Administration
Program Director
Nirao Shah, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Neurobiology
Program Admissions Co-Chairs
Jun Ding, Department of Neurosurgery and of Neurology
Program Curriculum Chair
Lisa Giocomo, Department of Neurobiology
Program Staff
Kalai Diamond, Student Services Officer 2
Marrium Fatima, Student Services Officer 1
Elizabeth Sarkissian, Administrative Associate
Director of Finance and Administration
Dorey Clayton, Department of Neurobiology
Admissions
Committee
- The Admissions Committee is responsible for deciding which students will be invited to interview Session and receive an offer of admission.
- Jun Ding (Chair)
- Stephen Baccus
- Lu Chen
- Luis de Lecea
- Shaul Druckmann
- Justin Gardner
- Victoria Hernandez (Student)
- Yang Hu
- John Huguenard
- Linnie Jiang (Student)
- Garam Kim (Student)
- Michael Lin
- Teresa Nicolson
- Scott Owen
- Nirao Shah
- Kang Shen
- Liqun Luo
- Sui Wang
First-Year
Advisors
- Each student is assigned a First Year Advisor. This person is meant to serve as a resource and mentor particularly during the first year.
- Lu Chen- URee Chon, Massimo Ornesto
- Thomas Clandinin-Lucas Encarnacion-Rivera, Jolie Huang
- Miriam Goodman-Yoo Jin Jung
- Jennifer Raymond- Deniz Bingul, Emma Theisen
- Kang Shen- Shawn Dhillon, Amelia Farinas
- Krishna Shenoy- Alex Durango
- Ivan Soltesz-Chris Minasi, Allison Morningstar
Curriculum
Committee
The Curriculum Committee is responsible for the periodic review of the program's curriculum.
- Lisa Giocomo (Co-Chair)
- Daniel Cardozo Pinto (Student)
- Lu Chen
- Thomas Clandinin
- Shaul Druckmann
- Tucker Fisher (Student)
- Olivia Gautier (Student)
- Julia Kaltschmidt
- Sergui Pasca
- Giles Plant
- Ivan Soltesz
- Brad Zuchero
DEI
Committee
- DEI committee will include faculty, student, and postdocs working on promoting, supporting diversity, and inclusion.
- Tirin Moore (Co-Chair)
- Krishna Shenoy (Co-Chair)
- Dr. Laura Driscoll (Postdoc)
- Dr. Daniel Bayless (Postdoc)
- Avery Krieger (Liaison)
- Lucas Encarnacion-Rivera (1st Year)
- Javier Weddington (2nd Year)
- Janelle Doyle (3rd Year)
- Victoria Hernandez (4th Year)
- Tucker Fisher (5th Year)
- Eddy Albarran (6+ Year)
Program
Committee
The Program Committee is responsible for addressing a wide variety of issues associated with the program.
- Marion Buckwalter
- Lu Chen
- Jun Ding
- Lisa Giocomo
- Nirao Shah
- Ivan Soltesz
Student Program Committee
The Student Program Committee complements the Program Committee by providing a student perspective on the issues and feedback regarding the program.
- 1st Year: Keira Robertson
- 2nd Year: Garam Kim
- 3rd Year: Beatriz Robinson
- 4th Year: Jessica Verhein
- 5th Year: Mark Plitt
- Adv. Year: Kevin Guttenplan