People

Principal Investigator

Tamar Green, MD

Dr. Green earned her MD at Ben Gurion University and her training as a child psychiatrist at Tel Aviv University, Israel. She completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship in neuroscience at Stanford University. She is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford and the Principal Investigator at Brain Imaging, Development, Genetics Lab (BRIDGE). Dr. Green holds NIH-funded awards, is a Francis S. Collins Scholar, and holds the Stephen Bechtel Endowed Faculty Scholarship. Her research focuses on human genetic models of neurodevelopmental disorders. Her laboratory is interested in Rasopathies, a group of syndromes caused by genetic mutations in Ras/MAPK, including Noonan syndrome and Neurofibromatosis 1. A primary objective of these studies is to uncover neural correlations between Ras/MAPK signaling and deficits in attention, memory, and social skills.

Tamar Green's CV

Yaffa Serur, MD - Postdoctoral Fellow

Yaffa was born in Mexico City, where she finished medical school. Her research focused on neurogenetic syndromes as models for understanding behavior and psychiatric disorders. Currently, she is doing a postdoctoral fellowship at the lab. She has many projects, and she is responsible for observing assessments, doing MRIs, and the medical aspects of the research in the lab.

Julia Plank, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow

Julia is a postdoctoral researcher at BRIDGE Lab. Currently, she is working on MRI analysis of children with Rasopathies. Julia completed her Ph.D. in neuroimaging at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

Mira Raman, MS - Imaging Analyst

Mira's career has centered around neuroimaging with a primary emphasis on structural MRI. She has been with the Division of Interdisciplinary Brain Science Research, on and off since 2008. Currently, her work is focused in The BRIDGE Lab, on structural, functional, and DTI imaging studies of children and adolescents with RASopathies.

Naomi Fuhrmann, BA - Research Assistant

Naomi graduated from Reichman University with a major in Psychology. She's currently an assistant researcher at Bridge Lab, where she administers cognitive assessments, recruits participants, and leads community outreach initiatives.

Sara Pardej, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow

Sara Pardej earned her BA in Psychology and BS in Cognitive Science at Marquette University. Afterwards, she attended the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee under the mentorship of Dr. Bonita P. Klein-Tasman, where she earned both her MS and PhD in Clinical Psychology. There, she worked on several studies focusing on youth with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), including behavioral phenotyping work, psychometric studies, and a social skills intervention study. Her dissertation study, which was funded by a Young Investigator Award from the Children's Tumor Foundation, focused on examining event related potentials using EEG by comparing children with NF1 to children with idiopathic ADHD and unaffected children. She completed her Doctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology at Penn State Health in Hershey, Pennsylvania. While at Penn State, she also worked on research examining safety and psychopathology in youth with ADHD and/or autism. Her clinical interest is neuropsychology, and her research interests include issues of psychometrics, behavioral phenotyping, and the neuropsychological development (and subsequent areas of intervention) of individuals with NF1 across the lifespan.

Odeya Russo, BS - Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator

Odeya graduated from UCLA in 2024 with a degree in Statistics and Data Science. She currently serves as an Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator, where she maintains the behavioral database and oversees data management. She collaborates with lab members on data wrangling and statistical analysis and assists with research coordination duties. Outside of the lab, Odeya enjoys playing beach volleyball, practicing pilates, running, and experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen.

Chloe McGhee, BS - Clinical Research Coordinator

Chloe graduated from Northwestern University with a major in Neuroscience. Currently, she is a clinical research coordinator associate for the Bridge Lab. In the lab, she administers cognitive assessments, performs MRI scans, analyzes imaging data, and writes behavioral reports about the participant for families. Outside of the lab, she loves to play soccer, run, and go on hikes all across California.

Raya Bogdanova, BS - Visiting Student Researcher

Raya Bogdanova joins the BRIDGE Lab as a Fulbright visiting student researcher from KU Leuven, where she is completing her Master of Medicine degree. With a long-standing interest in neurocognitive, developmental, and degenerative disorders, she has contributed to research in Alzheimer’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, and gestational diabetes. Her current work focuses on ADHD-related brain signatures in children with RASopathies. Passionate about student wellbeing, Raya also lead the ADHD peer support network at KU Leuven, bridging her clinical interests with community engagement. Outside the lab, she enjoys swimming, hiking, and exploring art museums in new cities.

