Medical Scientist Training Program

Bill Gross

3rd Year Medical Student
6th Year MSTP

bgross@mcw.edu

Research Interests

• Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
• Functional MRI

Education

• B.A. 2004, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
• Major: Psychology

Research Experience

• Medical College of Wisconsin, 2007-present
  • Advisor: Dr. Jeff Binder
  • Project: Epilepsy surgery outcome prediction using fMRI
• Medical College of Wisconsin, 2004-2007
  • Advisor: Dr. Stephen Rao
  • Project: Investigating decision-making and facial recognition using fMRI
• UW-Milwaukee, 2002-2004
  • Advisor: Dr. Anthony Greene
  • Project: Demonstrate implicit relational learning using fMRI
• UW-Milwaukee, 2003-2004
  • Advisor: Dr. Rodney Swain
  • Project: Test role of cerebellum in learning using animal lesion studies
• UW-Milwaukee, 2003-2004
  • Advisor: Dr. Alan Schwabacher
  • Project: Create synthetic receptor binding molecules

Publications

• Gross, W.L., Greene, A.J. (2007). Analogical Inference: the role of awareness in abstract learning. Memory, 15(8), 838-844.
• Greene, A. J., Gross, W. L., Elsinger, C. L., & Rao, S. M. (2007). Hippocampal differentiation without recognition: An fMRI analysis of the contextual cueing task. Learn Mem, 14(8), 548-553.
• Greene, A. J., Gross, W. L., Elsinger, C. L., & Rao, S. M. (2006). An FMRI analysis of the human hippocampus: inference, context, and task awareness. J Cogn Neurosci, 18(7), 1156-1173.

Interests

• Judaism, Cycling