ANOUSHKA D. SHAHANE

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I am a dual-degree PhD candidate at Rice University studying Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine and proud alum of Tufts University '15.

I currently work with Dr. Bryan Denny in the BioScience Research Collaborative (Rice).

Previously, I worked with Drs. Mahzarin Banaji (Harvard), Jason Mitchell (Harvard), Diana Tamir (Princeton), and Heather Urry (Tufts).

I also was an Associate Consultant at Putnam Associates (ranked as a top boutique consulting firm in North America by Vault) and the bioinformatics and computational chemistry intern at Cubist Pharmaceuticals.

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I am a recipient of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (National Institute of Health) Fellowship (F31) and the Rice University 2020 Vaughn Fellowship. I study neurobiological and immunological mechanisms of affective processes and how they relate to cardiovascular disease among highly-stressed populations.

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When I'm not doing research or classwork, you can probably find me in the ballet studio, playing piano, or drinking sugar with a side of coffee.

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Affiliations: Tufts University, Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine