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OUR TEAM

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MEGHAN H. PUGLIA, PH.D. 

Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Meghan earned her B.S. in Psychology with a concentration in Neuroscience from Penn State University in 2009, her M.A. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Virginia in 2015, and her Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from UVA in 2019. Her research interests include (1) merging human neuroscience and behavioral epigenetics to understand individual differences in human behavior; (2) designing and executing infant longitudinal studies merging multilevel, multidimensional techniques to understand environment-gene-brain-behavior interactions throughout development; and (3) employing innovative methodological approaches to analyze “big data” generated with neuroimaging, longitudinal, and genetics data sets.

GRADUATE STUDENTS

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CABELL WILLIAMS

Cognitive Psychology

Cabell studies the environmental influences of epigenetic modifications and how these changes may lead to individual differences in the neurological processing of social cues throughout infancy. She received her B.S. in Neuroscience with a minor in Psychology from George Mason University and her M.S. in Clinical Research from UVA. Prior to her time as a doctoral student, she spent time in a lab studying the effects of parenting mindfully on adolescents’ emotional development, academic success, and risk-taking behaviors and in a clinic where she studied how to create a state of “peak performance” using EEG based neurofeedback.

STAFF

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ALLISON BELKOWITZ

Lab Manager

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WINNIE CHANG

Project Coordinator

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MADELYN NANCE

Lab Technician

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

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MADELEINE AMES

Neuroscience 2024

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SAM BARNETT

Biology 2025

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NASEEB CHHINA

Global Public Health & Psychology 2025

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CAMPBELL COLEMAN

Physics & Neuroscience 2025

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CHLOE COOPER

Neuroscience 2025

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HELENA CULLEN

Psychology (Intended) 2024

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EMILY DAVIS

Psychology & Spanish 2024

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KALEY DAWSON

Neuroscience 2025

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AVERY DOUGALD

Neuroscience 2024

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SKYLAR GOODOVE

Neuroscience 2024

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ELISE HARRIS

Cognitive Science 2025

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MATTHEW IMMORDINO

Global Public Health & Spanish 2024

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ZOË KITCHINGS

Biology 2025

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LAURYN KUMPE

Psychology and English 2026

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JESSICA MEDLIN

Cognitive Science 2025

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MADISON MONROE-MOHAJERIN

Neuroscience & Psychology 2023

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EMILY MORTMAN

Undeclared 2025

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EMILY MUNDY

Neuroscience 2025

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OLIVIA PRENDERGAST

Psychology 2024

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HAYLEE RESSA

Neuroscience & English 2025

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BRIDGET RODIG

Cognitive Science 2024

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NIKKI SHAH

Cognitive Science 2025

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JORDYN SIZEMORE

Cognitive Science 2025

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DAVID TEPPER

Biology 2024

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MACIE TRAN

Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (Intended) 2027

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ASHLEY TRINH

Neuroscience 2025

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SHRIYA VARADA

Neuroscience 2025

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VOLUNTEERS

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MADISON MONROE-MOHAJERIN

Psychology Research Methods M.A. 2024

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LAB ALUMNI

SONI BAE

Psychology

2021 - 2023     Undergraduate Research Assistant

SUNJAL PATEL

Cognitive Science & South Asian Studies

2022 - 2023     Undergraduate Research Assistant

VINEE VERMA

Cognitive Science

2020 - 2022     Undergraduate Research Assistant

MELISSA ABEL

Cognitive Science & Spanish

2022 - 2023     Undergraduate Research Assistant

KAYLYN FEELEY

Cognitive Science

2022 - 2023     Undergraduate Research Assistant

MADELINE FORD

Cognitive Science

2021 - 2023     Undergraduate Research Assistant

CHLOE HOANG

Cognitive Science

2022 - 2023     Undergraduate Research Assistant

ANNA MCSHERRY

Psychology

2022 - 2023     Undergraduate Research Assistant

MADISON MONROE-MOHAJERIN

Neuroscience & Psychology

2021 - 2023     Undergraduate Research Assistant

BIANKA SMEULDERS

Cognitive Science

2022 - 2023     Undergraduate Research Assistant

KAROLINA STRAZNIKIEWICZ

Psychology 2023

2021 - 2022     Undergraduate Research Assistant

LOREN BLACK

Kinesiology 2024

2022                Undergraduate Research Assistant

GIANNA RODGRIUEZ

Biology 2023

2022                Summer Research Intern

JACQUELINE SLOBIN

Global Public Health 2021

2021 - 2022     Project Coordinator
2020 - 2021     Undergraduate Research Assistant

AVERY DAHL

Cognitive Science 2022

2021 - 2022     Undergraduate Research Assistant

SREYA KUNAPULI

Global Public Health 2023

2019 - 2021     Undergraduate Research Assistant

AARIA MALHOTRA

Neuroscience 2021

2018 - 2021     Undergraduate Research Assistant
2020 - 2021     Harrison Undergraduate Research Grant
2020 - 2021     Distinguished Majors Program

SCARLET OMAIS

English & Biology 2022

2020 - 2021     Undergraduate Research Assistant

HANNAH SHARPE

Biology 2021

2019 - 2021     Undergraduate Research Assistant

PAYTON ST. LOUIS

Chemistry 2022

2019 - 2021     Undergraduate Research Assistant

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