Jackson Powell is a second-year medical student in Stanford University’s MD-PhD program, where he studies the brain through cross human-mouse research in the Deisseroth Lab and Human Neural Circuitry program.
Powell’s research aims to better understand fundamental principles about the brain and drive future treatments. He plans to become a neurosurgeon and hopes his work can bridge basic neuroscience and clinical care.
Powell earned his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in the Vagelos Molecular Life Sciences program. During his undergraduate studies, he worked in the Song Lab at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, studying neural regeneration primarily in Drosophila models. For this work, he received the Vagelos Challenge Award.
Born in Tallahassee, Florida, Powell has enjoyed taking on canonical Bay Area hobbies like rock climbing and hiking.
