Hamsi R
- Research Program Mentor
PhD Doctor of Philosophy
Expertise
neuroscience of aging, alzheimer's disease, dementia, memory and learning, neuroimaging, development, neuropsychiatric disorders, computational biology, applied coding projects, data science
Project ideas
Project ideas are meant to help inspire student thinking about their own project. Students are in the driver seat of their research and are free to use any or none of the ideas shared by their mentors.
Review Paper on the influence of the social environment during childhood on Alzheimer's Disease
Final product could be a paper detailing the current state of research correlating social factors like socioeconomic status, childhood adversity, education opportunities etc. on someone developing Alzheimer's disease. Skills a student could learn and leave with include creating literature review, scientific writing, meta-analysis, and scientific publication.