Lab News
Dr. Nicholas Fogleman Receives The Haizlip-McRee Award
Dr. Nicholas Fogleman was awarded The 2024 Haizlip-McRee Award for excellence in teaching and education. Dr. Fogleman was nominated for the award by the Fellows of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the School of Medicine.
2024 Celebration of Undergraduate Research
Undergrads from the Cohen Lab presented at the 2024 Celebration of Undergraduate Research!
Ellie Birdsong Receives a Student Undergraduate Teaching and Staff Award
Undergrad RAs from the Cohen Lab nominated Ellie, the lab manager and lead BrainMAP Study coordinator, for the Student Undergraduate Staff Award saying, “Though academia can seem exclusive, Ellie has made it abundantly clear to all of us through the … Read more
Triangle Society for Neuroscience Conference
Brenna Curtis, a Cohen Lab undergraduate research assistant, presented her senior honors thesis project poster at the Triangle SFN conference! Other members of the lab also came to support and attend the conference.
Mackenzie Mitchell Defended Her Dissertation!
Congratulations to Dr. Mitchell for successfully defending her PhD dissertation!
Yuyao Presents at NC Cognition Conference
Yuyao, a graduate student in the Cohen Lab, recently presented a poster at the NC Cognition Conference entitled “Impact of Maternal Psychiatric History on Children’s Executive Function Development and Psychopathology: A Longitudinal Study”
Research Assistant Social
Cohen Lab research assistants from the BrainMAP Study, CogMAP Study, and Decision Making and Motor Control Study!
Arianna Cascone successfully defends her dissertation!
Arianna successfully defended her PhD dissertation titled “Categorical and dimensional investigations of dynamic functional connectivity and behavior in children with and without ADHD.” Congratulations, Dr. Cascone!
Dr. Nicholas Fogleman talks with UNC Health about ADHD in adults
ADHD in Adults: What You Need to Know Dr. Nicholas Fogleman was interviewed for a recent article in UNC Health Talk. Check out the link above to learn about ADHD in adults!
Congratulations to Mac Woodburn!
Mac Woodburn recently defended his PhD dissertation and graduated this weekend! Congrats, Dr. Woodburn!
Dr. Nicholas Fogleman Presents at Heels Care Network Mental Health Seminar
Dr. Nicholas Fogleman gave a great talk entitled “How to Center Your Focus When Focusing is Difficult”! Check out his presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7A9SeMB1Lo&t=1040s
Sikoya Ashburn Named L’Oréal 2022 For Women in Science Fellow
Congrats to Dr. Sikoya Ashburn on being awarded the L’Oréal 2022 For Women in Science Fellowship! Check out the video below to learn more about Sikoya and the work she does in the Cohen Lab.
STEAM Career Showcase for Students with Disabilities
Members of the Cohen Lab recently participated in the 10th annual STEAM Career Showcase for Students with Disabilities at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, NC. Students had the opportunity to learn about the brain, play brain trivia, … Read more
Flux 2022 Conference
Earlier this month, members of the Cohen Lab attended the Flux 2022 conference in Paris, France! This was the first in-person Flux conference in two years. Congrats to Sikoya Ashburn, Arianna Cascone, Mackenzie Mitchell, Tehila Nugiel, … Read more
Erika Successfully Defends Honors Thesis!
Our undergraduate research assistant Erika successfully defended her honors thesis over Zoom at the beginning of this month! The title of her thesis was “Connectivity between emotion regulation brain regions in children with ADHD.” We are proud of her and … Read more
Arianna Cascone Receives SFN Award
Arianna Cascone wins Best Graduate Student Poster at the annual Triangle Society for Neuroscience meeting for her work assessing functional network organization in individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD). PD is characterized by a range of motor and non-motor symptoms, including … Read more
Dr. Sikoya Ashburn Honored as Rising Star
Dr. Sikoya Ashburn, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab, was named as a Rising Star on Cell Mentor’s list of 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in the U.S.! You can see the complete list here: https://crosstalk.cell.com/blog/1000-inspiring-black-scientists-in-america. Congratulations, Sikoya!
Flux Virtual Congress 2020
The Cohen Lab attended Flux Virtual Congress 2020 from September 9th to September 12th. We are honored to continue learning about the most recent advancements and research in developmental cognitive neuroscience, and to contribute to this community by presenting and … Read more
Darius Wins an Award!
Darius presented his poster at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students and won an award for having one of the best posters in the social sciences/public health category. Great job, Darius!
UNC Brain Academy 2019
The Cohen Lab at UNC’s Brain Academy! Mackenzie helped start off the day with some science about the brain, while Cheyenne and Cleanthis showed off the EEG and mock MRI scanner. It was great to get underrepresented teens involved in … Read more
Flux 2019
[Top Left: Kelly Eom with her poster, entitled “Effects of methylphenidate on response control and intrinsic whole-brain functional network organization in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder” Top Right: Cheyenne Bricken with her poster, entitled “Longitudinal trajectories of cortical thickness from birth … Read more
Darius Presents His Poster at Symposium!
Cohen Lab’s RA, Darius Johnson, proudly presents his poster, “Implicit Learning and Reward Seeking Behavior in ADHD” at the Summer Undergraduate Pipeline Research Symposium. Great job, Darius!