Dr. Amanda M. Willard

DEGREES EARNED / CERTIFICATIONS / PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Willard, A.M., Isett, B.R., Whalen, T.C., Mastro, K.J., Ki, C.S., Mao, X., and A.H. Gittis. (2019). "State transitions in the substantia nigra reticulata predict the onset of motor deficits in models of progressive dopamine depletion in mice." eLife. 8. PMID: 30839276.
Mastro, K.J., Zitelli, K.T., Willard, A.M., Leblanc, K.H., Kravitz, A.V., and A.H. Gittis. (2017). "Cell-specific pallidal intervention induces long-lasting motor recovery in dopamine depleted mice." Nature Neuroscience 6: 815-823. PMID: 28481350.
Willard, A.M., and A.H. Gittis (2015). "Dopamine system: Mapping neural circuits with CLARITY."eLife 4. PMID: 26452201. Preview.
Willard, A. M., Bouchard R. S., and A. H. Gittis (2015). "Differential degradation of motor deficits during gradual dopamine depletion with 6-hydroxydopamine in mice." Neuroscience 301: 254-267. PMID: 26067595.
Willard, A. M., and D.J. Brasier. (2014). "Controversies in Neuroscience: A Literature-Based Course for First Year Undergraduates that Improves Scientific Confidence While Teaching Concepts." J Undergrad Neurosci Educ 12(2): A159-166. PMID: 24693264.

Graduate Student Service Award, 2017, Carnegie Mellon University
Predoctoral Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31), 2016, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Graduate Student Teaching Award, 2016, Carnegie Mellon University
Richard King Mellon Foundation Presidential Fellowship in the Life Sciences, 2015, Carnegie Mellon University
Dolmetsch Carnegie Graduate Fellowship, 2014, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
NIH Predoctoral Training Grant in Basic Neuroscience Fellowship (T32), 2013, Carnegie Mellon University & University of Pittsburgh