IRTAs

Ekaete Ekpo, BS in Psychology, IRTA

Ekaete Ekpo has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Johns Hopkins University, with a minor in visual arts. As an undergraduate, she engaged in a two-year qualitative research project on race and mentorship, as well as a 2022 NIDA summer internship focused on elucidating the cognitive effects of methamphetamine in rodents. She is now leading a research project about functional connectivity in patients with depression, while contributing to projects that investigate the effects of noninvasive brain stimulation in people with and without depression. As she prepares for a career in medicine, she is excited to continue learning about the neurological and social implications of mood disorders with comorbidities.

Selected Publications & Presentations

The Use of Cognitive Paired Associative Stimulation (C-PAS) in Investigating and Remediating the Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Working Memory in Humans: The Importance of State-Dependency. Luber, B, Ekpo, EC, Lisanby, SH. 2024. Current Sleep Medicine Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-024-00290-z

What is the best way to target rTMS? Lessons learned from a replication attempt on fMRI-guided rTMS modulation of the numerical Stroop task. Beynel, L, Gura, H, Rezaee, Z, Ekpo, EC, Joseph, J, Deng, Z, Luber, B, Lisanby, SH. 2024 PLOS ONE. PMID: 38709724

Informing anti-racism practices for white mentors working with Black students. Fix RL, Silverstein MW, Ekpo EC, Ekpo E, & Toney A. 2022. Society for Psychology Study of Social Issues Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Impact of the Early COVID-19 Pandemic on Gender Participation in Academic Publishing in Radiation Oncology. Anabaraonye N, Tsai CJ, Saeed H, Chino, F, Ekpo E, Ahuja S, Garcia O, & Miller RC. 2021. Advances in Radiation Oncology. 2021. PMID: 35146216