Internship Blogs: Interns, Alumni, Worksites, & More

Hi! My name is Sofia Maciel-Seidman, and I am a junior from Long Island, New York, majoring in psychology with a minor in neuroscience. For the Fall 2026 semester, I’m interning at the Carolina Institute for Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (CIND), which provides multidisciplinary clinical services, conducts research, and engages in advocacy to improve the lives of individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families. My interest in serving individuals with deve

Hello! My name is Misha Grdzelishvili, and I am a senior from Harrisburg, North Carolina majoring in Psychology (B.S.) and minoring in Neuroscience. I plan to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology. This Fall 2026 semester, I am interning at the UNC Neurocognition and Imaging Research Lab (NIRL) under Dr. Aysenil Belger, where research is conducted on the functional anatomy of the human brain and how the breakdown of neural circuits leads to the onset of neuropsychiatric and neu

Hello everyone! My name is Gurnoor Grewal, and I am a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill majoring in Neuroscience, and I’m originally from High Point, NC. This semester, I’ve had the incredible opportunity to serve as a Clinical Operations and Market Strategy Intern at Pulvinar Neuro. I began my journey at Carolina heavily invested in neuroscience research. During my junior year of high school, I conducted a year-long research project analyzing how dif

Hi everyone! My name is Siri Dommata, and I am a senior from Apex, North Carolina, studying Neuroscience and Medicine, Literature, and Culture. For as long as I can remember, I have loved two things: learning about people and asking questions. I’ve always wanted to know why — why someone saves the green Skittles for last, why we knock on wood when we hope for something good, and as I grew older, why we connect with stories, how people carry their joy and difficulty, and how t