Graduate Students

Brittany graduated with her BSc in Biology at Saint Mary’s College of California in 2018. As an undergraduate, Brittany worked with Prof. Jim Pesavento studying histone methylation of green microalgae. She received several awards including the Berkeley Lab Undergraduate Faculty Fellowship (BLUFF), and a travel award to present at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry conference.

As a MSc student in Neuroscience, Brittany studied intranasal administration as a method for brain-targeted delivery of estrogens in rats. She received a CIHR CGS-M to support her research.

Brittany transferred to the PhD program to continue her studies using intranasal administration to assess the effect of estrogen on motivation to exercise in rats.

In 2022, Jérôme received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the Université de Liège in Belgium, where he had worked with Prof. Charlotte Cornil on canary singing behaviour and reproductive physiology. 

As a PhD candidate in Neuroscience at UBC, Jérôme studies the relationship between steroids, fatty acids, and aggressive behaviours in song sparrows. He has received multiple awards, including a NSERC doctoral award, a British Columbia Graduate Scholarship, and two fellowships in ornithology.

Minseon (Michelle) completed her BSc in Biology at UBC in 2021. During her undergraduate studies, Michelle worked with Profs. Shernaz Bamji and Tim O’Connor to screen the functions of gene variants associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

As a MSc student, Michelle investigated how maternal sucrose intake during pregnancy alone affects the fetal brain with a fucus on glucocorticoids.

Michelle transferred to the PhD program and received UBC Four-year Doctoral Fellowship to continue her studies on the effects of maternal sucrose consumption on offspring neuroendocrine and behavioural outcomes.