Summer Research Interns

The AES Summer Research Intern program is designed to deepen the commitment of promising undergraduate scientists who identify as members of historically underrepresented groups to medical and/or research careers, welcome them into the epilepsy community, and support their growth and future careers.

Selected students are paired with mentors for an intensive introduction to the field of epilepsy while they are exploring their interests and options--supporting the Society's efforts to grow a well-trained and increasingly diverse workforce of epilepsy scientists and clinicians.

 

Institutions receiving AES grants for these internships in 2025:

  • University of Kansas
  • Southern Methodist University
  • Brigham Young University
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Northwestern University
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • University of Michigan
  • UC Riverside
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

2025 BRIDGE Summer Interns

Naej Jean
University of Kansas
Mentors: Arian Ashourvan, PhD & Carol Ulloa, MD
Regina Moreno Vera
Southern Methodist University
Mentor: Edward Glasscock, PhD
Danny Guerrero Gutierrez
Brigham Young University
Mentor: Evan Thacker, PhD
Megan Trageser
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Mentor: Philip Iffland, PhD
Rylie Pancoast
Northwestern University
Mentors: Jennifer Kearney, PhD & Nicole Hawkins, PhD
Kyr Goyette
University of Pittsburgh
Mentor: Wesley Kerr, MD, PhD
Reeya Sannake
University of Michigan
Mentor: Jack Parent, MD
Marin Furukuwa
UC Riverside
Mentor: Viji Santhakumar, PhD
Sachi Lele
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Mentors: Ingo Helbig, MD & Jillian McKee, MD, PhD

Past AES Summer Research Interns

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2024 BRIDGE Interns arrow_drop_down
  • Aaron Bagaoisan (UC San Diego) | Mentors: Tatiana Mishanina, PhD; and Jubilee Cabellon, MS
  • Sebastian Casillas-Lopez (University of Michigan) | Mentors: Lori Isom, PhD, FAES; and Dyke McEwen, PhD
  • Gladys Addai-Domfe (Augusta University) | Mentor: Hisham Daoud, PhD
  • Diana Teresa Perez (UT San Antonio) | Mentor: Jenny Hsieh, PhD
  • Danielle Sanchez (Stanford University) | Mentors: H. Westley Phillips, MD; and Michelle Monje, MD, PhD
  • Zachary Stayn (Harvard University) | Mentor: Ann Poduri, MD, MPH, FAES
  • Raymonda Tsatsou (University of Kansas) | Mentors: Adam Rouse, MD, PhD; and Carol Ulloa, MD, FAES

The 2024 BRIDGE Summer Internship Program was made possible by the generous support of UCB, Inc.

2023 BRIDGE Interns arrow_drop_down
  • Veronica Nicole Alonso (Stanford University) - Juliet Knowles, MD, PhD (mentor), Pediatric Epilepsy Research Lab / Knowles Lab, Stanford University
  • Emmanuel Joseph Green (University of California, Riverside) - Viji Santhakumar, PhD (mentor), Santhakumar Lab, University of California, Riverside
  • Jarahn Michael Johnson (Cornell University) - Heather Mefford, MD, PhD (mentor), Mefford Lab, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
  • Lilliana Martinez (University of Louisville) - Victoria L. Morgan, PhD (mentor), Morgan Engineering and Imaging in Epilepsy Lab, Vanderbilt University
  • Kelley Roark (University of Maryland, College Park) - Philip H. Iffland II, PhD (mentor), Iffland Lab, University of Maryland
  • Anuraag Velamati (University of California, Davis) - Sheela C. Toprani, MD, PhD (mentor), Intracranial Neurophysiology of Cognition and Epilepsy Lab, University of California, Davis
  • Maya White (Bowdoin College) - Jamie Maguire, PhD (mentor), Maguire Lab, Tufts University

 

The 2023 BRIDGE Summer Internship Program was made possible by the generous support of UCB, Inc.

2022 BRIDGE Interns arrow_drop_down
  • Ariana Crary (Colorado State University) - Manisha Patel, PhD (mentor), The Patel Lab, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Leighton Alexander Douglas (Baylor University) - Joaquin Lugo, PhD (mentor), Lugo Lab, Baylor University
  • Bridley Jenkins (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University) - Ukpong Eyo, PhD (mentor), Eyo Lab, University of Virginia School of Medicine
  • Pablo Legaz (University of Miami (FL)) - Adam Rouse, MD, PhD and Carol Ulloa, MD (mentors), Precision Neural Dynamics Lab, University of Kansas Medical Center
  • Forest Diane Nandjou (Alabama A&M University) - Farah Lubin, PhD (mentor), Lubin Lab, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Bryana Sandy (Michigan State University) - Lori Isom, PhD (mentor), Isom Lab, University of Michigan