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Ana S

- Research Program Mentor

MD candidate at University of Turin

Expertise

Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Pre-Medical studies

Bio

Hello everyone! I'm Ana and I'm a neuroscientist from Lisbon, Portugal. I got my bachelor in Neuroscience with Honors from the University of Glasgow and I did my research training at the Amsterdam Institute of Neuroscience where I studied the anatomical circuitry controlling drug addiction. I’m also very interested in neuropsychiatric disorders because they challenge my idea of what human beings are supposed to be like. More than this, the techniques used to study these disorders, such as opto and chemogenetics or CRISPR are truly bewitching. Currently I'm getting my MD at the University of Turin and I hope to become a pediatric surgeon one day. When time permits I’m also a lover of Joyce and Saramago.

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.

Student-Run Clinic

In this project I will help you organize a student-run clinic in your school or university. From a small diabetes screening service (as more and more young people are at risk) to a multidisciplinary group tackling the health issues that are most important in your school and community.

Alzheimer's Disease Group

In this project I'd help you set a group of students to work with individuals in initial stages of dementia. You'd coordinate socializing interventions in an attempt to delay the progressive cognitive deterioration brought by AD. I'd also encourage and help you publish your results.

Neuroscience - Student Journal

Would you like to set up a journal where students can publish original research papers and reviews in the field of Neuroscience? I'd love to help you set it up!

Languages I know

Portuguese, Spanish, English and Italian

Teaching experience

I'm currently on my second year of teaching cell biology to undergrad nursing students at the university of Turin and it has been the pleasure of my student years. My teaching approach is to avoid a lecture style as much as possible and do more case-based discussions and project building as a way to learn. Apart from this I also have a rich experience teaching languages, namely Portuguese and Italian.

Credentials

Work experience

Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (2017 - 2018)
Research Assistant
University of Barcelona (2013 - 2014)
Exchange student building foundations in developmental biology, cellular and molecular biology

Education

University of Glasgow
BS Bachelor of Science (2017)
Neuroscience
University of Turin
MD Doctor of Medicine candidate
Medicine and Surgery

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