April 19th, 2025
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Application period:
Applications to present your work have closed.
You may also join us as an audience member solely and hear insights from your peers about neuroscience, psychology, and mental health! The deadline to register is April 17th at 11:59 PM PT.
Featured Alumni
Georgia Hutchinson is a current undergraduate at Harvard and was involved in JClub from 2019-2023. She presented at the forum in 2021 and helped moderate/organize from 2022-2025.
Reflecting on her time, Hutchinson said, “Stanford faculty supported me in high school through the Journal Club, Summer of Neuroscience and the forum. Starting to learn how to read papers at age 15 was a valuable experience and has given me a leg up in both neuroscience classes and research. I've loved taking neuroscience classes in undergrad and getting a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms driving the disorders we learned about in Journal Club. Working on clinical research has been really cool, and I’m still in touch with other students I met through the forum!”
Stanford High School Neuroscience Virtual Forum
Have a neuroscience project you are working on that you are passionate about and want to share with a group of students across the country that have similar interest as you?
Join our fifth annual Stanford High School Neuroscience Virtual Forum!
- If selected, you will have the opportunity to present your own work related to neuroscience, psychology, and/or mental health to a national audience. This could be research, a topic or project you learned about in school, or something you've researched for fun.
- Maybe you designed an app, created a curriculum, or wrote a paper focusing on neuroscience. This forum will allow you to enhance your presentation skills and gain exposure to a myriad of topics in the neuroscience field.
Keynote Speakers
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2025 Guest Neuroscientists
Past Guest Neuroscientists
- 2024: Jamie Zeitzer and Irene Llorente
- 2023: Maheen Adamson and Sherry Beaudreau
- 2022: Maheen Adamson and Sherry Beaudreau
- 2021: Maheen Adamson and Jamie Zeitzer
Organizers and Moderators
Alister Sharp
Alister is a junior at Stanford University majoring in civil engineering. In the neuroscience sphere, she is interested in exploring psychopathology and neuropharmacology. She’s also passionate about sustainability and its intersection with social justice. She is deeply involved with the performing arts and is often dancing or working on plays and musicals in her free time.
Riley Carolan
Riley is a junior studying Chemistry at Stanford. She is interested in understanding the neurochemical basis of mental illness, which she investigates as a clinical research assistant in the BRAVE lab (Stanford Psychiatry). Outside of the lab, Riley spends her time as a volunteer at the Cardinal Free Clinics, hanging out with friends and family, and drawing or painting!
Georgia Hutchinson
Georgia is a sophomore at Harvard University. She is majoring in neuroscience and global health and is interested in neurorehabilitation and epilepsy. In her free time, Georgia enjoys rowing, surfing, and exploring new parks.
Pari Goel
Pari recently graduated from Duke University with a degree in Psychology and a Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. She is currently part of the Operations and Leadership Development Program at Cigna Healthcare. Pari is passionate about using technology to expand access to quality mental health care and improve diagnostic capabilities. She has previously interned on product and UX teams at Eko Health and Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Outside of work, she enjoys working out, exploring coffee shops, reading, and spending time with family and friends.