Administration

Co-Directors of the Neurosciences Graduate Program

Justin Gardner
Associate Professor of Psychology
Merritt Maduke
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology

Committees

External Advisory Committee
Daniel Feldman, Professor of Neurobiology, UC Berkeley
KC Huang, Professor of Bioengineering and of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University
Kimberley McAllister, Professor of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, UC Davis

Program Committee
Thomas Clandinin, Department of Neurobiology
Lawrence Fung, Department of Psychiatry
Justin Gardner, Department of Psychology
Paul George, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
William Giardino, Department of Psychiatry
Lisa Giocomo, Department of Neurobiology
John Huguenard, Department of Neurology
Julie Kauer, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Merritt Maduke, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Russell Poldrack, Department of Psychology

Student Program Committee
Alex Durango
Ellen Gingrich
Jenny Kang
Ashley Moses
Kayla Vodehnal

Admissions Committee
John Huguenard (Chair of Admissions), Department of Neurology
Todd Coleman, Department of Bioengineering
Ryann Fame, Department of Neurosurgery
Paul George, Department of Neurology
William Giardino, Department of Psychiatry
Jeffrey Goldberg, Department of Ophthalmology                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sarah Sampaio Izabel, Student                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Julia Kaltschmidt, Department of Neurosurgery                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Ashley Moses, Student                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Suzanne Pfeffer, Department of Biology                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Birgitt Schuele, Department of Pathology                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Longzhi Tan, Department of Neurobiology                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Suzanne Tharin, Department of Neurosurgery                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Kayla Vodehnal, Student                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Sui Wang, Department of Ophthalmology                                                

Curriculum Committee
Thomas Clandinin (Co-Chair), Department of Neurobiology
Lisa Giocomo (Co-Chair), Department of Neurobiology
Jacqueline Bendrick, Student
Lu Chen, Department of Neurosurgery
Shaul Druckmann, Department of Neurobiology
Lucas Encarnacion-Rivera, Student
Olivia Gautier, Student
Julia Kaltschmidt, Department of Neurosurgery
Ashley Moses, Student
Sergiu Pasca, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Ivan Soltesz, Department of Neurosurgery
Emma Theisen, Student
Brad Zuchero, Department of Neurosurgery

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB) Committee
William Giardino (Chair), Department of Psychiatry
Lindsay Cameron, Postdoc, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
URee Chon, Student
Paul George, Department of Neurology
Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski, Department of Psychiatry
Karen Malacon, Student
Paula Munoz Rodriguez, Student
Matthew Pomrenze, Postdoc, Department of Psychiatry
Longzhi Tan, Department of Neurobiology
Peter Wang, Postdoc, Department of Bioengineering
Blake Zhou, Student                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Nour Omar, Student                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Korshid Tarin, Staff, Neurosciences IDP

Mental Health Committee
Lawrence Fung (Chair) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Kalai Diamond, Staff, Neurosciences IDP
Sedona Ewbank, Student
Charlotte Herber, Student
Sarah Izabel, Student
Linnie Jiang, Student
Tessa Logan, Student
Merritt Maduke, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Paula Munoz Rodriguez, Student

Mentoring and Advising Committee
Julie Kauer (Co-Chair), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Russell Poldrack (Co-Chair), Department of Psychology
Jacqueline Bendrick, Student
Tucker Fisher, Student
Miriam Goodman, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Ting-Ting Huang, Department of Neurology
Liz Jun, Student
Dan Madison, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Lavonna Mark, Student
Teresa Nicolson, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery
Anthony Wagner, Department of Psychology
Xinnan Wang, Department of Neurosurgery
Leanne Williams, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Xinnan Wang, Department of Neurosurgery

Staff

Kalai Diamond
Educational Program Director
kdiamond@stanford.edu

Amanda Rashid
Student and Postdoc Coordinator
aarashid@stanford.edu

Korshid Tarin
Student Services Officer
korshid@stanford.edu