Rebecca Pearson

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Rebecca will be graduating from UC Santa Cruz in 2016, earning a B.S. in Neuroscience. Her interests lay at the interface between biomolecules and behavior, particularly with respect to aging, cognition and Alzheimer’s disease. Addressing the effects of Alzheimer’s through research, teaching, clinical therapy, and prevention is her ultimate goal. She is also very involved in promoting higher education for disadvantaged students, creating and participating in outreach programs in the Bay Area and Sacramento. For recreation Rebecca enjoys dancing, yoga, running, biking, swimming, climbing, reading, traveling and adventuring.