Author: Lisa Johnson

Welcome to undergraduate/masters student Isabella Menendez! Isabella is studying Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering, AND designs cars. She will spearhead a new project using games to study learning and memory.

Welcome to undergraduate student Ana de Souza! Ana is studying Industrial Engineering & Management Science and Data Science. She will co-lead a project to understand and improve memory outcomes in children with epilepsy.

Welcome to undergraduate student Keyanna Adams! Keyanna is studying Neuroscience and Computer Science. She will co-lead a project to understand and improve memory outcomes in children with epilepsy.

Dr. Johnson is featured in the Dec 2022 issue of the Feinberg School of Medicine Research Newletter. Read about our work here.

Congratulations to undergraduate honors student Lindsay Shi, who was awarded research funding for the academic year!

Welcome to PhD student Josset Yarbrough! During her rotation in the lab, Josset will tackle frontal mismatch detection signals in working memory through paired analyses of intracranial and scalp EEG data. She holds a BS in Neuroscience from the gorgeous University of California, Santa Cruz.

Welcome to PhD student Yessenia Rivera! During her rotation in the lab, Yessenia will innovate pediatric intracranial research by linking direct hippocampal recordings during memory to the brain’s structural maturation. She holds a BA in Psychological and Brain Sciences from Washington University in St. Louis.

Welcome to postdoctoral scholar Dr. Zach Cross! Zach will lead an innovative research program definining brain function, brain structure, and memory and cognitive performance across the lifespan. He joins us from the other side of the planet, with a PhD in Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience and BA in Psychology from the University of South Australia.

Congratulations to our lab manager & research assistant Sam Gray, who was awarded a training grant from the NIH BRAIN Initiative!

We used noninvasive neurostimulation and functional and structural brain meaures to understand cognitive enhancement in aging – a primary goal of translational neuroscience. Stimulating frontal theta boosts cognitive control training gains by strengthening broadband functional connectivity, the extent of which is limited by individual brain structure. Findings explain individual differences in intervention efficacy and carry broad impact for precision medicine to remediate cognitive decline. Paper published in NeuroImage.