Medical Scientist Training Program
Medical Scientist Training Program
Shana Snarrenberg

Shana Terai Lara

G3 Student

Faculty Advisor

  • Kirsten Beyer, PhD, MPH, Public & Community Health

Locations

  • Medical Scientist Training Program

Contact Information

Education

BA, Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2012
BS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2018

Research Interests

I am interested in combined quantitative and community engagement methods to investigate children's mental and physical health disparities.

Research Experience

Medical College of Wisconsin, 2021-present
Advisor: Kirsten Beyer, PhD, MPH, MS
Project: Children's Mental Health Disparities

Publications

Vickstrom CR, Snarrenberg ST, Friedman V, Liu QS. Application of optogenetics and in vivo imaging approaches for elucidating the neurobiology of addiction. Mol Psychiatry. 2022 Jan;27(1):640-651. doi: 10.1038/s41380-021-01181-3. Epub 2021 Jun 18. PMID: 34145393; PMCID: PMC9190069.

Vickstrom CR, Snarrenberg ST, Friedman V, Liu QS. Application of optogenetics and in vivo imaging approaches for elucidating the neurobiology of addiction. Mol Psychiatry. 2021 Jun 18. doi: 10.1038/s41380-021-01181-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34145393.

Vickstrom CR, Liu X, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Mu L, Kelly TJ, Yan X, Hu MM, Snarrenberg ST, Liu QS (2020). T-type calcium channels contribute to burst firing in a subpopulation of medial habenula neurons [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jul 27]. eNeuro. 2020;ENEURO.0201-20.2020. doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0201-20.2020

Waas M, Snarrenberg ST, et al, SurfaceGenie: A web-based application for prioritizing cell-type specific marker candidates, Bioinformatics, 2020, PMID: 32053146.

Meeting Abstracts

Snarrenberg S, Sevak BN, Patton JL. Modeling Nerve Compression in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. In: PubMed (July 2018).

General Interests

I enjoy pretty much all outdoor activities like hiking, camping, biking, being on a boat, and if I’m indoors I like to climb and swim. I also enjoy playing music with people (violin) and listening to all kinds of music. Cooking, baking, gardening, sewing… I probably have too many interests for my own good. Working towards improving access to quality education and health care is very important to me as well and I love teaching science!