Hi, I'm Tamara

I'm a computational neuroscience doctoral student in the Irimia Lab integrating interpretable deep learning, genomics, and brain imaging to study risk factors of Alzheimer’s disease.At Nucleate, I’m committed to democratizing biotechnology.Previously, I was in the Yale Clinical Neuroscience Neuroanalytics Laboratory. In industry, I worked as a bioinformatics scientist at a Yale-spinout in spatial epigenomics.Before then, I studied Biology and Public Health at UC Berkeley and worked in the Poly-Pedal Biomechanics Lab, Neuronal Signal Integration Lab, and BIMI.Always happy to connect.

Conference Abstracts and Posters

2021
Jafar, T., McGrath, H., Spencer, D.D.S., Zaveri, H. (2021). A multimodal cortical atlas for clinical decision making and function-structure hypotheses in epilepsy surgery. Presented at Society for Neuroscience SFN 2021
Jafar, T., Aljishi, A., Sandhu, M.R.S., Huberdeau, D., . . . Damisah, E. (2021). Assessment of Statistical Learning and Episodic Memory in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Presented at AES 2021 Annual Meeting.Jafar, T., McGrath, H., Spencer, D.D.S., Zaveri, H. (2021). A Multimodal Cortical Atlas for Epilepsy Surgery and Function-Structure Hypotheses. Presented in Yale 2021 Postgraduate Research Symposium.Sandhu, M.R.S., Jafar, T., . . . Spencer, D.D.S., Eid, T. (2021). The Ratio of Glutamate to GABA Oscillates in a Circadian Fashion in the Epileptic Human Brain. Presented at AES 2021 Meeting.Chishti, O., Jafar, T., McGrath, H., Spencer, D.D.S., Zaveri, H. (2021). Investigating White Matter Connectivity in a Novel Brain Atlas. Presented at Yale Wu Tsai Institute Summer Symposium.Collins E., McGrath., Zaveri H.,
Jafar, T., … Spencer, D.D.S. (2021). Systematic Anatomical Parcellation of the Human Cortex. Presented at AES 2021 Annual Meeting.
Full, R., Bhatti, A., Jennings, P., Ruopp, R., Jafar, T., … Estrada, M. (2021). Biology Beyond the Classroom: Experiential Learning through Authentic Research, Design & Community Engagement. Presented at SICB 2021 Annual Meeting.2022
Jafar, T., Sandhu, M.R.S., Aljishi, A., . . . Damisah, E. (2022). Assessment of Statistical Learning and Episodic Memory in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Presented at Yale BDIC 2022 Annual Symposium.
2023
Gruenbaum, B., Sandhu, MRS, Jafar T., et al. Influence of Gender on Depression Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (2023) Accepted at American Society of Anesthesiologists 2023.
Jafar. T., Sandhu M., Gruenbaum B., Eid T., Duckrow R., Spencer DDS., Zaveri H. The Impact of Neurostimulation on Seizures and Psychiatric Comorbidities in Patients with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy. Presented at AES 2023.2024
Jafar. T., Kriukova K., Alba C., Sharma A., Duncan D. (2024) Exploring the Relationship Between High-Frequency Oscillations and Lesion Location in Post-Traumatic Epilepsy. Presented at Winter Conference on Brain Research 2024
Jafar. T., Chowdhury, N., Chaudhari, N., Irimia, A. (2024) Genetic Influences on Cortical Thickness and Curvature: A Comprehensive Analysis using UK Biobank Data and Transcriptomics. Presented at USC Keck School of Medicine Research Symposium.Chowdhury, N., Jafar. T., Irimia, A. (2024) Investigating cellular correlates of cortical neuroimaging with transcriptomics. Presented at USC Keck School of Medicine Research Symposium.Jafar. T., Alba C., Bennett A., La Rocca M., Barisano G., Duncan D. (2024) A Comprehensive Evaluation of Manual and Automated Lesion Segmentation for Traumatic Brain Injury Characterization T1- and T2-weighted MRI data Presenting at Neuromodulation NYC 2024.Jafar. T., Chowdhury, N., Irimia, A. (2024) Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis of Neuroimaging Phenotypes in Alzheimer’s Disease. Presented at Society for Neuroscience.

Teaching

Bioengineering Design: Integrative Biology 98 @ UC Berkeley, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021. Creator and Instructor of course. Developed all curriculum, lectures, and labs/projects.Bio-Inspired Design: Integrative Biology C32 @ UC Berkeley, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021 Head TA and Mentorship Program Director.Contemporary Immigration in Global Perspective: Soc 146AC @ UC Berkeley, Spring 2018 Teaching Assitant.

Talks

MACSIE: Yale Brain Atlas, Yale Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Neurosurgery Dept., Yale School of Medicine (11 Nov. 2021).A Multimodal Cortical Atlas for Epilepsy Surgery and Function-Structure Hypotheses, Yale Postgraduate Research Symposium, Yale School of Medicine (19 Aug. 2021).Systematic review and meta-analysis: How gender impacts depression following TBI, Yale Postgraduate Research Symposium, Yale School of Medicine (4 Nov. 2022).