Summer Neuroscience Program (2020)

This eight-week summer program enables undergraduates to jumpstart their Graduation with Distinction senior theses by working one-on-one with faculty mentors. The full program is open only to rising juniors and seniors who are declared Neuroscience majors. Students work on individual projects with their mentors to gather more information for research independent study (RIS) projects that will be done throughout the fall and spring semesters. The Summer Neuroscience Program is part of the Bass Connections Brain & Society theme.

Team Leaders

  • Alison Adcock, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences: Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Staci Bilbo, Arts & Sciences: Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Roberto Cabeza, Arts & Sciences: Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Kimberly Carpenter, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Audrey Dickey, School of Medicine: Neurology
  • Greg Field, School of Medicine: Neurobiology
  • Michael Gaffrey, Arts & Sciences: Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Ru-Rong Ji, School of Medicine: Anesthesiology
  • Cynthia Kuhn, School of Medicine: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
  • Jenna McHenry, Arts & Sciences: Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Rajendra Morey, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Andrea Nackley, School of Medicine: Anesthesiology
  • Debra Silver, School of Medicine: Neurobiology
  • H Scott Swartzwelder, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Zilong Wang, School of Medicine: Neurobiology
  • Anne West, School of Medicine: Neurobiology
  • Marty Woldorff, Arts & Sciences: Psychology and Neuroscience, School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Undergraduate Team Members

  • Amelia Bell, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Yume Choi, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Devon Dietrich, Neuroscience (AB)
  • Maddie Fowler, Program II (BS)
  • Diwas Gautam, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Carolyn Huynh, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Yasha Kulkarni, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Lydia Lin, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Molly Monsour, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Viraj Patel, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Alexa Putka, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Sreya Rahman, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Kaya Scheman, Neuroscience (AB)
  • Samantha Sette, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Kathryn Silberstein, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Andrew Thomas, Neuroscience (AB)
  • Anna Youngkin, Neuroscience (BS)