Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Research and Care at UCLA
Vossel Lab

710 Westwood Plaza, Room C-224
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769
Tel: (310) 206-8993
Email: KAFigueroa@mednet.ucla.edu

Biography

Katy graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Computational Neuroscience with a minor in Computer Programming in 2022. As an undergraduate, she joined a lab examining the relationship between roundworm movement and Parkinsonian speech. Recently, she worked in a lab where she analyzed relationships between exercise, diet, and cognition in patients with Parkinson’s disease. She is interested in healthcare accessibility in underserved communities of color. Katy is excited to contribute to Alzheimer’s disease research in the Vossel Lab at the UCLA Easton Center.

Affiliations

Vossel Lab

ADRC - Biomarker Core

Education and Degrees

Bachelor of Science, Major in Computational Neuroscience with a minor in Computer Programming, University of Southern California