Jourdin Johnson, BA - Administrative Associate II

Jourdin graduated from the University of San Diego with a BA in Behavioral Neuroscience, where she developed a strong interest in how the brain shapes behavior. She currently serves as an admin in the BRIDGE Lab, supporting the day-to-day operations that keep research running smoothly. In her role, Jourdin manages a range of administrative, financial, and HR-related responsibilities. She supports recruiting and onboarding for students and staff, oversees lab finances, and coordinates travel and conference logistics for the PI. She is also involved in grant and compliance processes, including maintaining IRB protocols and supporting data use and research agreements. Outside of the lab, Jourdin enjoys spending time with her cat and dog, playing the violin, and attending pilates or hot yoga classes. She also loves riding her scooter around San Francisco and exploring new parts of the city.

Maya Barr, MS

Maya (she/her) is a third-year doctoral student in the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium. She conducts psychological assessments with children and their parents for the BRIDGE lab and is interested in helping families thrive. In her spare time, she likes to make art and explore the Bay Area.

Daisy Cephas, MS

Daisy (she/her) is a third-year doctoral student studying clinical psychology at the PGSP Stanford PsyD Consortium. She has been an assessor in the BRIDGE lab since Spring of 2024 and is interested in working with children and families and providing neuropsychological assessments. In her free time, Daisy enjoys spending time with her dog, Bear, and exploring her new neighborhood in San Francisco.

Daisy Manriquez, MS

Daisy (she/her) is a second-year doctoral student in the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium. She collaborates with the BRIDGE lab, specializing in psychological assessments, and finds joy in supporting children and their families. Outside of her academic pursuits, Daisy enjoys singing and dancing with friends, watching movies with her family, snuggling with her doodle, and perfecting morning lattes.

Annetta Venford

Annetta (she/her) is an undergraduate student studying neuroscience and biology at Brandeis University. She is interested in adolescent behavior and cognitive development, and received the Summer Student Research Award for the Francis S. Collins Scholars Program in Neurofibromatosis Clinical and Translational Research to conduct a research project comparing youth with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) to youth with ADHD and/or autism. Alongside that, she is working on community engagement efforts, supporting various data-based projects, and creating social media content for the lab. She loves watching Formula 1, baking, playing board games, and going on long drives down the coast in her free time (likely in search of new succulents).

Catalina Moore

Catalina (she/her) is a senior at San Mateo High School and is interning in the Bridge Lab. She is currently working on the NF1 Adolescent Study by assisting with remote participant visits, scoring data entry, and research operations. Beyond the lab, she loves being a competitive dancer, spending time outside in the sun and with friends, teaching dance, and grabbing sweet treats around the Bay!

Tali Lehrer

Tali is a senior at Palo Alto High School and a summer intern at the BRIDGE Lab. She is currently contributing to the design of the new REDCap behavioral database, as well as assisting with data transfer and cleaning, developing participant questionnaires, and supporting various research operations. Outside the lab, she enjoys going on adventures with friends, spending time with her dogs and sisters, traveling, and getting lost in a good book.

Madeleine Scully, MS

Madeleine (she/her) is a third-year doctoral student studying clinical psychology at the PGSP Stanford PsyD Consortium. She conducts psychological assessments with children and their parents for the BRIDGE lab. In her free time, she enjoys finding new hikes in the Bay Area.

Manish Saggar, PhD

Dr. Manish Saggar is an Assistant Professor in Computational Neuropsychiatry at Stanford University and currently directs the Brain Dynamics Lab. The overarching goal of his lab is to develop computational methods that could allow for anchoring psychiatric diagnosis into biological features (e.g., neural circuits, spatiotemporal neurodynamics). Dr. Saggar received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin and later received postdoctoral training in Psychiatry from Stanford University School of Medicine.

Jennifer A McNab, PhD

Dr. McNab is an MRI Physicist focused on the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast mechanisms and acquisition strategies that yield new and/or improved images of the in vivo human brain. Over the past decade, she has developed numerous MRI acquisition methods, with her primary contributions being in the field of diffusion MRI. Dr. McNab has extensive experience with the most cutting-edge MRI technology, including the world's strongest human-MRI gradients (300 mT/m), highly-parallelized phased-array RF coils (64-channels), and ultra-high magnetic field (7T).

Emily S Finn, PhD

Emily is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College. She completed her Ph.D. in neuroscience at Yale and her postdoctoral training at the National Institute of Mental Health. Before that, she received a B.A. in linguistics, also from Yale. Emily’s work is focused on individual variability in brain activity and behavior, especially as it relates to appraisal of ambiguous information under naturalistic conditions. When not science-ing, she can often be found doing something outdoors, playing guitar (poorly), or summoning the motivation to exercise.

