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Portrait of Doris Olekanma

Honor Society® member

Doris Olekanma

Lab Manager/ Research Technician at Michigan State University

  • Neuroscience
  • Class of 2028
  • USA

Member since May 2023

Education

  • Michigan State University

    Neuroscience/Psychology

    2014 – 2019

Honors and awards

  • Braddock Scholarship

    Science scholarship offered to outstanding prospective students with a strong science background, personal letter and reference letters.

  • Huck Scholarship

    One-time financial aid for move-in costs

Goals and interests

Career goal

Researcher in Academia

Graduate school interests

Neurobiology of food intake
Reward mechanisms involved in feeding behavior
Gut-brain axis
Neuropeptides involved in food motivation
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

Outside the classroom

Reading
Cooking
Jogging/ Exercise
Photography

Experience

  • Lab Manager/ Research Technician

    Michigan State University

    Jun 2018 – Jun 2022

Volunteering

  • Volunteer Intake Manager

    Red Cross

    Jan 2015 – Jan 2017

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced
  • Korean Beginner
  • French (France) Intermediate