The Grady Trauma Project (GTP) was excited to participate in the 2026 Atlanta Regional Brain Bee by hosting an interactive booth showcasing the amygdala —a brain region that detects threat, triggers fear responses, and is commonly hyperactive in individuals with trauma exposure or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). GTP investigator, Dr. Sanne van Rooij, and Neuroscience Ph.D. students, Patlapa Sompolpong and Trinidi Prochaska, represented the GTP at the Atlanta Regional Br

Patlapa Sompolpong is a second year graduate student in the Stress and Neuromodulation Lab led by Dr. Sanne van Rooij, where she is currently studying the application of transcranial magnetic stimulation as a novel neuromodulatory intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She is broadly interested in the neurobiological underpinnings of psychiatric disorders and how we can use this understanding to advance precision medicine.   Patlapa has played an influential r

by Megan E. Huibregtse, PhD We are currently conducting a study on how responses to stress and trauma change across perimenopause (see...

Madeline Davis is a Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology major and intern at GTP on the pre-med track (graduating May 2025), currently...