I am a graduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University pursuing my Masters in Physiology and Biochemistry. I have a strong research background in molecular chemistry and molecular psychiatry and have worked as an Ophthalmic Scribe for the Virginia Eye Institute. With a broad skill set covering important facets in the healthcare space, I am pursuing admissions to Medical School.
Studying the molecular mechanisms responsible for psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, depression and alcoholism, as well as the basic signaling processes by which psychoactive drugs induce their therapeutic effects.
identifying portions within the N terminal end of TM4 in 5-HT2A N terminal responsible for mediating the heteromeric interface of mGlu2-5-HT2A