Hi! My name is Stephanie and I am a 1st year Ph.D. student in Psychology at the University of California, Davis. I work under the guidance of Dr. Andrew Yonelinas in his Human Memory Lab. My research interests focus on how aging and injury affect memory, with particular interest in how Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementia cause a decline in memory, thinking and learning. Specifically, I am interested in researching early markers/indicators of Alzheimer’s Disease as well as disease progression.

In 2022, I graduated from California State University, Fullerton with a BA in Psychology and minor in Human Services, receiving Summa Cum Laude honors for both. During my time as an undergraduate, I became heavily involved in various research labs where I discovered a passion for scientific research. 

Before starting my graduate program, I was a research intern at the Amen Clinic where I was exposed to a clinical cohort and analyzed the differences in brain symptoms, general symptoms, and learning disabilities symptoms between Attention-deficit/hyperactivity Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Traumatic Brain Injury using linear models.

Currently, I am looking to see if I can functionally dissociate two types of working memory in an undergraduate population, with hopes of expanding to amnesic patients.