Neuroinflammation, Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, Neuroscience
B.S., Yale University, 2020
M.D., University of California-Davis School of Medicine (In progress)
Jessica graduated from Yale University in May 2020 with a BS in Neuroscience with Distinction. During her undergraduate years, she worked in the Strittmatter Lab to study Fyn inhibition in a mouse model of Tauopathy. As a medical student at UC Davis, she was involved in the development of small Transcriptional Gene Silencing RNAs for the treatment of Fragile X Syndrome and Fragile-X-associated Tremor and Ataxia Syndrome under the co-mentorship of Dr. Paul Hagerman and Dr. Randi Hagerman. She took a year off after finishing her second year of medical school to become an Medical Research Scholars Program Fellow at the NIH under the co-mentorship of Dr. Daniel Reich and Dr. Irene Cortese where she studied the CNS uptake of an Anti-CD8 T cell PET tracer in patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy. In the NIH OxCam program, she will be co-mentored by Dr. Irene Cortese (NINDS) and Dr. Colin Crump (Cambridge).
Outside of the lab, Jessica enjoys playing tennis, swimming, and taking cap naps.
Dr. Irene Cortese (NINDS) and Prof. Colin Crump (Cambridge)