Maya Hawkins
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Maya is a rising senior at New York University studying Neuroscience with a minor in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies (CAMS).
In the summer of 2023, I worked under Dr. Anuska Andjelkovic at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to examine the mechanisms and localization of yes-associated protein 1 (YAP1) in relation to Alzheimer’s Disease and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy in mice. This past summer, I studied under Dr. Kristi Wharton at Brown University to investigate sex-based differences and genetic rescues in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in flies. When I return to New York, I look forward to returning to work under Dr. Eric Klann at New York University and completing a senior undergraduate thesis concerning total translation and ribosomal protein abundance in cellular culture models of Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD). I am interested in understanding the damaging molecular mechanisms that cause neural disease and applying those concepts to understand the molecular pathways disrupted in disorders such as ADHD, OCD, and anxiety. My goal is to obtain a Ph.D. in psychology and apply my knowledge of neuroscience to both research and patient treatment for psychiatric disorders. |