Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator
Neurology
Jessica is a research coordinator in Dr. Joel Kramer’s lab working primarily on the MarkVCID study. She graduated with a BA degree in Neurobiology from UC Berkeley in May of 2024 and hopes to continue pursuing her interests in neurodegenerative diseases as well as becoming a neurosurgeon.
Publications
Pathways underlying selective neuronal vulnerability in Alzheimer's disease: Contrasting the vulnerable locus coeruleus to the resilient substantia nigra.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Practice patterns in pediatric infectious encephalopathy in four centers in Africa.
Frontiers in pediatrics
Genome-wide Association Analysis in Humans Links Nucleotide Metabolism to Leukocyte Telomere Length.
American journal of human genetics
GWAS on longitudinal growth traits reveals different genetic factors influencing infant, child, and adult BMI.
Science advances
A neurobiological pathway to smoking in adolescence: TTC12-ANKK1-DRD2 variants and reward response.
European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
A novel common variant in DCST2 is associated with length in early life and height in adulthood.
Human molecular genetics