Current Lab Members
Former Lab Members
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Amanda Rendall
Ph. D. (2017)
Post Doctoral Fellow
Department of Pediatrics
Yale Child Health Research Center
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT 06510
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Peter Perrino
Ph.D. (2021)
Post Doctoral Fellow
Genetics and Genome Sciences
UConn Health
263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030
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Amanda Smith
Ph.D. (2016)
Senior Scientific Communications Specialist, Medical Affairs
Alkermes, Inc.
852 Winter Street
Waltham, MA 02451
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Ruth McLeod
PhD (2023)
Visiting Assistant Professor
Psychology Department and
Neuroscience Program
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
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Dongnhu Truong Grego
Ph.D. (2014)
Post Doctoral Fellow
Department of Pediatrics
Yale Child Health Research Center
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT 06510
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Caitlin Cleary Szalkowski
Ph.D. (2012)
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Courtney (Hill) Bodge
Ph.D. (2011)
Clinical Research Project Manager
Butler Hospital
Providence, RI 02905
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Steven Threlkeld
Ph.D. (2008)
Associate Professor and Program Director of Neuroscience
Regis College
Weston, MA 02493
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Ann Peiffer
Ph.D. (2004)
Research Scientist
Department of Radiation Oncology
WFU School of Medicine
Medical Center Blvd.
Winston-Salem, NC, 27106
apeiffer@wfubmc.edu
Former Research Assistants
Nick Buitrago
MBNF Research Assistant (2016 - 2017)
Graduate Research Assistant and MS Candidate
Department of Neuroscience
University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT 06117