Taylor Drazan

Taylor earned her B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Criminology, Law and Justice from the University of Iowa in 2020. At Iowa, she worked with Dr. Dan Tranel where she focused on neuropsychological and neuroanatomical correlates of complex human behavior. In August 2020, she joined the Section on Behavioral Neuroscience as a post-baccalaureate fellow. In the lab, she was part of a clinical collaboration investigating structural and behavioral consequences of pregnancy on the maternal brain. In September 2023, she joined Indiana University as a clinical psychology doctoral student. At Indiana, Taylor is working with Dr. Natasha Chaku investigating the complexity of pubertal development and with Dr. Kelli Ryckman exploring maternal and infant health outcomes during pregnancy and the postpartum. Taylor transitioned to a special volunteer appointment in the Section on Behavioral Neuroscience in 2024, where she continues her work on the clinical collaboration with Dr. Yogita Chudasama.

Awards

Winner: NIMH Three Minute Talk (TMT) 2022
The Pregnant Marmoset: Her Brain and Behavior.

Travel Award: Office of Fellowship Training Travel Award
Society for Neuroscience Conference, San Diego, 2022
Neurobiology of pregnancy and the postpartum period in the common marmoset.

Poster Presentations

Drazan, T.M., Chaku, N., What is a Father’s Role in His Daughter’s Pubertal Timing? Society for Research on Adolescence 2024 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2024.

Drazan, T.M., Cole, K.M., Bradley S.P., Yen, C.C., Berman, K.F., Schmidt, P.J., Chudasama, Y., Neurobiology of pregnancy and the postpartum period in the common marmoset. Neuroscience 2022 (SFN), San Diego, CA, November 2022.

Drazan, T.M., Cole, K.M., Bradley S.P., Yen, C.C., Berman, K.F., Schmidt, P.J., Chudasama, Y., Neurobiology of pregnancy and the postpartum period in the common marmoset. The 3^rd Marmoset Bioscience Symposium, San Diego, CA, November 2022.

Drazan, T.M., Cole, K.M., Bradley S.P., Yen, C.C., Berman, K.F., Schmidt, P.J., Chudasama, Y., Neurobiology of pregnancy and the postpartum period in the common marmoset. 52^nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE), Chicago, IL, September 2022.

Drazan, T.M., Cole, K.M., Bradley, S.P., Yen, C.C., Berman, K.F., Schmidt, P.J., Chudasama, Y., The Pregnant Marmoset: Her Brain and Behavior. NIH Virtual Postbac Poster Day, April 2022.

Pearson, A., Drazan, T.M., Bradley, S.P., Thurm, A., Chudasama, Y., Performance of Shank3-Deficient Rats on Social, Motor and Cognitive Behaviors. NIH Virtual Postbac Poster Day, April 2022.

Drazan, T.M., Cole, K.M., Bovell, R., Yen, C.C., Berman, K.F., Schmidt, P.J., Chudasama, Y., Neuroimaging Analysis of the Marmoset Maternal Brain. NIH Virtual Postbac Poster Day, April 2021.

Sullivan, A.W., Drazan, T.M., Tranel, D., Demir-Lira, O.E. (2020). Academic Skills After Brain Injury: A Lifespan Perspective. 18^th Annual Conference and Workshops of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN), Washington, DC (conference cancelled due to Covid-19).

Oral Presentations

Drazan, T.M., Neurobiology of pregnancy and the postpartum period in the common marmoset. Junior Scientist Talks, The 3^rd Marmoset Bioscience Symposium, San Diego, CA, November 2022.

Drazan, T.M., The Pregnant Marmoset: Her Brain and Behavior. NIMH Three Minute Talks Competition Finals, Competition Winner, 24^th Annual NIMH IRP Fellows’ Scientific Training Day, Bethesda, MD, September 2022.

Drazan, T.M., The Pregnant Marmoset: Her Brain and Behavior. NIMH Three Minute Talks Competition, Competition Finalist, Bethesda, MD, June 2022.