Elizabeth Castro
BS ’22, Neuroscience and Psychology, Baldwin Wallace University
Thesis Title
Structural Brain Changes and Their Relationship to Clinical Symptoms in Adolescent Sport-Related Concussion
Awards, Grants and Honors
- Beverly Petterson Bishop and Charles W. Bishop Neuroscience Travel Award, Neuroscience Program, University at Buffalo 2024, 2025
- Trainee Professional Development Award, Society for Neuroscience, 2025
- Full Travel Award, National Enhancement of UnderRepresented Academic Leaders (NEURAL) Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, 2024 & 2025
- Second Place Graduate Level Winner, STEM For Everyone, UB Women in STEM, April 2024
- Nominated and Awarded a Poster Presentation, Celebration of Student Academic Excellence, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, April 2025
- Judge’s Choice Award Winner for Most Polychromatic, Art of Research Competition, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York, April 2024
- Best Poster Award, Neuroscience Research Day, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, November 2023
- Presidential Fellow 2022-2026
Graduate School Activities
- Mark Diamond Research Fund Primary and Secondary Reviewer - University at Buffalo, 2022-Present
- Graduate Student Ambassador – University at Buffalo, 2022-Present
Extracurricular Interests
- Outdoor activities, environmentalism, reading