Amanda Farris
(Rutgers INS)
E-mail:amandafarris24@gmail.com

I graduated from Central Michigan University in 2005, focusing in psychology and neuroscience. My undergraduate research used a behavioral paradigm of Parkinson’s disease in the rat to look at retention of function in a simple task after 6-OHDA lesion or haloperidol injection. In search of clinical experience, I spent the following 2 years (2006-2008) on fellowship at NIH, with the Molecular Imaging Branch, NIMH. The focus of this lab is the development and implementation of PET tracers to investigate the physiology and pathophysiology in animal and man. As a PhD student in the Integrative Neuroscience program, I am interested in the mechanisms underlying the cognitive deficits of Parkinson’s disease patients on and off medications including antiparkinsonian medication (LDOPA), anticholinergics and dopamine agonists. Also, I am interested in looking into the high comorbidity in Parkinson’s disease with mental illness, such as depression and anxiety.

Mohammad Mustafa Herzallah
(INS/Rutgers | SOM/Al-Quds University)
E-mail:sipetron_m@yahoo.com, sipetron@gmail.com

My name is Mohammad Mustafa Herzallah. I received my M.D. degree from the school of Medicine at Al-Quds University/Palestine in 2009. I started working under Dr. Gluck and Dr. Misk in June 2008. My research is focused on detecting cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson's disease and depression using learning tasks based on computational models of the neuronal circuitry (basal ganglia and hippocampus). I aspire to learn more about the relationship between Parkinson's disease and depression through studying the cognitive function in patients, animal models, and computational models.

Lara Eldhuieb
(Al Quds Palestinian University)
E-mail: Lara2050@hotmail.com

My name is LARA ELDHUIEB ,graduated from AL-Quads University/ Palestine , I got the degree of medicine rating very good in 2009 . I am working with the Palestinian team mainly in Parkinson ,depression . I met Dr. Gluck in conference for early detection of Alzheimer disease in Jerusalem in 2008. Given the opportunity to become a member in Gluck lab is a step to achieve my goal as a neurologist

Kohitij Kar
E-mail: kk77@njit.edu

My name is Kohitij Kar. I am currently doing my Master's Thesis at Dr Gluck's Lab. At the same time I will be starting as a Integrative Neuroscience PhD Student at Rutgers. So this also works out as a nice long lab rotation. I am interested in neuro-imaging. In this regard, I am working with Dr David Eidelberg and Dr Miklos Argyelan at North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, in collaboration with the Gluck Lab. Prior to this I have been mostly involved in Computational Modelling. I have programmed the Gluck and Myers Cortico-Hippocampal model in MATLAB and applied that to the Weather Prediction Task in an attempt to investigate whether the model's simulations fit into the fMRI study reports. It has been a very good learning experience so far in the lab. I am looking forward to a successful career in Neuroscience and am sure that the Gluck Lab has already played a big role in it.

Dale Swanton
E-mail: dale.swanton@gmail.com

I graduated from Providence College in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in psychology and from Villanova University in 2009 with a master's in psychology. I am currently a Ph.D. student in the Integrative Neuroscience program. I am interested in learning and memory in a variety of patient populations. I have recently developed a Pavlovian overexpectation task with the goal of exploring orbitofrontal cortex contributions to learning from unexpected outcomes. In the future I would to incorporate some neuroimaging techniques into my work.

Bianca Georgescu
E-mail: barcanb@yahoo.com

I am doctoral candidate in the clinical psychology Psy.D. program at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. I am currently engaged in clinical work and research with a focus on neuropsychology and psychopathology of the aging population. Specific research interests include: cognitive effects of anxiety and depression in Parkinson’s patients, brain-behavior connections and brain plasticity, and neuroprotective mechanisms and treatments in older adults. I also have an MBA in Marketing from Lehigh University and previously held several managerial positions in a multinational corporation.

As Research Coordinator in the Gluck lab, I am responsible for the compliance of all documentation regarding human subject testing. I also help recruit subjects, maintain files on subjects/experiments, monitor the status of grants and collaborate on fundraising campaigns. I have an Admin. background, having worked in a variety fields including business, cultural and diplomatic in New York and in France.

Dr. Peter Amua-Quarshie:
(Community Outreach Coordinator for Newark, National African-American Alzheimer's Disease Health Literacy Program):
E-mail: pamuaquarshie@yahoo.com

Dr. Peter Amua-Quarshie received his medical degree from The University of Ghana Medical School in Ghana, West Africa, and his Masters of Public Health from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. Prior to attending Medical School he was a nursing assistant in the mental health field for over 2 years and has published research in the area of mental health in the workplace after receiving his MD. He has been involved in neuroscience research related to Alzheimer’s since coming to the US in 2004.

