TEACHING / MENTORING
Teaching Experience
2016-2019 Lecturer, PSB 4934 Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Florida
2015-2016 Lecturer, PSY 4934 Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging, University of Florida
2015-2016 Lecturer, GMS 6417 Integrative Aging Physiology, University of Florida
2011-2012 Lab Instructor, Behavioral Neuroscience Lab, University of Toronto
2010-2011 Lecturer, PSY214 Psychopharmacology, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
2010-2011 Teaching Assistant, Drugs and the Brain, University of Toronto
2009-2011 Lecturer, PSYC62 Drugs and the Brain, University of Toronto
2008-2009 Teaching Assistant, Sensory and Motor Systems, University of Toronto
2007-2011 Lab Instructor, Neuroanatomy, University of Toronto
2003-2004 Lab Instructor, Cell Biology, Dalhousie University
2002-2003 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Psychology, Dalhousie University
Honors Thesis Students Supervised
Aleyna Ross (2019-2020) McNair Scholar
University of Florida, Psychology
Effect of mnemonic load on object discrimination performance in transgenic TH-Cre rats
Meena Ravi (2018-2019) University Scholar
University of Florida, Biology
Effect of hippocampal dopamine receptor antagonism on novelty detection
Recipient of Best Thesis Award for Biology Major
Presently research technician, University of Florida, Department of Neuroscience
Sabrina Zequeira (2017-2018)
University of Florida, Psychology
Role of prefrontal cortex in a similarity-dependent perceptual discrimination task
Presently MS student, University of Florida, Department of Neuroscience
Deandra Chetram (2016-2017)
University of Florida, Interdisciplinary Sciences Program
Orbitofrontal cortical-hippocampal communication in dynamic inter-temporal choice
Presently medical student, University of Florida
Sean Turner (2015-2016) University Scholar
University of Florida, Psychology
Age-related decline of performance on visual object discrimination tasks
Presently PhD student, University of Florida, Clinical and Health Psychology
Leslie Gaynor (2014-2015)
University of Florida, Psychology
Age-related deficits in pattern separation across sensory modalities
Presently PhD student, University of Florida, Clinical and Health Psychology
Carmen Hiploylee (2010-2011)
University of Toronto, Neuroscience
MSc University of Alberta
Saadia Sediqzadah (2009-2010)
University of Toronto, Neuroscience
MD University of Ottawa, MPH Harvard
Presently Resident in Psychiatry, University of Toronto
John Yu Chan (2008-2009)
University of Toronto, Neuroscience
MSc Pharmacy University of Toronto
Conference Presentations by Students Supervised
Aleyna Ross, August 2019
co-authors: Zequeira S, Bizon JL, Johnson SA, Burke SN
Assessing cognitive impairment in aged rats with a touchscreen-based discrimination task
SAEOPP McNair/SSS Scholars Research Conference, Atlanta, GA
Meena Ravi, January 2019
co-authors: Zequeira S, Bizon JL, Setlow B, Burke SN, Johnson SA
Hippocampal D1 receptor signaling in novelty- and similarity-dependent discrimination
Florida Undergraduate Research Conference, Jacksonville, FL
Tara Cooper*, July 2018
co-authors: Turner SM, Lubke KN, Fertal KE, Bizon JL, Maurer AP, Burke SN, Johnson SA
Muscimol induces discrimination deficits and hyperexcitation of the rodent hippocampus
Summer Neuroscience Internship Program Poster Day, University of Florida
*Mentored student received 2nd place award for Poster Presentation
Sean Turner, March 2017
co-authors: Johnson SA, Bizon JL, Maurer AP, Burke SN
The role of the hippocampus in object discrimination depends on prior experience
Data Blitz, North Central Florida Society for Neuroscience Conference, University of Florida
Sean Turner, April 2016
co-authors: Johnson SA, Barthle SE, Maurer AP, Burke SN
Age-related decline of performance on visual object discrimination tasks depends on the difficulty of the discrimination
Council on Undergraduate Research, Posters on the Hill, Washington, DC
Sean Turner*, March 2016
co-authors: Johnson SA, Bizon JL, Maurer AP, Burke SN
Age-related decline of performance on visual object discrimination tasks depends on the difficulty of the discrimination
North Central Florida Society for Neuroscience Conference, University of Florida
*Mentored student received 1st place award for Undergraduate Poster Presentation
Sean Turner, October 2015
co-authors: Johnson SA, Barthle SE, Maurer AP, Burke SN
Age-related decline of performance on visual object discrimination tasks depends on the difficulty of the discrimination
Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Poster Session, Chicago, IL
Leslie Gaynor*, March 2015
co-authors: Johnson SA, Sacks PK, Turner SM, Yoder WM, Maurer AP, Bizon JL, Burke SN
Perceptual discrimination deficits underlying age-related cognitive impairment
North Central Florida Society for Neuroscience Conference, University of Florida
*Mentored student received 2nd place award for Undergraduate Poster Presentation