krista.medina@gmail.com / medinak@uwm.edu
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Dr. Lisdahl (formerly Medina) serves as the Director of the UWM Brain Imaging and Neuropsychology (BraIN) laboratory. She completed a Clinical Neuropsychology Internship at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, as well as a NIDA-funded two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of California, San Diego under the mentorship of Susan F. Tapert. Dr. Lisdahl's main specialization is in clinical neuropsychology, addiction, neuropsychopharmacology, adolescent brain development, and neuroimaging. At UWM, she teaches courses in Neuropsychology, Brain Development, Assessment, Psychopathology, and Drugs & Behavior/ Psychopharmacology.
Recent Honors:
2022: Received a UW-Milwaukee Senior Research Award.
2013: Received a UW-Milwaukee Graduate School/Foundation Research Award.
November 2012: Named a Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and invited to attend the Japanese-American Kavli Fronteirs of Science Symposium.
July 2012: Received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Obama and the National Institute of Health (NIH).
2011: Received the NIDA Division of Clinical Neuroscience and Behavioral Research, Behavioral and Brain Development 2011 Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Kyle Baacke
Kyle Baacke is 3rd year doctoral student studying psychology at UWM with an emphasis in Neuroscience. He graduated with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Neuroscience from Knox College in 2016, where he worked with Dr. Andy Hertel investigating the correlates of nicotine and alcohol addiction. Following his time at Knox College, Kyle worked as a data systems analyst in the Cannabis retail industry where he developed and maintained scalable cloud-based e-commerce solutions. Kyle recently earned his M.S. in Psychological Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) as a member of the Decision Neuroscience Lab directed by Dr. Aron Barbey and the Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience of Psychopathology (CANOPY) Lab directed by Dr. Wendy Heller. During his time at UIUC, Kyle collaborated on two projects for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that utilized advanced statistical predictive modeling techniques and approaches: Teaching AI to Leverage Overlooked Residuals (TAILOR) and Measuring Biological Aptitude (MBA). Kyle also collaborated on a variety of projects evaluating dimensionality reduction, feature selection, and data harmonization of publicly available fMRI data for use in machine learning models. Kyle’s primary interest is in understanding and predicting individual differences in cannabis use outcomes, particularly substance use disorder. His current research interest is in the integration of behavioral, neuroimaging, and multi-omics data to produce interpretable statistical and machine learning models to predict and understand the development of cannabis use disorder. To further this goal, he plans to leverage his experience in cloud computing to enable scalable and reproducible preprocessing and analysis of large-scale datasets.STAFF & RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Caitlin Nelson
Lab Coordinator
BS in Psychology and Minor in Women & Gender Studies at UWMErick Bernal
Phlebotomist/Data Manager
BS in Biochemistry & Minors in Biology & Psychology at UWMZachary Paltzer
PESC/Recover Coordinator
BS in Psychology & Neuroscience at UWMHailley Moore
Lead Research AssistantBA in Psychology at UWMBo Malames
Youth RA
BA in Psychology at UWMIsabelle Wilson
Youth RA
BS & Master's in Psychology at UWM
Clem Schumacher
Youth RABA in Psychology at UWMTierel Hood-Nellum
Youth RA
Studying Psychology at UWM
Vivien Blecking
Phlebotomist
BA in Psychology & Neuroscience at UWM
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Sabrina Arassi
Miranda Paltzer
Joshua Roesel
Harper Jost Mosesson
Cassandra Viveros
Allysse Lewis
Michael Hekmat
Jacob Raymond
Tonia Schumacher
Megan Yang
Nur Harun
LAB ALUMNI
PREVIOUS STAFF
Christine Kaiver, BA
Bridgette Knecht, BA
Hailey Wirtz, BA
Kelah Hatcher, MSW
Marin Schmitt
Megan Herdt
Angelina Lochner
Sarah Lehman, MS
Danny Mulligan, MS
Jenna Ausloos, MS
Erika Gilbart, BA
Bridget Stemper, BA
Kristen Leer, BS
Natalia Sotelo
Jose De La O Arechigo, BS
Karina Montoto, BS
MaryBeth Groth Mals, MSW
Michael Esson, BA
Mia Rudolph-Schulta, BA
Jocelyn Jarvis, BS
Allen Hanna, BS
Sofia Mattson, BA
Kaylin Heusdens, BA
Olivia Andreasen
Kisang Yoo, BA
Joseph McKenzie, BA
Lateishah Schultz
Abby Wampfler, BA
Makayla Neely, BA
Niki Ahlgrim, BA
Nada Fouad Abduljalil
Kenya Guadalupe Cendejas
Gennesis Valle
Melissa Larsen