Lab Members
Damon Page, PhD
Damon Page, PhD, a professor in the University of Washington Department of Pediatrics and a principal investigator in the Norcliffe Foundation Center for Integrative Brain Research at Seattle Children’s, received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Eastern Oregon University and his PhD from the University of Cambridge. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); he also worked as a research scientist at MIT.
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Madelyn Carr
Research Technician II
Madelyn obtained her B.S. in Behavioral Neuroscience at Western Washington University and joined the Page lab in 2024. Her research focuses on characterizing models for neurodevelopmental disorders, with a focus on identifying biomarkers and novel therapeutic targets.
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Ting An Chen
PhD Candidate
Ting An obtained her B.S. degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Technology from National Taiwan University in 2020. Following her passion for developmental biology and her new interest in neuroscience, she joined the Page lab as a PhD student in 2022. She is now part of the University of Washington Molecular Medicine and Mechanisms of Disease (M3D) PhD program, studying the pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental disorders impacted by autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk genes and abnormal brain scaling.
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Karla Espinoza
Research Technician II
Karla joined the Page lab in 2022 after graduating from Nova Southeastern University with a B.S. in Behavioral Neuroscience. Her research focuses on investigating the functional and molecular mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders associated with autism (ASD) risk genes, with the aim of identifying and evaluating novel therapeutic targets and biomarkers.
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Sriram Pathi
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Kierra Ware
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Kierra Ware joined the lab of Dr. Damon Page and her research involves developing biomarker assay's and precision therapeutics for genes associated with mTOR related neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Oliver Zeng
Undergraduate Student
I am a current undergraduate student pursuing a degree in neuroscience at the University of Washington. I am interested in learning about imaging and behavior in developing ASD animal models, with the ultimate goal of pursuing a career in medicine. Outside of the lab, I enjoy hiking and reading.