Katy Figueroa

Katy graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Computational Neuroscience with a minor in Computer Programming in 2022. As an undergraduate, she joined a lab examining the relationship between roundworm movement and Parkinsonian speech. Recently, she worked in a lab where she analyzed relationships between exercise, diet, and cognition in patients with Parkinson’s disease. She is interested in healthcare accessibility in underserved communities of color. Katy is excited to contribute to Alzheimer’s disease research in the Vossel Lab at the UCLA Easton Center.