Career Center AES Connect

2022 Summer Research Interns

The AES Summer Research Intern program is designed to deepen the commitment of promising undergraduate scientists who identify as members of historically underrepresented groups to medical and/or research careers, welcome them into the epilepsy community, and support their growth and future careers.

Selected students are paired with mentors for an intensive introduction to the field of epilepsy while they are exploring their interests and options--supporting the Society's efforts to grow a well-trained and increasingly diverse workforce of epilepsy scientists and clinicians.

Institutions receiving AES grants for these internships:

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Baylor University
  • University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • University of Kansas
  • The University of Michigan
  • University of Virginia School of Medicine

2022 Undergraduate Research Interns

Ariana Crary
Colorado State University
Mentor: Manisha Patel, PhD | The Patel Lab, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Leighton Alexander Douglas
Baylor University
Mentor: Joaquin Lugo, PhD | Lugo Lab, Baylor University
Bridley Jenkins
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Mentor: Upkong Eyo, PhD | Eyo Lab, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Pablo Legaz
University of Miami (FL)
Mentors: Adam Rouse, MD, PhD and Carol Ulloa, MD | Precision Neural Dynamics Lab, University of Kansas Medical Center
Forest Diane Nandjou
Alabama A&M University
Mentor: Farah Lubin, PhD | Lubin Lab, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Bryana Sandy
Michigan State University
Mentor: Lori Isom, PhD | Isom Lab, University of Michigan