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Leah Harmon

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McDougal Teaching Fellow , Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning
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About

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McDougal Teaching Fellow , Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning; Graduate Writing Partner, Poorvu Center For Teaching and Learning

Biography

Leah received her B.S. in Neuroscience and Behavior with a supplemental major in Applied and Computational Math and Statistics from the University of Notre Dame. She completed an undergraduate honors thesis exploring functional connectivity across cognitive states in normal brain aging. She also was a 2019 Harvard Amgen Scholar and worked in the Sinclair Lab at Harvard Medical School studying the role of epigenetic noise in brain aging. As a PhD student in the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program in the Chandra lab, she is focused on molecular and cellular mechanisms of Parkinson's Disease, specifically involving synaptic vesicle cycling and endocytosis at the presynaptic terminal. Outside of lab, Leah is passionate about STEM education and outreach, and is involved in several initiatives, including Yale Brain Education Day and the Yale Women's Mental Health Conference. She also works as a Writing Partner at Yale College's Poorvu Writing Center and is a McDougal Graduate Teaching Fellow.

Education & Training

BS
University of Notre Dame, Neuroscience and Behavior/Applied and Computational Math and Statistics (2021)

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Leah Harmon's published research.

Publications

2023

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Trainee Professional Development Award

  • honor

    2024 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award

  • honor

    2020 Barry Goldwater Scholar

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