Team

BEACoN Leadership

Michael A. Yassa, Ph.D.

Professor and James L. McGaugh Endowed Chair
Departments of Neurobiology and Behavior, Psychiatry and Neurology
Principal Investigator, BEACoN

Liv McMillan

Chief of Operations, Translational Neuroscience Lab
Research Program Manager, BEACoN

Faculty Co-Investigators

Gregory Brewer, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Andrew Browne, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, UC Irvine

Maria Corrada, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Neurology

Adele Gilpin, Ph.D., J.D.

Visiting Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior

Brian Hitt, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology

Claudia Kawas, M.D.

Professor, Department of Neurology

David Keator, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Michelle Khine, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Samueli Scholar, Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute, University of California, Irvine

Bryce Mander, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Mark Mapstone, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Neurology

Bin Nan, Ph.D.

Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Statistics

Paul Rapp, Ph.D.

Visiting Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior

Ahmad Sajjadi, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology

Elizabeth Thomas, Ph.D.

Researcher, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior

Affiliates

Lani Bennett, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Psychology, UC Riverside

Adam Brickman, Ph.D.

Professor, Neurology, Columbia University

Jeiran Choupan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Neurology, University of Southern California

Vladimir Hachinski, M.D.

Distinguished Professor, Neurology, Robarts Research Institute, Western University

William Shankle, M.D.

Neurologist, Shankle Clinic, Newport Beach, CA

Hideaki Soya, Ph.D.

Professor, Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Nicholas Tustison, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia

Research Staff

Yuritza Escalante

Project Coordinator

Evelyn Chang

Project Coordinator

Alyssa Harris

Project Coordinator

Novelle Meza

Project Coordinator

Mithra Sathishkumar

Database Manager and Neuroimaging Analyst

Scotty Simmons

MRI Technologist

Derek Taylor

Programmer Analyst

Lisa Taylor

Neuroimaging Analyst

Nandita Tuteja

Project Coordinator

Post-Doctoral Scholars

Jenna Adams, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Yassa Lab)

Caroline Chwiesko, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Yassa Lab)

Soyun Kim, Ph.D.

Project Scientist (Yassa Lab)

Davis Woodworth, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Sajjadi Lab)

Irene Zhao, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Yassa Lab)

Doctoral Students

Destiny Berisha

PhD Student (Yassa and Mander Labs)

Abbey Houchin

MD/PhD Student (Yassa Lab)

Bianca Leonard

MD/PhD Student (Yassa Lab)

Gimarie Martínez

PhD Student (Yassa Lab)

Dana Parker

PhD Student (Yassa Lab)

Nazek Queder

PhD Student (Yassa Lab)

Batool Rizvi

PhD Student (Yassa Lab)

Raymond Villareal

PhD Student (Yassa Lab)