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
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