Opportunity for Impact: Mentoring Undergrads

Julio J. Ramirez, PhD, is the R. Stuart Dickson Professor and director of the neuroscience program at Davidson College. Ramriez earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from Fairfield University and later obtained his PhD in psychology from Clark University. After teaching at the College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, Rameriez completed his postdoctorate in neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ramirez's research interests include the recovery of function after central nervous system injury, with an emphasis on determining the functional significance of hippocampal neuroplasticity. At the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Ramirez was co-director of the Neuroscience Scholars Program from 2012 to 2021 and served as a counselor and treasurer of SfN from 2015 to 2023. He is currently the chair of SfN’s Neuroscience Training Committee.