Department: Events
Head TA
Eve is pursuing her PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience & Psychology at the University of the West of Scotland, researching perceptual decision making during aging and Alzheimers Disease. Through her work with IYNA, she hopes to help as many budding-neuroscientists as possible to enter the field and find the same passion that she has through her own studies. In her spare time, Eve enjoys reading, gaming and diamond painting.
Department: Events
Youth Neuroscience Summer Program Director
Sarah is a high school senior in Los Angeles, and she is passionate about the overlap between art and neuroscience. Sarah works on project execution and marketing within the IYNA, including the Youth Neuroscience summer program. Currently, she serves as the president of her school's Neuroscience Club and as the program leader for an art therapy recovery program at a hospital in Downtown Los Angeles. Additionally, she runs her own curated vintage and art business. In her free time, she enjoys playing and collecting electric guitars and vinyl records.
Department: Events, Marketing Chapters
Youth Neuroscience Summer Program Co-Director, Website Lead, Regional Chapter Lead
Ryan is a junior at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. At IYNA, he aims to distribute neuroscience resources at no cost whenever possible. In IYNA, he is responsible for renovating the website to reduce costs, assisting in organizing the neuroscience summer program, and communicating with IYNA student chapters. He also enjoys exploring the fields of cognitive neuroscience and episodic memory using computational neuroscience.
Department: Events
Events Director
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Department: all
Board Chair
Jacob Umans is a current MD/PhD student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and serves as Board Chair of the International Youth Neuroscience Association. He co-founded the IYNA as a high-school student, and is committed to making the IYNA a community in which students can explore a future in neuroscience and make like-minded friends while doing so.