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Jessica is a research coordinator in Dr. Joel Kramer’s lab working primarily on the MarkVCID study. She graduated with a BA degree in Neurobiology from UC Berkeley in May of 2024 and hopes to continue pursuing her interests in neurodegenerative diseases as well as becoming a neurosurgeon.
Allison graduated from Santa Clara University with a bachelor of science degree in psychology and double minors in biology and urban education. She is passionate about rehabilitation sciences and plans to pursue a career in physical therapy. Outside of the Boxer Lab, she enjoys hiking, playing tennis, and pickleball.
Dr. Siebert is a quantitative researcher interested in linguistically equitable measurement in education and its influence on multilingual students’ educational trajectories. He is a Postdoctoral Scholar with UCSF’s Multitudes Project where he works on building a linguistically fair reading screener for Californian public schools.
He completed his PhD degree in Developmental and Psychological Sciences and Education Data Science at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, under the supervision of Guillermo Solano-Flores.
Nick Slater is a Clinical Research Supervisor at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center where he he oversees studies related to the NIH-funded program project grant on frontotemporal dementia (the FTD PPG), ensuring compliance and operational efficiency while contributing to innovative research initiatives and fostering collaborative environments.
Hannah graduated from Cornell University in May 2023 with dual degrees in Music and Biology with a concentration in Neurobiology and Behavior. After graduating, she spent a year and a half as a Clinical Research Coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she worked with Huntington’s disease patients as part of The Rosas Lab. She is excited to be part of Dr.
Dr. Maria Luisa Gorno Tempini is a behavioral neurologist, currently directing the Language Neurobiology laboratory of the UCSF Memory and Aging Center and the UCSF Dyslexia Center. She also directs the state-funded Multitudes Universal Screening Project, one of the four reading difficulties risk screeners approved by a state appointed panel for use in California public schools beginning in Fall of 2025. She obtained her medical degree and clinical neurology specialty training in Italy, and has a PhD in the neuroimaging of language from University College London.
Sydney is an Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator working alongside Dr. Tanisha Hill-Jarrett, applying intersectionality theory to understand how psychosocial stressors and structural racism and sexism impact Black women's cognitive aging and confer risk for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD).
Aidyn was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. In May 2024, she graduated from Whitman College with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in biology. She previously worked as a student researcher in the Psychology Department at Whitman College, investigating the effect of language framing on victim-blaming attitudes and prosocial behavior. Aidyn is now an Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator for the PET program in the Rabinovici Lab at the Memory and Aging Center.
