Principal Investigator
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Marianne C. Reddan, PhD
Dr. Marianne Reddan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a K12 Scholar. She earned her PhDs in Psychology & Neuroscience and Cognitive Science from the University of Colorado Boulder under the mentorship of Dr. Tor Wager. There, her research focused on the neural mechanisms of emotion regulation and social learning in the context of pain. She completed her postdoctoral training in the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab directed by Dr. Jamil Zaki. Her research combines diverse methodologies, including functional MRI, psychophysiology, and computational modeling, to understand how beliefs, shaped by both personal and socioecological factors, impact emotion, cognition, and health. Click here to see all Marianne's mentees prior to this lab.
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Current Students
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Oreoluwa Amosu, Second Year Medical Student
BIO COMING SOON... Ore is interested in how environmental factors, such as air pollution, impact the structure and function of the limbic system, and how such factors interact with socioeconomic inequities. She is working with UKBiobank data and intends to validate her models in our Bronx cohort. |
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Sydney Gilmore, First Year Medical Student
Sydney joined the lab in the fall of 2024 as a first-year medical student. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of Pittsburgh, where she pursued two different research focuses: investigating educational interventions to enhance early elementary mathematical skills and exploring potential biomarkers to predict treatment responses to immune checkpoint therapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Sydney’s current interests center on understanding how internalized resource availability can shape the experience of pain. Outside of the lab, she enjoys painting, crocheting, hiking, and traveling. |
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Michael Irving, 2nd Year Medical Student
BIO COMING SOON... Michael is interested in how socioeconomic experience influence pain responding and is investigating this question in both large scale survey data and fMRI. |
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Joyce Lei, 2nd Year Medical Student
Joyce is a current 2nd year medical student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Before medical school, she earned her BA in Biological Sciences at Cornell University, where she also participated in research exploring molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration of somatosensory neurons in fruit flies. After graduating, she spent two gap years doing research at the Tisch Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research Center of NY, where she studied the role of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) in the pathogenesis of MS. She is currently interested in studying how social determinants of health influence brain age and hopes to pursue Diagnostic Radiology in the future. Outside of the lab, she enjoys trying new restaurants, gaming, traveling, and spending time with her cat Luna. |
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Lucy Liu, 2nd Year Medical Student
BIO COMING SOON... Lucy is interested in how early life experiences related to attachment influence pain experiencing later in life. She is investigating this both in large scale survey data and a local fMRI sample of the Bronx and Upper Manhattan. |
Staff
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Michael Abatemarco, Study Coordinator
Michael is an incoming lab study coordinator leading the new IMPOWR-ME pilot study of chronic pain and opioid use disorder. Mike has a BA in Physics from Macalester College and work experience in education, software engineering, management, and housing policy. Mike is excited to contribute to studies that investigate how factors such as income, education, and access to healthcare can influence pain, addiction, and general well-being. He enjoys 3D printing, walks with his dog Koda, and building terrariums in his free time. |
Lab Affiliates
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Jasmin Richard, Former Study Coordinator
Jasmin was a volunteer research coordinator who truly helped to transform what was a K-award project into an entire research lab/program. Jasmin is very interested in understanding how social and economic inequities "get under the skin" and influence brain and behavior. She is currently a research coordinator at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She will be applying to graduate programs in 2025 so keep an eye out for her application!! |
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John (Jack) Keefe, PhD, Collaborator
Dr. Keefe is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Long Island University, and a former post doc at Albert Einstein. Jack is a clinical psychologist and a machine learning wiz who has a special focus on understanding attachment-related psychological disorder and stress disorders. He is a co-Investigator of the lab's attachment-pain projects. website |