Katy Figueroa
Clinical Research Coordinator
About
Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Research and Care at UCLA
Vossel Lab
710 Westwood Plaza, Room C-224
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769
Tel: (310) 206-8993
Email: KAFigueroa@mednet.ucla.edu
Biography
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.
Affiliations
Education and Degrees
Bachelor of Science, Major in Computational Neuroscience with a minor in Computer Programming, University of Southern California