 – 9/2010UCLA Mood Disorders Clinic

Observation

Supervisors: Susan Marusak, M.D., and Lori Altshuler, M.D.

MENTORING EXPERIENCE

Allison LiHonors Student, 2015-2016, Psychology, Wayne State University

Honors Thesis: Development and validation of a novel configural learning task in children

Nataliya BukavynHonors Student, 2015-2016, Nutrition and Food Sciences, Wayne State University

Honors Thesis: Cognitive flexibility and sociodemographic risk in children and adolescents

Clara ZundelHonors Student, 2015-2016, Psychology, Wayne State University

Honors Thesis: Neutral faces are not an appropriate baseline in pediatric studies

Rachel LePageUndergraduate Thesis Project, 2014-2015, Kalamazoo College.

Senior Thesis: Variation in reward sensitivity and negative affect in high-risk youth brain-reward function

Nisha KuruvadiHonors Student, 2013-2014, Wayne State University

Honors Thesis: BDNF genotype modulates the effect of childhood trauma on brain anatomy

Karolina PapiezHonors Student, 2013-2014. University of Michigan

Honors Thesis: Genetic variance in COMT moderates the relation between

externalizing problems and fractional anisotropy in youth

WSU YES ProgramWayne County Foster Youth (K-12), 2013-2014, Wayne State University

MEDIA

  • El Mercurio, Las secuelas del estrés postraumático infantil en el cerebral, April 22, 2014
  • Fox 2 News Detroit, Wayne State University hosts “Brain Day” at the Michigan Science Center, March 15, 2014

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS