Congratulations to Rishi Vas, an undergraduate research assistant in the lab who graduated in 2022, who will be starting medical school at Columbia University VP&S! Rishi plans to continue research and be part of the Washington Heights community through volunteering… Continue Reading
Congratulations to second-year graduate student Fernanda Morales-Calva who has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Travel Award to attend the 2023 International Conference on Learning and Memory! Fernanda will be presenting a lightning talk titled “The Impact of Image… Continue Reading
Congratulations to second-year graduate student Fernanda Morales-Calva on receiving a 2023 Diversity Grant of the Psychological Science Research Grant from the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS)! This is a highly competitive grant and an important achievement. Her project… Continue Reading
Congratulations to Hannah Ballard, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab, who received a prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA F32) to examine “Estrogen Declines with Menopause: Impacts on the Medial Temporal Lobe Network and Emotional… Continue Reading
Congratulations to Brandon Hayes who recently got accepted into graduate school at UC Davis!
Graduate students Fernanda Morales-Calva, Kayla Clark, and Madelyn Castro presented their work at the 28th Annual Neuroscience Poster Session on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. Congratulations to Fernanda for winning first place! Great work everyone!
Congratulations to 3rd year graduate student Lorena Ferguson for receiving an award from the Social Sciences Research Institute’s Graduate Student Conference Travel grant competition for her working examining the positivity bias in retired older adults!
The lab traveled to sunny San Diego, CA to present their work at the biggest neuroscience conference in the world, the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Conference. We had a total of 6 posters at SfN: 119.22 – Neural correlates of… Continue Reading
Fernanda Morales-Calva, a 2nd year graduate student in the lab, presented her work on why we remember what we remember: effects of image memorability on mnemonic discrimination at the Dallas & Austin Area Memory Meeting (DAAMM!). DAAMM! brings together investigators… Continue Reading
Congratulations Madelyn! We are so proud of you, hope you enjoyed that cake! Madelyn, 1st year graduate student, received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Award earlier this year. Rice holds an annual event for graduate students and postdoctoral… Continue Reading