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Aysha Abraibesh
Social Science Research Professional, Psych/Public Mental Health & Population Sciences
Bio Aysha Abraibesh, MPA is a clinical research coordinator at the Center for Behavioral Health Services and Implementation Research (CBHSIR). The program, led by Dr. Mark McGovern, is located within the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Aysha supports several research studies related to the implementation and sustainment of Medication-Assisted Therapy (MAT) for Opioid-Use Disorder (OUD) in California and nation-wide.
Aysha earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology (2012) and Master’s in Public Administration (2013) both from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. She gained research experience working in a Social Psychology research lab while at Clark University and later held a research assistantship in the Department of Social and Community Psychology at Portland State University (Portland, Oregon). She went on to work at Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon supporting various studies related to behavioral and mental health issues before relocating to the Bay Area. -
Daniel Arthur Abrams
Instructor, Psych/Major Laboratories and Clinical & Translational Neurosciences Incubator
Bio Speech is a critical communication signal for the development of social skills and language function. Autism spectrum disorders affect 1 in 88 school-age children and are characterized by deficits in social communication and language skills, and many of these individuals also experience speech perception difficulties. My primary research goals are to understand the brain bases of social communication and language impairments in children with ASD, and to describe neural changes associated with remediation of these behavioral deficits. The theoretical framework that motivates my work is that impaired perception and neural decoding of speech impact social skill and language development in many children with ASD. Moreover, I believe that a grasp of these relationships is central to understanding the etiology of these disorders and will provide insight into their remediation.
I have initiated a program of research to further our understanding of auditory brain function serving key elements of speech perception in children with ASD. The first study produced by this program of research was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and shows that children with ASD have weak brain connectivity between voice-selective regions of cortex and the distributed reward circuit and amygdala. Moreover, the strength of these speech-reward brain connections predicts social communication abilities in these children. These results provide novel support for the hypothesis that deficits in representing the reward value of social stimuli, including speech, impede children with ASD from actively engaging with these stimuli and consequently impair social skill development. My future research will leverage this finding by probing this aberrant brain circuit in detailed explorations of speech perception in children with ASD. An important component of my future research is to explore neural plasticity associated with training programs designed to ameliorate social communication deficits in children with ASD, with a focus on the speech-reward brain circuit identified in my recent publication. In addition to my interest in studying social communication and language impairments in children with ASD, my research program also includes investigating the relationship between speech perception impairments and phonological and reading difficulties in children with reading disorders (RD). This work is a continuation of my dissertation work, which examined neural decoding of temporal features in speech in children with RD. -
Emma Adair
Clinical Research Manager, Neurosurgery
Current Role at Stanford Emma co-manages the Neurology & Neurosurgery Clinical Trials Team consisting of 17 Clinical Research Coordinators conducting 70+ clinical trials in areas including: Device Neurosurgery, Functional Neurosurgery, Headache, Epilepsy, Neuroimmunology, Alzheimers/Memory Disorders, Parkinson's, Radiology, and Bio Banks.
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Meagan Adams
Clinical Research Coordinator Associate, Neurology
Current Role at Stanford 2017
Clinical Research Coordinator, Stanford ADRC & Pacific Udall Center -
Maheen Mausoof Adamson
Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated) [VAPAHCS], Neurosurgery
Bio Dr. Maheen Mausoof Adamson is the senior scientific research director for DVBIC at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. She is also the clinical associate professor of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry and Behavioral sciences at Stanford University. Adamson completed her undergraduate degrees in neurobiology and women studies at University of California, Irvine. She completed her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Southern California and a postdoctoral fellowship in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford School of Medicine.
Dr. Adamson’s expertise and interests span employing translational neuroscience methodologies for diagnostic and therapeutic treatments (mainly repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in mild and moderate Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), including structural and functional changes in the brain in both Veteran, active military and civilian population. She currently serves as PI or Co-I on several Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense funded grants.