Allan L Reiss, MD

Allan L. Reiss, MD is the Howard C. Robbins Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR) at Stanford University School of Medicine.

David A Stevenson, PhD

David A. Stevenson, MD is a physician board certified in both pediatrics and medical genetics. He completed his pediatric residency at the University of New Mexico and completed his medical genetics residency at the University of Utah. Dr. Stevenson is the program director for the Combined Pediatric-Medical Genetics Residency Program and the Medical Genetics Residency Program at Stanford. He is a section editor for "Genetics in Medicine", and a member of the ACMG Board of Directors. As a clinician, Dr. Stevenson has particular interests in disorders of the Ras/MAPK pathway which includes neurofibromatosis type 1, Noonan syndrome, CFC syndrome, and Costello syndrome.

Jennifer Bruno, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Bruno is a translational researcher at the interface of developmental cognitive neuropsychology and neurobiology. Her research aims to understand the basis of typical and atypical brain development. An overarching goal of her work is to understand when, how, and why individuals with neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders fall off the trajectory of typical brain development. She works in close collaboration with computational researchers and clinicians, serving as a bridge to translate cutting-edge science to solve problems of great clinical need such as improving early diagnosis and identifying meaningful subtypes to facilitate personalized interventions. To address these aims, her work combines information from genetics, brain imaging, and deep behavioral phenotyping using computational methods to understand complex, multidimensional phenotypes.

Monica Siqueiros Sanchez, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow

Monica (she/her/hers) is a postdoctoral researcher at the lab. She is a psychologist by training but dove into neuroscience during her Ph.D. Her main interests are how the brain develops and what makes our minds unique. You will most likely meet her during your visit to the MRI scanner, perhaps even also during some cognitive assessments. When she is not analyzing data or writing papers you may find her enjoying nature, spending time with her family, or devouring the latest bestseller (or a bag of Takis Fuego)! She looks forward to meeting you and your family in person at Stanford!

Bhavana Rai, BS

Bhavana (she/her/hers) is a research assistant at the BRIDGE Lab. You might meet her when you visit us at Stanford for the MRI scan and assessments. She enjoys working with the kids and families who participate in BRIDGE studies and furthering our understanding of the brain and behavior through analyzing the data we collect. In her free time, she likes driving down to Santa Cruz and taking her dog to the beach or cozying up with a good book at a seaside café.

Tammy Tiger, BS, MBA

Tammy is a research assistant at BRIDGE and a clinical nutritionist. You would usually talk to her even before you come to the lab to participate in the study, and most of her work is “behind the scenes”, but her favorite part is finally meeting you in person when you come to Stanford for your MRI and your assessments. When she's not at the lab she's usually spending time with family and friends, hiking, cooking (but not baking!), and organizing the next family trip.

Alyssa Garr, BA

Alyssa is a Clinical Psychology Doctoral student at the PGSP Stanford PsyD Consortium. She helps to conduct assessments with BRIDGE! Alyssa and her dog (Miso!) love to hike, swim, and play at the park. She looks forward to meeting you and your family!

Geeta Shankar

Undergraduate Student in Data Science at UC Berkeley

Mustafa Fattah, BS

Masters Student in Bioengineering at Stanford University

Paige Naylor, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow at Medical College of Wisconsin

Sarah Joelson, BA

PsyD Candidate at PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium

Sharon Bade Shrestha, BA

Research Data Analyst

Mohamed Elhassan

Mohamed Elhassan (he/him/his), is an undergraduate student currently attending Stanford University! He was born in Khartoum, Sudan but moved to the US at a pretty young age where he now resides in Laurel, Maryland. He is currently working as an undergraduate research assistant at the BRIDGE Lab under the guidance of Dr. Green and the rest of the amazing team. He looks forward to meeting everyone!

Aaina Dogra

Aaina (she/her/hers) is a Neuroscience and Biotechnology student at Santa Clara University. She joined the BRIDGE lab in the Summer of 2023, where she is an intern involved with neuroimaging and brain + behavioral research with an incredible team. Outside work, she loves exploring the California coast and trying new pasta dishes.

