Summer Research 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

The 2025 BRIDGE Summer Internship Program was made possible by the generous support of UCB, Inc.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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