Rachel Jonas:
E-mail: rachel.k.jonas@gmail.com

I graduated from Lehigh University in May 2009 with a B.S. degree in Behavioral Neuroscience and a minor in Psychology. For three semesters during that time, I worked for a clinical neuropsychologist as a technician, administering and scoring neuropsychological tests to patients with various physical and mental problems. I am very excited to work in the Gluck lab in order to expand my research experience, and I ultimately plan on pursuing a Ph.D or Psy.D in hopes of becoming a clinical neuropsychologist.

Marian Khalili :
E-mail: mariank@eden.rutgers.edu

I graduated from Rutgers May of 2009 with a BA in Cell Biology and Neuroscience and Middle Eastern Studies. I look forward to joining the Parkinson’s Disease/Impulse Control Disorder team collaboration with Cornell. I am confident that my experience with the Gluck lab will help me gain practical skills that will prepare me in my pursuit of a career in Medicine.

I am a third year Honors College student majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry. I joined the Gluck Lab in January of 2009 and began collecting data for a study involving repeated testing with the same subjects over the course of 5 weeks. I will soon be conducting a new study to compile data for my Senior Thesis paper. I am fortunate to be a part of this lab, for I have learned more about a practical application in neuroscience and psychology. I hope that this experience will allow me to broaden my skills as I pursue my future studies in medicine.

I am a third year Honors College undergraduate majoring in Biology. I have been a part of the Gluck lab since December, 2008, and It has been an honor and a privilege working at the CMBN. I am currently working under Dr. Myers on the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Project to study the role of hippocampal-dependent contextual processing in PTSD. I will be running behavioral tasks in healthy controls at Rutgers-Newark in hopes of applying them to PTSD patients and trauma-exposed controls in the future. I have gained an invaluable experience through this research internship and it has prepared me well for my future studies in medicine and health care.

I am currently a second year Honors College student who is majoring in Biology with a double minor in Chemistry and Psychology. I became a part of the lab in Spring 2008 and have been working under the supervision of Dr. Myers for the genetics and depression study. For the remainder of the 2008-2009 year, I will be running the depression study in order to understand whether or not subclinically depressed patients have an impaired learning ability. I am very fortunate to be a part of this lab, for I will not only gain experience, but I will be able to broaden my understandings in the world of psychology, as I pursue my career in medicine.

I am a third year Honors College student majoring in Biology with an interest in psychology. I plan on going to medical school to become an obstetrician. Recently, I developed a curiosity for the field of neuroscience. Being that I love biology and psychology, neuroscience is a field that blends the best of both worlds. This internship is going to give me the experience I need as a science major, and exposure to a field that looks promising for both my future and for science as a whole.

I am an Honors College sophomore majoring in Psychology at Rutgers University. I have always had an interest in Psychology and Biology. I'm very fortunate that I am researching in the Gluck Lab to gain more knowledge and understanding in the field of Neuroscience. Working under Dr. Moustafa, I will be studying the effects of learning from reward and punishment on decision making. In January 2009, I joined the Gluck Lab as a research assistant. I'm looking forward to learn and acquire new skills that can help me in my future studies in medicine.

I am a second year Honors College undergraduate, and have been working with the Gluck Lab since late spring 2009. I worked with a very inspiring lab alumni, Priyanka, this summer, who guided, advised, and taught me all she could about the Genetics Project. At the crux of this very time consuming, but rewarding study, we are basically correlating the way people learn with their genes. Being a Biology major and having done research in molecular biology in the past, I was so fortunate to have stumbled upon a project so compatible with my interests. Hopefully, the data we collect will amount to invaluable advances in our understanding about Genetics and Learning.

My name is Mousa Hamad and I am a 2nd Year Albert Dorman Honors College Undergrad/Junior in New Jersey Institute of Technology currently Pursuing a BA in Biology as well as an MBA.My ultimate goal is to pursue an MD post graduation. I currently work for the Passaic County Sheriff Department of Emergency Medical Care. I am the Vice President of the Muslim Student Association in NJIT, as well as President of the Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society. My goals at the Gluck Lab are to help in research as well as help raise funds for the Rutgers/Al-Quds University Brain Research Exchange Program. I will spend my summer in Al-Quds University in Abu-Dis helping with the crucial research taking place.

My name is Mohamed Gadalla and I'm a freshman in the Honors College at Rutgers. I am a biology and psychology major and am very interested in brain research. I aspire to become a medical scientist and plan to get an MD and PhD in neuroscience. I have experience in the medical field, but little research experience, so this internship will help me develop my research and analytical skills. I will be working on the Genetics Project with Liz and Yee Seul.

I am the owner of the web design firm Façade Interactive and have been developing websites and web applications for 12 years in the New York City area. I have extensive experience in web technologies, database creation and online architecture I have used this knowledge to create/edit GluckLab Online for over 3 years.