Ozburn Lab
Neurobiology of Addiction
Oregon Health & Science University/VA Portland Health Care System
Angela Ozburn, Associate Professor
PhD Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin
Research/Academic Interests: Better understand the neurobiology of addiction to improve treatment options for individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder, and provide outstanding mentorship to the next generation of scientists and physicians.
Life Interests: Quality time with loved ones, hiking in the beautiful PNW, SCUBA diving, cooking (BBQ, tex-mex, and family recipes), beading/weaving/knitting with my buddies, movies, and music.
Justin Anderson, Biostatistician
PhD Theoretical and Computational Physics, Colorado School of Mines
Research Interests: My research project employs genomics and computational informatics approaches to identify gene networks associated with problematic alcohol drinking.
Life Interests: Camping, hiking, trying new food/beer/wine/coffee, board games.
Darren Ginder, Post-Doctoral Scholar
PhD Experimental Psychology, Washington State University at Pullman
Research Interests: How drugs of abuse alter behavior and physiology of the brain.
Life Interests: cooking, gardening, music, and spending time with family.
Joselinne Medrano, Neuroscience Graduate Program
BA Neuroscience, Colorado College
Research Interests: How drugs of abuse alter behavior and physiology of the brain.
Life Interests: running, music, and spending time with friends and family.
Judith Quintana Paz, Senior Research Asisstant
quintanapaz@ohsu
BS Biology, Oregon State University
Research Interests: Interested in how alcohol affects different types of cells in the brain.
Annabel Jensen, Student Intern
Undergraduate, Portland State University
Research Interests: I am interested in leveraging large data sets from animal models to learn more about the neuroscience of behavior.
Lab Alumni
Snigdha Kanadibhotla, ASE Intern, 2015-2016
Tanvi Batish, PVARF Fellow and OSU Thesis, 2015-2016
Dove Spector, OSHU Equity Intern, 2015
Simon Powell, Research Assistant, 2016
Rachel Champaigne, PVARF Fellow, 2016
Brad Scherer, Lewis and Clark Volunteer, 2016
Reeves Wilson, PSU EXITO Intern, 2016-2017
Delaney Smith, OHSU Equity Intern/PVARF Fellow 2016- 2017
Jewel Bordeaux, OHSU Equity Intern, 2017
Kate LeBlanc, ASE and OHSU Intern, 2015-2017
Alexander Tran, Research Assistant 2, 2016-2018
Evan Firsick, Research Assistant 2, 2015-2018
April Vasquez, ASE Intern, 2017-2018
Allison Clark, OHSU Intern and Student Researcher, 2017-2018
Meher Chand, ASE Intern, 2018
Miracle Uzoekwe, ASE Intern, 2018
Linh Le, PSU EXITO Intern, 2018-2019
Kayla Townsley, PSU EXITO Intern 2016-2018, Research Assistant 2018-2019
Dar'ya Pozhidayeva, PSU EXITO Intern and McNair Scholar 2017-2019, Research Assistant 2019
Mar Borrego, Research Assistant 2, 2019-2021
Antonia Savarese, Post-doctoral Scholar, 2019-2021
Pam Metten, Staff Scientist, 2019-2021
Madeleine Stewart, ASE and OHSU student intern, 2020-2021
Bryan Jensen, Senior Research Assistant, 2020-2022
Joselinne Medrano, OHSU PREP Scholar, 2021-2022
Courtney Ledford, PSU EXITO Intern and McNair Scholar 2020-2022
Alejandra Ortiz Correa, OHSU PREP Scholar, 2022-2023
Ethan Haggman, PVARF Fellow and PSU Thesis, 2022-2023
Ian Anderson, Senior Research Assistant, 2022-2024
Jonathan Palacios, PSU Exito/U-RISE and McNair Scholar, 2022-2024
Zaynah Usmani, Research Assistant, 2022-2024
Kolter Grigsby, Post-Doctoral Scholar, 2020-2024
Amy Chan, Graduate Student, 2020-2025
Louis Nuñez, Graduate Student, 2021-2025
Luis Tzab, Senior Research Assistant, 2022-2025