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David Jacobs
The ARCS Foundation Oregon Chapter Scholar
OHSU, School of Medicine
David is studying the neural underpinnings of reward seeking when a risk of punishment is present. This work aims to model and understand a critical aspect of decision-making that is altered in psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and addiction.
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Rebecca Keller
The Ann and Bill Swindells Charitable Trust Scholar Given by The Ann and Bill Swindells
Charitable Trust
UO, Department of Chemistry
Rebecca is trying to understand what makes things spontaneous at the quantum level by exploring a new definition for quantum entropy.
Dakota Kliamovich
The Bettsy and Wally Preble Scholar Given by Bettsy and Wally Preble
OHSU, School of Medicine, Behavioral Neuroscience
Dakota’s research focuses on understanding the neural circuitry and prefrontal-limbic control of responses to trauma in childhood and early adolescence, with the goal of identifying factors that may confer a susceptibility or resistance to the later development of psychiatric conditions and substance use problems.
Jennifer Leaf
The Jarvis/McGrath Scholar Given by Anne & Peter Jarvis and Suzanne & Bernie McGrath
OSU, College of Engineering, Mechanical, Industrial, & Manufacturing Engineering
Jennifer is developing methods to measure resilience in multi-robot systems, in order to assess and predict how well they can perform in uncertain and dynamic environments.
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