External Fellowship & Award Recipients

Many of our students have received fellowships, grants and other awards to support their studies and careers.

NIH NRSA Fellowships

FellowTopic
Daniel ChapmanInterrogating synaptic mechanisms underlying contextual fear conditioning amnesia in rodent model of highly repetitive mild traumatic brain injury
Joshua McCallInvestigating the Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Error Monitoring in Aphasia
Joseph PosnerReading Network Functional Pathways and How They Account for Alexic Variation
Katherine O’ConnellEvaluating the impact of a social meditation training on acute pain experience
Andrew SpeidellInvestigation of Basal Forebrain Degeneration in HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder
Vivian (Jonathan) DickensMapping the Neurocognitive architecture of reading
Patrick MaloneInvestigating the neural mechanisms of vibrotactile speech perception
Valerie DarceyInfluence of Omega-3 Intake on the Neural Bases of Adolescent Alcohol Initiation
Amanda DiBattistaEffect of ibuprofen and Alzheimer’s risk genotype, APOE, on brain structure and function in mice
Carissa WinlandNeuroinflammatory effects on striatal Ca2+-permeable AMPA and kainate receptors
Mackenzie FamaUsing self-reported inner speech to guide treatment for anomia
Frank FishburnNeural basis of working memory and inhibitory control in ASD children using NIRS
Gustavo RodriguezEffects of APOE on neuronal network dynamics using multi-electrode arrays
Summer RozziMechanisms of Tat neurotoxicity: The role of mitochondria
William HaywardInvestigating subjective experience of inner speech in aphasia
Bridget QueenanHomeostatic regulation of mossy fiber-CA3 synapses in mature hippocampal gain control
Sonya DumanisThe Effects of APOE on Neuronal Networks
Rachel WurzmanA role for ephrins-A2, -A3, & -A5 in excitatory synaptic development and function in the striatum
Lauren OreficeThe role of local BDNF synthesis in spine morphogenesis
Evan GordonEffect of COMT genotype on functional organization during working memory and rest
Elizabeth WestThe role of the orbitofrontal cortex in goal-directed behavior
Monika MellemBrain oscillatory dynamics in lexical-semantic processing
Patrick ForcelliStriatal sequelae of perinatal anticonvulsant drug treatment
Emily WaterhouseThe effect of SNPS in the Human BDNF 3’UTR on Energy Homeostasis
Danielle EversRegulation of NSF and AMPA receptor by serum inducible kinase
Sakura MinamiThe role of Fyn in the pathogenic processes of Alzheimer’s disease
Jeremy PurcellAn fMRI study of the neural substrates underlying both reading and spelling
Filip VanevskiRegulation of Local BDNF Synthesis in Dendrites
Kristen AdeInhibitory Control of Medium Spiny Neurons
Ericka Burgos-RuizInteraction of Attention and Emotion in Childhood ADHD
Laura CocasGenetic Interactions at the Cortical Striatal Border
Laurie GlezerInvestigating the neural code for single-word reading
Angela HolmesThe Control of Nonhuman Primate Motor and Emotional Behavior
Elizabeth LaceyFactors Affecting Maintenance of New Learning in Aphasia
Amber LeaverFunctional neuroanatomy of auditory object perception
Robert NaumannNeural Encoding of Communication Sounds in the Amygdala
Casandra CartagenaCyp46 regulation of cholesterol efflux and ABeta
Alexis JeannotteAlpha- & Gamma-Synuclein Modulation of the NET After Anti- depressants
Sunbin SongTime of Day and Aging in Implicit/Explicit Learning
Judith LytleFunctional Characteristics of NGPCs After SCI
Jill WeisbergfMRI Studies of the Visual System in Deaf Individuals
Samantha CroweExcitotoxic Injury: A Role for DNA Repair
Maureen CruzVago-vagal Reflexes: Role of CNS GABAB Receptors
Stuart WashingtonHemispheric Lateralization for Audiovocal Communication
Rachel NoshenyGp120-Mediated Cell Death in the Basal Ganglia
Sean RogersSemantic Loss in Alzheimer’s and Semantic Dementia
Laurie WellmanThe amygdala’s role in socioemotional behavior
Peter TurkeltaubfMRI Studies of Cognitive Skill Acquisition in Children
Helen YankovichAging and Implicit Learning of Dynamic Systems
Laila ZaiCell Proliferation after Contusive Spinal Cord Injury
Selamawit NegashPredoctoral Fellowship Program
Kimberly BallardInteractions of Opioids and Cytokines in a Stress Model
Rachelle TomanSphingosine 1 Phosphate Receptor and Neurite Retraction
Brandon ZielinskiAuditory-visual integration in speech perception
John AgnewfMRI studies of motor skills in dyslexia
Cherie MarvelImplicit learning of covariation in schizophrenia
Karin JapiksePredoctoral Fellowship Program
Penelope KuhnPredoctoral Fellowship Program

