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My name is Karishma Patel and I am an incoming senior studying
psychology with a concentration in cognitive neuroscience. My article
investigates the impact early life stress can have on child development.
This paper highlights the neurodevelopmental/neurobiological changes
that occur in the brain due to stressful events and circumstances early in
development. Furthermore, this essay assesses how the relationship
between children and their caregivers can modulate the activity of stress
hormones in early life.

Apurva is a Senior majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology
with minors in Sociology and Chemistry on the pre-med track.
She currently works on campus as a Research Assistant in the
Physical Activity and Neurocognitive Health Lab and is a student
worker at McKinley. She is excited to be a part of this volume of
Brain Matters to increase discussion.

Andrew Zhang is a sophomore majoring in Molecular and Cellular
Biology. Currently, he is a research assistant in Dr. Huimin Zhao’s lab and
also part of UIUC’s American Chemistry Society and REACT. He believes
that neuroscience is a great field to learn about. There are so many things
to learn about the brain - especially ideas that can improve our lives. He
is excited to be a part of Brain Matters in sharing neuro- science!

Apil is a sophomore majoring in Molecular and Cellular biology
with interests in Neuroscience Research. Outside of studying
biology, he volunteers at both Riverside hospital and Riverside
Senior Life Center where he works with Alzheimer patients. His
other hobbies include playing Basketball and Soccer.

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Nabiha Javed is a Student at the University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign, who is double-majoring in political
science and history. She is the author of the article, 'The
Life Cycle of Neurons’. 

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