Avery Bauman Class of ‘23
Hometown: Westbrook, CT
Extracurriculars and future plans: Field Hockey, volunteer at MidHudson Regional Hospital, president of SAAC, intern at PM Pediatrics, Vassar EMS
My future plans include conducting research through the NIH postbac IRTA program before hopefully attending medical school.
Olivia Carpenter Class of ‘23
Hometown: Arlington, MA
Extracurriculars and future plans: Classical singer and pianist, martial artist, and Head Keeper of the Flames for the Barefoot Fireflies fire spinning troupe.
My future plans include taking a gap year or two to participate in neuroscience research before applying to veterinary school!
Kasey Drake Class of ‘23
Hometown: Topsail Beach, NC
Extracurriculars and future plans: Rugby, stained glass art, and volunteering in the greenhouse! My future plans include graduate school in neuroscience!
Jessica Porras Class of ‘24
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Extracurriculars and future plans:
Urology Medical Assistant, Midhudson Regional Hospital Patient Transporter, Vassar Haiti Project Health Director, Express Yourself founder/president, Matriculate Advising Fellow. My future plans include taking a gap year before attending medical school!
Rajani Subramanian, Research Technician
Hometown: New Haven, CT
Interests and future plans: Reading, traveling, and playing trumpet! My future intentions are to attend graduate school in either the field of neuroscience or clinical psychology!
Hannah Thompson ’23 | Undeclared | Hometown: Galway, NY
Project: Alcohol and fear neurobiology
Extracurricular:Vassar Women’s Rugby, Cushing House Team, Wellness Peer Educator, and student theater
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
| Christopher Cho | 2019-2022 | ||
| Charles Mangan | 2019-2022 | Fulbright Scholar | |
| Akshay Rana | 2020-2021 | The University of Washington | Research technician |
| Sara Ehnstrom | 2020-2022 | Mass General/Harvard | Research technician |
| David Peterson | 2020-2022 | Columbia University | Research technician |
| Abigail Jenkins | 2019-2022 | UT Southwestern Medical Center | MD student |
| Stefano Rozental | 2019-2021 | Dartmouth School of Medicine | MD student |
| Tea Binder | 2019-2020 | tbd | Emergency Medical Technician/applying to medical school |
| 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, Neuroscience |
| 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 | University of Arizona | MD student |
| 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 | Yale University | PhD student, Neuroscience |
| Leah Weingast | 2015-2017 | Columbia University | MA student, Clinical |
| Gabrielle Pollack | 2015-2017 | Hofstra/ Zucker School of Medicine | MD student |
| Meredith Ward | 2015-2016 | Smith College | MSW student |