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Selecting a senior thesis topic

For many NAB majors, the senior thesis project is their most enjoyable and intellectually rewarding experience at Barnard. To make sure you have a similar experience, we can offer you several types of support:

  1. Attend the NAB program-planning meeting in the Spring semester of your junior year. We will have an extended discussion about the process of selecting a mentor and thesis topic.
  2. Meet with the Director of the NAB program.
  3. Explore the research interests of Neuroscience faculty:
    • within the NAB major
    • in the Departments of Psychology and Biological Sciences at the Morningside CU campus
    • at the CU Medical Campus (use white search box in upper right corner of page)
    • at the NY State Psychiatric Institute.
    • at nearby universities, including NYU, Rockefeller University and Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
  4. Approach a mentor that worked previously with a NAB major. To aid in this process, we have provided a list of the projects completed by 2008 NAB majors, together with links to each mentor's lab.
List of 2008 Senior Theses
Student Title Mentor(s)
Osamuede Iyoha Abuse liability of oxycodone compared to morphine Sandra Comer
Mary A. Ajamian Exploring the potential role of intracranial mast cells in angiogenesis Rae Silver & Katherine Nautiyal
Rachel E. Felber New surgical technique for recording electrical activity in mouse taste nerve John Glendinning
Rebecca A. Lenard Studying the brain: Does reward guide attention? Jacqueline Gottlieb
Leora L. Goodman Effect of stress during early pregnancy on offspring vulnerability to schizophrenia Michael Myers & Karine Kleinhaus
Emily Kyrillou Does high sweetener intake lead to obesity? John Glendinning
Katherine M. Fenz Blood clotting protein plays role in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease Sidney Strickland & Justin Paul
Eleah D. Porter MRI as a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease Miroslaw Brys
Rebecca Ajodan Regulatory T cell reconstitution after transplantation Gabrielle Goldberg
Leora B. Benson The role of the brain versus spinal cord during locomotion in mice John Martin
Divya Lakhaney Subjective and cognitive effects of naltrexone in combination with smoked marijuana Margaret Haney
Anita Narayan Effects of increased D2 receptor activity on timing Peter Balsam & Kathleen Taylor
Jamie Mersten Does Prozac increase impulsive behavior in adolescents? Susan Brunelli & Michael Myers
Emilia Vignola Heart rate activity predicts neurobehavioral development in preterm infants Bill Fifer & Michael M. Myers




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