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Lab Members

Kristina Zvolanek portrait

Kristina Zvolanek is a Postdoctoral Fellow and the (Brain Health Training Program) BHTP T32 award. She investigates the coupling between vasomotion and CSF motion and how this relationship affects brain waste clearance. She is also interested in how exercise modulates this relationship.


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Brandon Brewster is a Sr. Research Scientist in the CINA Lab. His research involved advanced diffusion imaging methods to better understand cerebrovascular disease. He is interested in exploring structure function relationship in Alzheimer's Disease.


Jaqueline Flores portrait

Jaqueline Flores is a Study Coordinator. She helps with IRB submissions and recruiting participants for our study investigating the role of cerebrovascular pathology in Alzheimer's Disease at the University of Washington. (Remote Mentor)


Yeilim Cho portraitYeilim Cho is a postdoctoral fellow (co-mentor: Jeff Iliff) interested in sleep, especially obstructive sleep apnea and its relationship to glymphatic clearance and cognition. (Remote Mentor)


Rotation Students and Visitors

  • Sina Nadeghi, University of Missouri, Kansas City, PhD candidate, Mechanical Engineering.
    Focus: Fluid dynamics
  • Brian Kmeicik, Kansas City University, DO student.
    Focus: Neuroradiology of cerebrovascular disease
  • Courtney Lindlahr, Rotation Student, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (IGPBS).
    Focus: Myelin pathology in cerebrovascular disease
  • Julie Tran, Rotation Student, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (IGPBS). Focus: Racial differences in cerebrovascular disease. 

Past Members

  • Julia Boyd, Research Assistant

News

  • Kristina was awarded the BHTP Fellowship, Jan, 2026.
  • Our team presented their first abstracts at the ISMRM Workshop in Neurofluids, Yale University, April 2026
  • Yeilim received her career development award, April 2026
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