CARRISA V. COCUZZA

BIO

In 2022, I completed my PhD at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers University under the mentorship of Dr. Michael W. Cole. My doctoral dissertation, titled "Brain network mechanisms supporting local and distributed cognitive processes", focused on understanding the brain network bases of neurocognitive information processing. I'm thrilled to announce that in 2023, I'll be joining the remarkable team at Yale University led by Dr. Avram Holmes to investigate network-level risk factors for psychotic and affective illnesses.  

Before my doctoral studies, I received my master's in psychology from NYU, where I worked in a human genomics lab in a bridge program with Mt. Sinai School of Medicine to study risk factors underlying the comorbid expression of neurodevelopmental clinical phenotypes.  

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Outside of the lab, I am passionate about open-access and equitable science, STEM outreach, and efforts to improve scientific communications.

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A reasonably up-to-date copy of my CV is available here. My publication portfolio (with freely downloadable pdfs) is available here.

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