Developing Brain Imaging Lab

Congratulations to our rockstar undergraduate students, Patrik Goncalves Rodrigues, Sophia Roche, Elizabeth Bond, Rishi Mereddy, and Mckaylie Justman, for presenting their independent research projects at the UW Madison Undergraduate Research Symposium and Bio 152 Poster sessions! We are so proud of your hard work and impressive accomplishments and look forward to what future semesters hold! 🧠

Congratulations to our fabulous graduate student, Marissa DiPiero, on being accepted into the Waisman Center Morse Society Scholars program!

The Morse Society is a multidisciplinary group of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are engaged in research activities related to various aspects of childhood psychopathology and developmental disabilities. In addition to providing graduate student fellowship support, the Morse Society meets regularly to discuss child development and psychiatry research, providing a unique atmosphere to learn from one another and build a community of young researchers. Scholars can come from all departments and schools at the University and aim to find ways to bridge gaps between their related fields of research. Marissa will begin her fellowship this September!

Marissa is a PhD student in the Neuroscience Training Program. She received her bachelor’s degree in Biology from Saint Joseph’s University in 2017. Before starting her graduate degree, Marissa worked as a research assistant for the Lurie Family Foundations MEG Imaging Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She used MEG and MRI to study brain function and structure in children with developmental disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder. Currently, Marissa’s research is focused on using MRI to understand infant brain development in typically developing infants and infants at risk for developmental disorders. In her spare time, Marissa likes to travel to new cities and try new foods. She also enjoys spending time with her pet gecko and collecting house plants.