Emily received her BS in Neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University. During her undergraduate training and postbaccalaureate fellowship at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Emily studied gene-environment interactions in the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric disease. As an MD/PhD student in the Bohórquez Laboratory, Emily aims to use calcium imaging, electrophysiology, organoid culture, and behavioral phenotyping to define the gut-brain circuits which control sugar appetite and self-medication. Emily’s ambition is to become a physician-scientist who studies how gut-brain nutrient sensing affects both metabolic and mental health.