Lab Updates
Summer 2026
The Wong lab is awarded the American Epilepsy Society Bridge Grant! Grace Sohn will participate as a summer intern in the Wong lab!
Aarushi Khanna (Georgia Tech) joins the Wong laboratory as an undergraduate research student!
Katie James received the Goziueta Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (GADRC) Research and Education Component (REC) Award!
Spring 2026
Katie James received the inaugural Neuroscience Engaged Scholar Award!
Katie James receives a travel award to the Jackson Laboratory Workshop "Principles and Techniques for Improving Preclinical to Clinical Translation in AD Research"
Katie James presented at the Center for Neurodegenerative disease seminar series. "SCN8A: A potential driver of Alzheimer's disease progression."
Fall 2025
Katie James presented at the 2025 Department of Human Genetics retreat. "SCN8A: A potential driver of Alzheimer's disease progression."
The Wong lab's research is highlighted by the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta!
Grace Sohn joins the Wong laboratory as an undergraduate research student!
Katie James passes her oral exams and becomes a doctoral candidate!
Katie James is awarded a 2 year predoctoral fellowship position in the Alzheimer's Disease Big Data to Biology Training Program (ADBDB-TP)!
Katie James is awarded the Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award!
Summer 2025
Dr. Jennifer Wong presented at the XVIII Workshop on the Neurobiology of Epilepsy (WONOEP) In Cascais, Portugal. "Exploring the contribution of SCN8A to resiliency in epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease."
Sarah Gruschow joins the Wong laboratory as a Research Specialist!
Rebecca Littlehale (Agnes Scott College) joins the Wong laboratory as an undergraduate research student for the summer!
Katie James won a travel award and best poster presentation at the University of Alabama Birmingham NEURAL Conference!
Spring 2025
Katie James presented her poster entitled "Exploring the contribution of increased SCN8A activity to Alzheimer's disease" at the Emory GDBBS Student Research Symposium.
Katie James received the Neuroscience Graduate Program Student Service Award!
Fall 2024
Katie James presented at the Better Together Atlanta Psychology Research Day at Agnes Scott College. "Increased SCN8A activity exacerbates Alzheimer's disease phenotypes."
September 2024
The Wong Lab has opened!