Dr. Adamson has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications on cognitive and neural basis of Alzheimer’s disease and TBI, has received recognition in national and international settings and is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences. She is also intricately involved in mentoring research and clinical fellows in the psychiatry and neurosurgery departments at Stanford. Her long-term goal is to integrate advanced treatment and diagnostics into standard-of-care provided to veterans and military personnel to improve their daily function and reintegration into society. -
Rayhaneh Afjei
life Science Research Professional, Rad/Neuroimaging and Neurointervention
Bio Life Science Research Professional 1 ( LRSP1 )Stanford University, Prof. Tarik Massod 2015 - Present
School of Medicine, Department of radiology section of Neuroradiology,
Moleuclar imaging program at Stanford (MIPS) Lab
• Performed antioxidant project to treat brain/breast cancer
• Enhanced the therapeutic ecacy
of Temozolomide (cli/Users/zahraa/Desktop/resumes/Seyedeh
Rayhaneh Afjei/Seyedeh Rayhaneh Afjei.texnical drug) towards glioblastoma by 20 with miR-21
downregulation and PLGA nanoparticles
• Co-delivery of therapeutic microRNAs and drugs for triple negative breast cancer treatment in
pre-clinical small animal model by multifunctional polymer nanocarriers
• Performed Cellular and Molecular Biology techniques including :
- Cell cultureing (T98G, LN229, U87, T98G, 293T,MDA, Hela cells) experiments
- Maintenance of cells, transfection, transduction and drug treatment
- Cloning, transformation, plasmid extraction, gel electrophoresis
- Flow cytometer, mitochondria staining, luciferase assay
- Nanomedicine, Molecular imaging, Targeted delivery, Gene therapy
Assistant to the chair, Spiritual Care, UC Davis Med Center 2012 - Present
Research Assistant, Stanford University, Prof. Ahmad Salehi 2013 - 2015
• BDNF signaling in mouse model of Down syndrome:
Performed biochemical techniques including western blots, immunohistochemistry, qPCR and
ELISA
• Study di↵erences between normal and abnormal physiology to find appropriate biological targets
for drug intervention
• Study the pathways by which the drugs are causing the observed e↵ects on cognitive function
and neurodegeneration
• Performed in-vitro and in-vivo experiments using mouse models of Down syndrome to study the
e↵ects of drugs on neurodegeneration and learning ability (cognition)
Research Assistant, University of California Davis, Prof. Kit Lam 6/2012-12/2012
Performed experiments on cancer treatment techniques including:
Library design, General library screening techniques, Optimizing concentration of dye
Image j, picked up beads, sequencing
Research Assistant, University of Tehran, Plant Physiology Lab, Prof. Mirmassomi 2000-2004
- Performed research in plant genetics, DNA extraction, plant tissue culture (Walnut), spectrophotometry,
flamephotometry, complexometry, analysis Photosynthetic Pigments, thin layer chromatography
(TLC), recognition?of respiratory enzymes in plants, quantitative determination of protein, PCR,
electrophoresis, plant gene transmission (African violet)
- Hands on the techniques in animal physiology, histology, embryology, and developmental biology
Teacher Assistant, University of Tehran, Genetics lab 2000-2004
Performed experiments in genetics with Drosophila, including preparation and maintenance of cell
culture, techniques in handling flies and conducting experiments with them, preparation of salivary
chromosome, mating preferences and sexual isolation
EDUCATION University of Tehran, BSc in Biology, speciality in Zoology 2002
Selected courseworks :Genetics (course and lab), Cell and molecular biology (course and lab),
Human Genetics
The University of Texas at Austin , Attended undergraduate program classes 2000
Selected courseworks : Cellular and Molecular Biology (Grade A), Genetics
PATENTS The use of transdermal formoterol for the treatment of depression in humans 2/2015, -
Demir Akin, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence, Rad/Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford
Current Role at Stanford Deputy Director, Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
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Zak Akin
UX Designer, SoM - Information Resources & Technology
Current Role at Stanford UX Designer
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Vyas Akondi
Senior Research Scientist - Basic Life, Ophthalmology
Current Role at Stanford We develop next-generation ocular imaging devices to allow non-invasive visualization of subcellular structures in the eye with the goal of building clinically useful tools that help in early disease diagnosis and monitoring.
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Israt S. Alam, PhD
Rad/Molecular Imaging Scientist, Rad/Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford
Bio Research Focus: Molecular Imaging, PET, Oncology, Immunology, T cell imaging
Appointments:
Post-Doctoral Scholar and Research Scientist, Department of Radiology, Stanford (2015-present)
Visiting Researcher, Plateforme d'imagerie dynamique, Pasteur Institute, Paris (2014)
Science Education Intern and Consultant: United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization, Paris (2012-2013)
