Lisa is a 4th year MD/PhD Candidate who started with the WUNDER lab in February 2023. She is interested in using innovative tools to model trajectories of brain development in babies and young children, as well as studying how various factors, such as prematurity and poverty, impact these developmental trajectories. Additionally, she is interested in the identification of early risk factors for psychiatric disorders, and using neuroscience to inform personalized interventions. Clinically, she is interested in going into child psychiatry or pediatrics and plans on using her research training to discover novel treatments for psychiatric disorders as well as to design community interventions that help reduce health disparities. Previously, she received her B.A. in Cognitive Neuroscience from Washington University in St. Louis in 2019, and then spent two years working as a post-bac fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health. Outside of the lab, she enjoys cooking, running, volunteering, and spending time with friends and family.