Career Center AES Connect

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 2024:

  • Augusta University
  • Harvard University, Boston Children's Hospital
  • Stanford University
  • UC San Diego
  • University of Kansas
  • University of Michigan
  • UT San Antonio

2024 BRIDGE Summer Interns

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

Past AES Summer Research Interns

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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
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