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Since graduation, Justin has taken a research assistant position at Children’s Hospital in Boston in a lab that studies the genetic basis of neurodevelopmental disorders including autism. He currently lives in Boston with three other Wesleyan alums, all of whom have similar positions at local research institutions. Next year he plans to apply to graduate programs in epidemiology, with plans for a research career in drug and disease surveillance. Justin hopes that he will get a chance for a vacation before he embarks on his graduate studies.

Liza is currently living in Boston, where she is working at Tufts Medical Center as an intervention coach for the CATS Project, a long-term study looking at the effectiveness of computer attention training for children with ADHD. She plans to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology in a few years and ultimately hopes to work with children, either in a research or clinical setting. In her free time, she likes to read, take care of her pet rabbit named Bun, and go rock climbing.

Laura is working in the Department of Plastic Surgery at Children’s Hospital in Boston, coordinating research on pediatric breast disorders, congenital hand anomalies, skin lesions, and facial paralysis. She is also enrolled in the post-baccalaureate pre-med program at Harvard University and plans to apply to medical school once she completes that program. When she isn’t in the lab or studying for an upcoming anatomy exam, she enjoys reading poetry, going out with friends, and exploring Boston.

Passionate about food, as always, Luke just sat for his GMATs and is planning for graduate study in Hotel Management. He is currently working at the cold appetizer station for a high-end Manhattan restaurant featuring Southern Italian cuisine and noted for it’s fresh ingredients. There, he plates salads, makes crostinis, and serves crudo (acid cooked fish like hamachi, tuna and mackeral). Not too long ago in Beijing, Luke ate fried scorpion. Putting a new twist on “it tastes just like chicken,” Luke said that the scorpion “…tastes just like shrimp, only muddier.”

Ashik is currently working in the Traumatic Stress Studies Division at the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Bronx as a clinical research coordinator for an ongoing study looking for potential biological markers of PTSD in veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. He lives in Brooklyn, with a daily commute long enough to allow for significant progress on his “Things to Read” backlog. Ashik is interested in how neuroscience informs our ideas about human behavior and culture, and he aims for his post-post-grad plans to capture and develop that interest.