News and Updates

October 2021

• Ford Foundation Fellows Conference – Poster presentation
• AAIC Neuroscience Next Excellence in Mentoring Award
• Paper published in JCM special issue, “Hindbrain Administration of Oxytocin Reduces Food Intake, Weight Gain and Activates Catecholamine Neurons in the Hindbrain Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Rats”

September 2021

• HHMI Gilliam Fellows Conference – Poster presentation

August 2021

• First author manuscript accepted – Effects of Combined Oxytocin and Beta-3 Receptor Agonist (CL 316243) Treatment on Body Weight and Adiposity in Male Diet-Induced Obese Rats

July 2021

• Hulu “Your Attention Please” film is released

June 2021

• HHMI Gilliam fellowship
• Hulu i29 ‘Your Attention Please’ film project (airing July 29th)
• GWIS Fellowship
• Panelist for Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology LISTEN session

May 2021

• Took time off to rest, facilitate community events and hang out with friends and it was lovely.

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 co-author manuscript accepted during my time in the lab.
• 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

• Led 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.