Administration
Co-Directors of the Neurosciences Graduate Program
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
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
Corey Keller, Department of Psychiatry
Merritt Maduke, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Anthony Ricci, Department of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery
Student Program Committee
Yohan Auguste
Emma Costa
Sabrina Jones
Jack Marciano
Benyamin Meschede-Krasa
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
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
Emma Theisen, Student
Brad Zuchero, Department of Neurosurgery
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB) Committee
William Giardino (Chair), Department of Psychiatry
Gabriella Blanchard, Student Services Officer, Neurosciences IDP
David Au, Postdoc, Department of Neurobiology
Lindsay Cameron, Postdoc, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Youssef Faragalla, Student
Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski, Department of Psychiatry
Karen Malacon, Student
Paula Munoz Rodriguez, Student
Kamsi Nwangwu, Student
Matthew Pomrenze, Postdoc, Department of Psychiatry
Longzhi Tan, Department of Neurobiology
Blake Zhou, Student
Nour Omar, Student
Mental Health Committee
Corey Keller (Chair) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Kalai Diamond, Staff, Neurosciences IDP
Charlotte Herber, Student
Nour Omar, Student
Shreya Malhotra, Student
Merritt Maduke, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Paula Munoz Rodriguez, Student
Mentoring and Advising Committee
Andrea Goldstein-Piekarski (Co-Chair), Department of Psychiatry
Julie Kauer (Co-Chair), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Lu Chen, Department of Neurosurgery
Brian Knutson, Department of Psychology
Dan Madison, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Jennifer Raymond, Department of Neurobiology
Ivan Soltesz, Department of Neurosurgery
Sui Wang, Department of Ophthalmology
Staff
Gabriella Blanchard
Student Services Officer
gblanch@stanford.edu
Kalai Diamond
Educational Program Director
kdiamond@stanford.edu
Amanda Rashid
Student and Postdoc Coordinator
aarashid@stanford.edu