Paige Nelson

Graduate Researcher
Biography

Paige is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Pediatrics, with a focus in developmental cognitive neuroscience. Her research utilizes behavioral and neuroimaging methods to study plasticity in the developing brain. Specifically, she aims to determine how early life experiences and biological risk factors experienced by preterm infants interact to create a cascade of downstream influences predicting later health and neurodevelopmental outcomes.

Fun fact: Paige loves to travel and even studied abroad in France for a semester!