Scott Tillem
Activation Likelihood Estimation (ALE) based meta-analysis of imaging data relating social, emotional, mnemonic, and action related processes.
I graduated Case Western Reserve University in January 2013 with majors in Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Sociology. I intend to pursue a Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a particular focus on clinical phenomena related to anti-social behaviors and conduct problems.
Currently working at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development as a research associate for Dr. Caroline Zink.
Abigail Dawson
Individual differences in social cognition and non-social reasoning, Moral Boundaries, Inspirational mentoring.
I graduated from Case Western Reserve University in January 2012 with majors in Cognitive Science and Psychology. I am interested in pursuing a career in cognitive neuroscience, with particular interest in moral reasoning.
Currently at University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ for a Masters of Science in Psychology Research.
Meral Sayir
Meta-analysis and functional annotation.
I graduated from Case Western Reserve University with degrees in Cognitive Science and Psychology.
Currently a Research Assistant in the Department of Neurosurgery at UCLA.
Benjamin Kubit
Individual differences in social cognition and non-social reasoning, Meta-analysis and functional annotation.
I majored in Cognitive Science and Psychology and minored in Philosophy and Music at Case Western Reserve University. I am particularly interested in attention, social cognition and neuroaesthetics.
Currently at University of California Davis for a PhD in Psychology.
Megan Norr
Individual differences in social cognition and non-social reasoning, Moral Boundaries.
I graduated from Case Western Reserve University with BAs in cognitive science, English, and French. I worked in the BMC Lab for a year as lab manager, and then went on to pursue a lab manager position at the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab (DCNL) at Georgetown University, under the supervision of Dr. Chandan Vaidya.
Currently at University of California, Berkeley for a PhD in Clinical psychology.
Rochelle Hudson
Attachment and the brain.
I am an undergraduate at Case, majoring in Cognitive Science and Evolutionary Biology, with a minor in Math. I worked on two fMRI projects in the BMC Lab comparing the processing of familiar and unfamiliar faces in patients with dementia.
Currently working in management development at McMaster-Carr.
Georges Naassan, MD
Attachment and the brain.
I have an MD from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. I finished my Neurology residency at Case Western Reserve University Medical School, University Hospitals, during which I worked at BMC lab. My main interest was the visual processing of faces in undergraduate students and patients with neurodegenerative disorders.
Currently an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of California San Francisco.
Charles Fulco
Attachment and the brain.
I studied systems biology at Case Western concentrating in Neuroscience. In the BMC lab I worked with George and Rochelle studying face recognition in dementia patients and undergraduates.
Currently at Harvard University for a PhD in Systems Biology.
Ashleigh DeVito
Meta-analysis and functional annotation.
I am an undergraduate at Case Western Reserve University with a major in Cognitive Science and minors in Biomedical Engineering and Physics. I am interested in discovering more about the human mind.
Cody Howell
Meta-analysis and functional annotation.
I recently graduated from Case Western Reserve University with degrees in Psychology and Sociology and minors in Philosophy and Biology. I am interested in learning, memory, intelligence, and emotion.
Kaitlin Seibert
Individual Differences project, focusing on social processing and non-social reasoning in individuals with autism.
I am a Cognitive Science, Music Performance, and Premed major in my third year at CWRU.
Currently a Strategic Development Associate at BioEnterprise.
Kevin Barry
I graduated from CWRU with a BA in Cognitive Science and Mathematics in January 2011. I am interested in studying the influences of local environment, heuristics, and time pressure on human decision making.
Currently at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for my PhD in Cognitive Science.
Regina Cesaro
I worked at the University of Pittsburgh's Learning Research & Development Center as Lab Manager for Dr. Mark E. Wheeler. At the BMC lab, I continued my fMRI training through the exploration of decision making and memory in the aging brain.
Currently at University of Pittsburgh for my PhD in Psychology.
Katelyn Begany
I am interested in investigating the plasticity of brain networks, both dynamic reorganization during cognitive processing and chronic reorganization after brain injury and stroke.
Currently at University of California, Berkeley for my PhD in Neuroscience.
Andrea Hayes
I graduated with a BA in psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. I was involved in a project that studies how specific activities influence moral decision making, emotional intelligence and empathy.
Currently a Project Manager of Veterans Wellness project, in the Lab for Affective Neuroscience at University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Brooke Schepp
I am a recent graduate from Case Western Reserve University. I am staying in the Cleveland area to continue research, working in two labs and TAing.
Currently an active cast member at Queerios Theatre in Austin, Texas.
Michael Barrie
I graduated with a degree in biology and a minor in philosophy from CWRU, then obtained his medical degree from The Ohio State College of Medicine.
Currently in Residency in Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center.
Viyan Udawatta
Maps in the brain project, using Matlab to assess topographic organization through novel analysis of fMRI data.
I am an undergraduate at the University of Notre Dame majoring in mathematics.