Joshua J. LaRocque
2nd year medical student
2nd year of MSTP

EDUCATION

• B.S. 2005, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Biochemistry, Physics

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• NIMH, 5/2006-7/2007
  Advisor - Joseph Callicott
  Project - conducted fundtional and structural MRI scans, processed and tabulated the raw data and analyzed the results
• BASF, 2/2005-5/2005
  Advisor - Mahatam Singh
  Project - degredation rates of various herbicides in closed systems designed to mimic real-world soil conditions
• UNC-Chapel Hill, 1/2005-5/2005
  Advisor - Yue Wu
  Project - synthesis of titanium nanotubes
• UNC-Chapel Hill, 3/2004-12/2005
  Advisor - Nikolay Dokholyan
  Project - worked on protein folding of ccB, a model peptide relevant to neurodegenerative disease
• UNC-Chapel Hill, 1/2004-5/2005
  Advisor - Rich McLaughlin
  Project - first lab experience, multiple tasks

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• cognitive neuroscience, pathology of mental illness