Hamed Honari, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Fellow

Hamed received his PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. With his background in application of artificial intelligence, statistical signal processing, statistical learning and passion in software prototyping, he is interested in methodology development and application of AI in neuroimaging, computational neuroscience, and interdisciplinary research. Before joining BRIDGE lab at Stanford, he was a Data Scientist at World Bank Group in Washington, DC where he used his background and research skills leveraging AI for innovative solutions and showcase effectiveness of technology-driven solutions in real-world contexts through design thinking research and PoV prototyping, including Computer Vision, Generative AI, and NLP. During his PhD, he worked on introducing new approaches for assessing time-varying functional brain connectivity. Currently, as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, his interests are focused on use of data driven techniques and machine learning for neuroimaging in particular for assessing functional connectivity.

Ophir Klein, BS - Clinical Research Coordinator Associate

Ophir graduated from the University of Puget Sound with majors in Biology and Neuroscience and currently serves as a Clinical Research Coordinator Associate for the Bridge Lab. In the lab she recruits participants, administers cognitive assessments, performs MRI scans, and writes behavioral reports about the participant for families. Outside of the lab she loves playing ultimate frisbee, doing pottery, and going on hikes.

Lital Schwartz, BS - Research Assistant

Lital is a clinical nutritionist. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Sciences and an RD certificate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Lital is a Clinical Research Coordinator Associate with a myriad of responsibilities including recruiting study participants, coordinating study visits, managing social media, etc.

Madeleine Gerson

Madeleine Gerson is a second-year doctoral student at the PGSP-Stanford Consortium. She has been an RA at the Bridge lab since the Fall of 2022, providing assessments to child participants and their parents. Outside of the lab, she likes to go hiking, swimming, and surfing.

Claire N. Aufderheide

Claire (she/her/hers) is a second-year doctoral student in the PGSP-Stanford PsyD Consortium. In the BRIDGE Lab, she conducts psychological assessments with children and their parents. Claire enjoys going to the beach on the weekends with her dog, Chip.

Ally Kim

Ally is a second-year MD-PhD student at Stanford School of Medicine. Ally's clinical and research interests in genetic causes of psychiatric disorders led them to BRIDGE, where they focus on rare genetic variants and aneuploidies' impact on psychiatric symptoms. Ally received their B.A. at Wellesley College where they studied Neuroscience and Statistics, alongside research in behavioral phenotyping. Ally is a coffee connoisseur (or addict?) and loves to whip up espresso drinks for friends and loved ones.

Jessica Karamourtopolulos, MS, MA-CSHD

Jessi (she/her/hers) is a clinical psychology doctoral candidate at the PGSP-Stanford Consortium. She is a research assistant conducting assessment in the BRIDGE lab. In her free time, she enjoys hiking with her dog, spending time with her nieces and nephews, listening to audiobooks, and traveling.

Selin Yalcinkaya

Selin (she/her) is a second year doctoral student at the PGSP-Stanford Consortium. She conducts assessments with the BRIDGE lab and is interested in neuropsychological and psychodiagnostic assessments for children. In her spare time, Selin enjoys spending time at the beach and exploring San Francisco. She looks forward to meeting you and your family!

Laura Korkeakivi

Laura (she/her) is a second-year doctoral student studying clinical psychology at the PGSP Stanford PsyD Consortium. She has been working as an RA providing assessment at BRIDGE lab since Spring of 2022. In her free time, Laura enjoys cooking, yoga, surfing, and spending time in the sun!

Miriam Donner, MS, MSW

Miriam is a third-year doctoral student in clinical psychology at the PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium. Her clinical and research interests include the bidirectional relationship between child functioning and maternal mental health, and issues related to intergenerational trauma, attachment, and family systems across the lifespan. Prior to moving to the Bay, Miriam earned her B.S. in psychology from Davidson College in North Carolina and her Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania, where she worked in a variety of settings with children, adolescents, and families. Miriam is a lover of cold weather, coffee, and the smell of old books and enjoys spending her free time getting outside with her two pups and spending time with friends.

Grace Yang

Grace (she/her/hers) is an undergraduate student attending Stanford University. Currently, she is a research assistant at BRIDGE Lab, focusing on quantitative data analysis. She’s interested in the genetic underpinnings of psychiatric disorders and their impacts. Outside of the lab, she can be found checking out local coffee shops and reading!

Noam Avital

Noam is a senior at Paly High School. He is interning at the Bridge Lab, working on expanding recruitment efforts, specifically to Canada, and updating spreadsheets to keep the lab’s records accurate and up to date. Outside of the lab, he loves playing basketball, lacrosse, and petting any animal he can find.