Ahona Dam Class of ‘27
Hometown: Newton, MA
Extracurriculars: Let’s Naach Bollywood dance team, Asian Student Association (ASA) co-president, Portrait magazine writer/designer, South Asian Student Association (SASA), EMS, Biology Lab assistant, art admirer and creator
Future Plans: I plan to attend medical school in the future!
Sasha Zweig Class of ‘25
Hometown: Exeter, NH
Extracurriculars: Support, Advocacy, and Violence Prevention (SAVP) Office Peer Educator, Barefoot Fireflies Circus Troupe Fire Spinner and President, Peer Listener for the Listening Center, Human Physiology Academic Intern, and Vassar Preserve nature walk enthusiast 🙂
Future Plans: I hope to conduct research through a postbac program before pursuing a doctorate in occupational therapy!
Tyler Tsukuda Class of ‘25
Hometown: Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Extracurriculars: Men’s Varsity Swim Team (Team Leader), Barefoot Fireflies (Keeper of the Flame; Vassar’s Fire Spinning Circus Troupe), Town House Manager (ResLife), and amateur cook
Future Plans: I plan to pursue a PhD in Clinical Psychology!
Tamar Paserman Class of ‘25
Hometown: Brookline, MA
Extracurriculars: RunVassar Vice President, Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), Biology and Psychology Department Academic Intern, Contrast Vassar Fashion Magazine, popcorn-consumer
Future Plans: Continue to work in research for a couple of years before pursuing a PhD in neuroscience.
Google Scholar profile Bergstrom CV
Hadley Bergstrom grew up in Klamath Falls, OR. He earned his B.S. in Psychology from the University of Oregon and M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology from George Mason University. He went on to train as a postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress at the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine. He then held a postdoctoral Intramural Research Training Award in the Laboratory of Behavioral and Genomic Neuroscience at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Lab Alumni
| Jessice Porros | 2021-2023 | USC Keck School of Medicine | Clinical research coordinator |
| Rajani Subramanian | 2022-2024 | Columbia University | MS student |
| Hannah Koolpe | 2022-2024 | NIH/NIMH | Research technician |
| Runqi Liu | 2023-2024 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Research technician |
| Avery Bauman | 2022-2023 | NIH/NIMH | Research technician |
| Olivia Carpenter | 2022-2023 | NIH/NIAAA | Research technician |
| Kasey Drake | 2022-2023 | The University of Oregon | PhD student, Neuroscience |
| Hannah Thompson | 2020-2023 | Columbia University | MPH student |
| Noah Anninger | 2022-2023 | The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | Research technician |
| Diego Scala Chavez | 2021-2022 | Weill Cornell Medical | Research technician |
| Christopher Cho | 2019-2022 | Project Horseshoe Farm | Community Health Fellow |
| Charles Mangan | 2019-2022 | Fulbright English Teaching Assistant | Fulbright Scholar |
| Sara Ehnstrom | 2020-2022 | Pfizer | Clinical Research Technician |
| David Peterson | 2020-2022 | Columbia University | PhD student, Neuroscience |
| Abigail Jenkins | 2019-2022 | UT Southwestern Medical Center | MD student |
| Akshay Rana | 2020-2021 | The University of Washington | Research technician |
| Stefano Rozental | 2019-2021 | Darthmouth School of Medicine | MD student |
| Tea Binder | 2019-2020 | Weill Cornell Medical | MD student |
| Alexa Mousley | 2016-2020 | Cambridge University | PhD student, Neuroscience |
| Victoria Wilk | 2017-2020 | The University of Washington | MD student |
| Gabrielle Coste | 2017-2020 | Johns Hopkins University | PhD student, Neuroscience |
| Katherine Barton | 2017-2020 | Indiana State University | PsyD student, Clinical Psychology |
| Miranda Scarlata | 2016-2019 | Oxford University | MSc student, Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation |
| Jessica Bezek | 2016-2019 | University of Michigan | PhD student, Clinical Psychology |
| Alexandra Ng | 2016-2019 | Boston College | PhD student, Neuroscience |
| Katherine Lawson | 2017-2019 | UC Irvine | PhD student, Neuroscience |
| Caroline Geary | 2107-2018 | Mercer University | MFT student, Family Therapy |
| Serena Lee | 2016-2018 | Case Western Reserve University | MD student |
| Daniel Lee | 2016-2018 | KalVista Pharmaceuticals | Research Scientist |
| Shenandoah Wrobel | 2016-2018 | Stanford University | PhD student, Neuroscience and Bioengineering |
| Ivan Soler | 2017-2018 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai | PhD student, Neuroscience |
| Gabrielle Mintz | 2017-2018 | The Cleaveland Clinic | Resident Physician |
| Julian Dishart | 2017-2018 | University of California, Berkeley | PhD student, Neuroscience |
| Abigail Hiller | 2017-2018 | University of Massachusetts | MD/PhD student |
| Ziwen Wang | 2017-2018 | Johns Hopkins University | PhD student, Psychology and Brain Science. |
| Savannah Kandigian | 2016-2018 | Yale University | PhD student, Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology |
| Siqi Fan | 2016-2018 | The Rockefellar University | Postdoc, Neuroscience |
| Leah Weingast | 2015-2017 | Columbia University | MA student, Clinical |
| Gabrielle Pollack | 2015-2017 | Hofstra/ Zucker School of Medicine | Resident Physician |
| Meredith Ward | 2015-2016 | Smith College | MSW student |