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Jessica Paige Watson
Casual - Non-Exempt, Psych/Major Laboratories and Clinical & Translational Neurosciences Incubator
BioJessica Watson is a fourth-year Clinical Psychology PhD student at Palo Alto University with an emphasis in Neuropsychology. She is currently a neuropsychological assessor through Stanford's Brain Development Project, conducting behavioral and cognitive testing for research projects. Prior to this, Jessica was a Research Assistant at the Stanford Center for Neuroscience in Women's Health. Jessica belongs to the BRAIN lab at Palo Alto University. Her most recent research involves the lab’s pediatric sport concussion program, examining the frequency of “abnormal” (i.e., low) scores in baseline tests of healthy youth to differentiate between statistical and clinical significance. She is working towards completing her dissertation, which examines the level of consensus across psychologists regarding assessment practices.
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Leanne Williams
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Major Laboratories and Clinical Translational Neurosciences Incubator) and, by courtesy, of Psychology
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsA revolution is under way in psychiatry. We can now understand mental illness as an expression of underlying brain circuit disruptions, shaped by experience and genetics. Our lab is defining precision brain circuit types for depression, anxiety and attention deficit. We apply computational models to large amounts of brain imaging, behavior and other data. These precision brain types inform our translational intervention studies. To close the loop, field ready insights are applied in practice.
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Natalie M. Zahr
Assistant Professor (Research) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Major Laboratories)
BioNatalie M. Zahr received a graduate education in the basic sciences including the study of neuro- pharmacology, physiology, and anatomy. After completing her graduate training in electrophysiology, she began a postdoctoral fellowship as a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scientist. Her work focuses on translational approaches using in vivo MR imaging and spectroscopy in studies of human alcoholics and rodent models of alcoholism with the goal of identifying fundamental mechanisms of alcohol effects on the brain. Her human studies include participants with HIV, those comorbid for HIV and alcoholism and recently, aging individuals with mild cognitive impairment. Her position allows her to explore emerging MR technologies and apply them to test relevant hypotheses. Before joining Stanford, she taught at several local institutions including UC Berkeley extension and Santa Clara University enjoying sharing her knowledge and enthusiasm for learning with her students.
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Emily S Zhai
Clinical Neuroscience Research Coordinator, Psych/Major Laboratories and Clinical & Translational Neurosciences Incubator
Current Role at StanfordClinical Research Coordinator at the Williams PanLab
