Meet the Cohort

2024–2026 Neuroscience Scholars Program Fellows

The Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP) is a two-year training program for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds. Building on a 40-year history, the program supports annual travel awards, mentoring, and professional development opportunities of up to 16 NSP Fellows. 

After being selected via a rigorous applications process the Fellows take part in an extensive two-year training program that provides live events and webinars, a rich library of educational resources, and an online community for seeking career connections and guidance from peers and NSP Alumni. Events, webinars, and resources focus on career advancement issues, topics related to research process, and cutting- edge scientific content. 

Alberto Corona
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Alejandro Lopez-Ramirez
University of Notre Dame

Alyssa Grammer
University of Utah 

Anapaula Themann
The University of Texas at El Paso

Andoni Asencor
University of California, San Francisco

Bonita Powell
Johns Hopkins University 

Brittany Gratreak
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson

Kaejaren Caldwell
University of Cincinnati 

Karen Malacon
Stanford School of Medicine

Krystal Santiago Colon
University of Michigan

Lillian Murphy
University of California, Berkeley 

Marcela Gonzalez-Rubio
University of Pittsburgh

Maria Hayes
Oregon Health & Science University 

Noële Certain
Yale University 

Olufisayo Aloba
Emory University

Sabrina Zequeira
University of Florida