April 2021
- SBN Welcome Initiative Award
- Wendy Helmer Award, UMass Amherst
- OSSD Travel Award
- OSSD Poster Presentation: Effects of aromatase inhibition on hippocampal gene expression in the common marmoset.
March 2021
- Ford Foundation Fellowship!!!
- First manuscript accepted from my time in the lab. link soon.
- CCAD Article on racial underrepresentation in STEM
- Panelist for an event serving Black undergraduate students in CNS
February 2021
- I brushed my teeth every single day please clap
- Letrozole RNAseq study complete!
- MUSE officially a 501c3 nonprofit!
January 2021
- First, first author paper published on hindbrain oxytocin receptors mediating weight loss in diet induced obese rodents . https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33470901/
December 2020
- UMass Predissertation Award
November 2020
- Lead international journal club / webinar at Neuroscience Next through the ISTAART Journal Club and Alzheimer’s and Dementia joined by the author of the paper, Dr. Bi; Nov 9th
- Nominated for HHMI Gilliam Award
- Panel for Transfer Students within the College of Natural Sciences
October 2020
- Marmoset Conference Poster Presentation “Aromatase inhibition of aromatase and estrogen receptors in the marmoset hippocampus”, Oct 21
- Invited Speaker UCSD DASL Symposium October 29th
- ISTAART Panelist for Alzheimer’s and Dementia
- Short piece in Cell Press on the importance of mentorship in STEM
- Women in Neuroscience Panel
August 2020
- #BlackinNeuro Panelist – Mentorship & Outreach
- Spaulding-Smith Panelist for 1st Year Graduate Students
- NSB Panelist for Incoming Graduate Students
June 2020
- Selected as a Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP) Associate through the Society for Neuroscience.
May 2020
- Early Career Award! Very honored to be nominated by such inspiring and supportive peers and my advisor. Congratulations to Kate Otter & Erika Correll as well for being deserving recipients of this award!
April 2020
- CRF Travel Award Recipient
- CRF Grant Writing Program Acceptance
March 2020
- NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
February 2020
- I got rejected from almost everything I applied for! 🙂 Nice to share the failures too when so often we only see others successes
- Data Blitz Speaker – NEURON
November 2019
- Launched M.U.S.E. Mentorship website
September 2019
- Co-presenter at CNS Symposium
August 2019
- Spaulding-Smith Fellowship recipient
- On Ramp Program – UMass Amherst
