IMA B. SMARTY-PANTS Address line 1 Address line 2 Address line 3 smartypants@ucdenver.edu (303) 555-1515 EDUCATION 2015 B.A. in Psychology/Behavioral Neuroscience University of Minnesota, Morris: Morris, MN Advisor: Dr. Leslie R. Meek
RESEARCH INTERESTS (tailor this to the opportunity for you are applying) I am interested in the prenatal period of brain development. My research and clinical experiences have made clear to me the importance of the prenatal period in determining an individual’s developmental trajectory. My goal is find a graduate laboratory (or medical school program) that will allow me to further scientific and medical understanding of prenatal brain development, and develop potential interventions to prevent the deleterious effects of prenatal insults such as stress and drug exposures on the developing fetal brain.
PREVIOUS RESEARCH/WORK EXPERIENCE Summer 2014 Scholarly Trainees Acquiring Research Skills (STARS) Program Role: Research Trainee Description: with whom did you work? What was your research question? What did you find? What skills did you acquire?
PUBLICATIONS (if any) 1. Superstar, I.B., Pearson, J.N., Gasparrini, M.E., Brooks, K.R., Zajkowski, M.E., Kriesler, A.D., Leonard, S., and Stevens, K.E (in preparation). Dietary choline supplementation to dams during pregnancy and lactation mitigates the effects of in utero stress exposure on adult anxiety-related behaviors.