Tara Kugelman

Alumni

Academic Qualifications

  • B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Lewis & Clark College(Portland, OR, USA), 2015
  • M.S., Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University (New York, NY, USA), 2019

Biography

Tara graduated in May 2015 with a degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR. She conducted undergraduate research at Oregon Health & Science University in Dr. Jacob Raber's lab in the Department of Behavioral Neuroscience. 

Tara joined the UEIL in November 2015 and her current research interests include blood brain barrier opening and modulation of the central nervous system using focused ultrasound

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

Non-invasive, Focused Ultrasound- Facilitated Gene Delivery for Optogenetics

Shutao Wang
Tara Kugelman
Amanda Buch
Mathieu Herman
Yang Han
Maria E. Karakatsani
S Abid Hussaini
Karen Duff
Elisa Konofagou
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Amelioration of the nigrostriatal pathway facilitated by ultrasound-mediated neurotrophic delivery in early Parkinson's disease

Maria E. Karakatsani
Shutao Wang
Gesthimani Samiotaki
Tara Kugelman
Oluyemi O.Olumolade
Camilo Acosta
Tao Sun
Yang Han
Hermes A.S. Kamimura
Vernice Jackson-Lewis
Serge Przedborski
Elisa E. Konofagou
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Conference abstracts and proceedings

ASA 2019: Real-time imaging of brain displacement during FUS neuromodulation in rodents in vivo

Tara Kugelman
Mark Burgess
Elisa Konofagou