Email

leptich@bcm.edu

Positions

PhD Student

Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Education

BS from The University of Arizona

05/2019 - Tucson, Arizona United States

Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

BA from The University of Arizona

05/2019 - Tucson, Arizona United States

Linguistics

Selected Publications

• Weihua Wang,Li. S. Zhang,Alexander K. Zinsmaier,Genevieve Patterson,Emily Jean Leptich,Savannah L. Shoemaker,Tatiana A. Yatskievych,Robert Gibboni,Edward Pace,Hao Luo,Jinsheng Zhang,Sungchil Yang,Shaowen Bao "Neuroinflammation mediates noise-induced synaptic imbalance and tinnitus in rodent models." PLOS Biology. 2019 Jun 18; Pubmed PMID: 31211773
• Ashley N Hayden, Katie L Brandel, Paul R Merlau, Priyadharshini Vijayakumar, Emily J Leptich, Edward W Pietryk, Elizabeth S Gaytan, Connie W Ni, Hsiao-Tuan Chao, Jill A Rosenfeld, Rachel N Arey "Behavioral screening of conserved RNA-binding proteins reveals CEY-1/YBX RNA-binding protein dysfunction leads to impairments in memory and cognition." PLOS Genetics. 2024; Pubmed PMID: 38260399
• Ashley N. Hayden, Emily J. Leptich, Rachel N. Arey "Invited review: Unearthing the mechanisms of age-related neurodegenerative disease using Caenorhabditis elegans." Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol .. 2022 May; Pubmed PMID: 35176489

Memberships

McNair Scholars Program

Ronald E. McNair Scholar (01/2018)

Pavlovian Society

(08/2022)

Women in Learning

(08/2022)