Kaila is a Ph.D. student in the Noble-Haeusslein lab. Her current research interests are on the heterogeneity of injury to the developing brain and how pre-injury factors influence recovery after traumatic brain injury. She is studying how adverse rearing environments prior to TBI impact regions like the hippocampus and cortex and the long-term consequences on learning and memory and social behaviors. Kaila entered doctoral candidacy in July 2020 and was awarded an F31 NRSA through the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for her dissertation project. Kaila received her B.S. in Neuroscience from DePaul University in Chicago, IL. During her undergraduate career she participated in two projects involving medicinal and organic chemistry that were related to Alzheimer’s disease and novel styrene polymerization, respectively. After completing her undergraduate studies, Kaila accepted a position as a clinical research coordinator for the Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis at The Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH. Her research has resulted in peer-reviewed publications in the areas of organic chemistry, clinical outcomes in multiple sclerosis, and the TBI field. In her free time, Kaila teaches yoga for a black women’s wellness collective and cycling in Austin.
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