Education

University of Southern Califronia -PhD Program in Neuroscience; Northwestern University-BA 2005 Biology (Neurobiology)/Psychology.

Background

Jamaica worked for several years as a researcher at a start-up pharmaceutical company, where she helped develop a drug formulation which went into clinical trials to treat sickle cell anemia. Currently, she is conducting her graduate research in Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton's laboratory where she is investigating a method for earlier detection of Alzheimer's disease.

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