Biography
- Division:
- Division of Neuroscience, Development and Aging – DNDA
- Review Branch:
- Basic Neuroscience – BN
Dr. Katrina Ferrara earned her Ph.D. in cognitive science from Johns Hopkins University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery at Georgetown University. Across her NIH-supported graduate and postdoctoral research, she studied typical and atypical brain and cognitive development, with a focus on neurodevelopmental disorders. Her work combined functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), neuropsychological assessment, and behavioral measures. She was also a Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow with the Board on Children, Youth, and Families at the National Academy of Sciences. Before joining CSR, Dr. Ferrara was a senior health science policy analyst in the Office of Autism Research Coordination at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
