Training Program
in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Current Trainees

  • Jani Bilchak, PhD Jani Bilchak, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, UPenn
    Research Interests: Social behavioral deficits in NF1
    Mentor: Matthew Kayser, MD, PhD
  • Camila Barrios Camacho, PhD Camila Barrios Camacho, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, UPenn
    Research Interests: How the intracellular domain (ICD) of the Frazzled/DCC receptor functions as a non-canonical transcription factor to shape gene regulatory networks underlying midline axonal crossing
    Mentor: Greg Bashaw, PhD
  • Kathleen Campbell, MD, MHSc Kathleen Campbell, MD, MHSc Postdoctoral Fellow, CHOP
    Research Interests: Association of EEG Measures with developmental outcomes in Critical Congenital Heart Disease
    Mentor: Eric Marsh, MD, PhD
  • Vishnu Cuddapah, MD, PhD Vishnu Cuddapah, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, CHOP
    Research Interests: Endogenous circadian rhythms and the sleep/wake state effects on the likelihood of seizure occurrence
    Mentor: Amita Sehgal, PhD
  • Carleigh O’Brien, PhD Carleigh O’Brien, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, UPenn
    Research Interests: The differential roles of the brain resident microglia from circulating macrophages that infiltrate the brain during disease
    Mentor: Chris Bennett, MD
  • Christopher Johnson, PhD Christopher Johnson, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, CHOP
    Research Interests: Cholinergic Neuron Dysfunction Involvement in Early Onset Epileptic Encephalopathy Caused by an Arx Mutation
    Mentor: Eric Marsh, MD, PhD