{"id":3594,"date":"2024-09-23T11:34:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T18:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cmbs\/?page_id=3594"},"modified":"2024-09-23T13:56:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:56:51","slug":"sara-mendoza","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cmbs\/sara-mendoza\/","title":{"rendered":"Students, Trainees, Staff, Alumni and Community Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h5 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a class=\"cta-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cmbs\/sara-mendoza-es\/\"><em>Espa\u00f1ol<\/em><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Sara Mendoza\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Ph.D. Student, Brain &amp; Cognitive Science&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\"><strong>Undergraduate, Pre-medical Student in Neuroscience, Art History, and Global Medicine\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Brain and Creativity Institute &#8211; USC Dornsife<\/em><br \/>\nEmail: <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"mailto:srmendoz@usc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-haspopup=\"menu\">srmendoz@usc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Ellen graduated from Muhlenberg College with a BA in Neuroscience and a BS in Theatre Performance. She spent several years as an arts educator and performer before working at Northwestern University as a clinical research coordinator studying Parkinson\u2019s Disease. She joined the Brain and Creativity Institute in 2020 where she is thrilled to have the ability to research the intersection of her two passions of neuroscience and the arts. Ellen is interested in creative improvisation, rhythm, synchrony, and music as they relate to neuroplasticity and cognition during development, older adults, and disease populations. In her free time Ellen enjoys backpacking, singing, eating delicious food, and exploring new places. She also serves on the graduate student government and several committees in the greater USC community. \\n &quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:769,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Sara is a senior at USC triple majoring in Neuroscience, Art History, and Global Medicine. She has been a Research Assistant in Dr. Habibi&#8217;s Brain and Music Lab since December 2021, working on multiple projects but primarily focusing on neuroimaging work. On campus, she also serves as the president of Latino Students in Medicine and the vice president of Remedy Through Music, a group that plays for hospital patients. 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