Zoe Christenson Wick, PhD
About Me
Zoé Christenson Wick is a postdoctoral fellow in Tristan Shuman's lab in the Neuroscience department at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She earned her PhD in 2019 in the lab of Esther Krook-Magnuson at the University of Minnesota and her BA in Psychology in 2014 from St. Olaf College. Her research investigates how distinct subtypes of inhibitory neuron in the rodent hippocampus alter their spike timing in epilepsy and is determining what role those spike timing changes play in seizure susceptibility and the cognitive deficits associated with epilepsy.
Language
English
Position
INSTRUCTOR | Neuroscience
Research Topics
Alzheimer's Disease, Cognitive Neuroscience, Electrophysiology, Epilepsy, GABA, Hippocampus, Memory, Neural Networks, Neuro-degeneration/protection, Neuromodulation, Neurophysiology, Neuroscience, Systems Neuroscience
Education
BA, St. Olaf College
PhD, University of Minnesota
, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Awards
2020
Ruth R. Kirschstein NRSA for Training of Postdoctoral Fellows (F32 NS116416)
NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
2018
Ruth R. Kirschstein NRSA for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31 NS105457)
NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
2018
Graduate Fellowship in Neuromodulation
MnDRIVE
Publications
Industry Relationships
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