Learn more about NIH NRSA Fellowships


NIH F99 Awards

YearFellowTopic
2021Shiva Hassanzadeh-BehbahaniElucidating the role of frontostriatal neural circuits in HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders
2019Sikoya AshburnThe cerebellum’s involvement in reading and math disabilities
2018Kaela SingletonMismatched SOX: Differential function of SOX11 in neural development

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NSF Fellowships

YearFellowTopic
2021Carolyn GershmanCognitive Neuroscience
2019Marissa LawsInfluences of socioeconomic status on gray matter volume and response to intervention in children with math and/or reading disability
2015Kelly MichaelisInvestigating the neural mechanisms of temporal binding during multisensory integration
2014Vivianne GreenwoodNovel mechanism for exosome-mediated communication between neurons and oligodendrocytes
2013Erika RavenIron and Adolescents: Do peripheral and brain iron concentrations impact cognition in early adolescents?
2013Scott MilesThe neural basis for proficiency in music performance as compared to proficiency in second language acquisition: A simultaneous fMRI/ERP study.
2012Laura EricksonAudiovisual Integration training and the McGurk Effect
2010Justyna MachReading and the bilingual brain: Does the age of second language acquisition affect the extent of neural substrate overlap?
2009Sonya DumanisOverlap between the brain and the immune system: Understanding Alpha-synuclein’s role in Peripheral Immune Cells
2008Clara SchollHow seeing becomes achieving: What are the neural mechanisms underlying practice-induced changes in performance of a visual categorization task?
2003Robin Wood
2002Laura Gehl

Learn more about the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program


Zukowska Awards for Excellence in Thesis Research

(Georgetown University Medical Center)

YearAwardee
2019Sikoya Ashburn
2018Patrick Malone
2017Mackenzie Fama
2016Summer Rozzi
2015Amanda DiBattista
2014Laura Erickson
2013Evan Gordon

Other Fellowships

YearFellowTopic
2020-22Alison SchugGHUCCTS TL1 Scholar – Neuroanatomical Effects of Bilingualism on Dyslexia
2020-21Max StevensonT32
2019Shady El DamatyMistletoe Foundation Research Fellowship
2016Erika RavenMarshall Scholarship
2016Shady El DamatyNIJ Graduate Research Fellowship in STEM
2015Mackenzie FamaAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation – New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship
2015Valerie DarceyAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation – Commission on Dietetic Registration Diversity Scholarship
2015Rachael HarringtonAmerican Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship – Noninvasive Stimulation of Intact Premotor Cortex Enhances Reaching Ability in Severely Impaired Patients after Stroke
2015Scott MilesCOSMOS Fellowship – The neurocognition of learning a new musical system
2013Frank FishburnAutism Speaks Weatherstone Predoctoral Fellowship – Functional Connectivity during Working Memory in Children with ASD: A NIRS Study
2013Sonya DumanisCOSMOS Fellowship – Glutamine- A Potential New Biomarker for Alzheimer’s Disease Risk
2012Patricia WashingtonCOSMOS Fellowship – Reversing ApoE Genotype-Specific Susceptibility to Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology after Traumatic Brain Injury
2011Patrick ForcelliCOSMOS Fellowship – Optogenetic Control of Seizures
2010Lauren UllrichCOSMOS Fellowship – Recognition memory in mild cognitive impairment
2009Patricia WashingtonCOSMOS Fellowship – A novel autoimmune response following traumatic brain injury
2009Patrick ForcelliEpilepsy Society Fellowship
2008Scott PaluszkiewiczCanadian MRC Fellowship