Primary Investigator
Current Members
NICER (M.D.) Mentees
Trainee Fellowships, Awards, and Other Honors
- Dr. Maimuma Paul (2019-2024) - Assistant Professor, Manipal University, India
- Arden Rae Wheeler (2024) - Class president and graduation commencement speaker, BCM Genetics Counseling Program
- Dr. Maimuna Sali Paul, Sydney Michener, Hiuling Chan, et al (2023) - Poster presentation, 2023 American Society of Human Genetics, Mentor: Dr. Chao
- Dr. Kailin Mao (2022-2023) - Assistant Professor, Hainan Medical University, China
- Dr. Maimuna Sali Paul (2019 - present) - 2022 Society for Neuroscience, Spectrum News profile on autism research, Mentor: Dr. Chao
- Dr. Maimuna Sali Paul (2019 - present) - 2022 National Ataxia Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, Mentor: Dr. Chao
- Cole Deisseroth (2019 - 2023) - 2021 Child Neurology Foundation Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Fellowship, Mentor: Dr. Chao
- Christina Magyar (2021 - 2023) - 2021 Trentin Scholar Award, BCM Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
- John Thomas Gebert (2020 - present) - 2021 HCS Cornerstone Grant, Mentor: Dr. Chao
- Dr. Sahana Sreekanta Murthy (2018-2021) - 2018 NARSAD Young Investigator Award, Mentor (2018-2020) Dr. Gould (Princeton), Mentor (2020-2021): Dr. Chao (BCM)
- Nathan Bliss (2017 - 2020) - 2019 Autism Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Mentor: Dr. Chao
Master's students, NICER scholars (M.D.), PREP Scholars, SMART Scholars, Project Interns, Other Mentees
- Brooke Horist (2022-2024, CTR-CAQ, current: BCM Genetics & Genomics PhD program)
- John Thomas Gebert (2021-2024, CTR-CAQ, current: BCM MSTP)
- Arden Rae Wheeler (2022-2024, Masters of Genetics Counseling)
- Sabrina Amaya (2020-2024, current: UT Southwestern Child Neurology residency)
- Ronald Franzen (2020-2024, current: UTHSC Psychiatry residency)
- Hiuling Chan (2023 BCM SMART program)
- Cole Deisseroth (2020-2022, BCM Medical Scientist Training Program)
- Vanesa Lerma (2020-2022, current: University of Houston, Clinical Neuropsychology Ph.D. student)
- Mary Clare Koebel (2022 BCM SMART program)
- Jordan Wu (2022-2024 Rice University Master's program, current: UCLA School of Medicine M.D. student)
- John Hayes (2020-2021, current: Texas A&M University, Industrial Engineering Ph.D. student)
- Harim Delgado-Seo (2020-2021 BCM PREP scholar, current: BCM Neuroscience Ph.D. student)
- Vanessa Iroegbulem (2020 BCM SMART program)
- Aarushi Nayak (2019-2020 Project Intern)
- Nathan Bliss (2017-2020 Project Intern, UTHSC School of Medicine M.D. student)