Melissa Franch, PhD
Publications in progress
bioRxiv
Melissa Franch, Elizabeth A. Mickiewicz, James L. Belanger, Assia Chericoni, Ana G. Chavez, Kalman A. Katlowitz, Raissa Mathura, Danika Paulo, Eleonora Bartoli, Suzanne Kemmer, Steven T. Piantadosi, Nicole R. Provenza, Andrew J. Watrous, Sameer A. Sheth, and Benjamin Y. Hayden, (2024). A vectorial code for semantics in human hippocampus. bioRxiv.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.21.639601v3
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Nature
Franch, M., Yellapantula, S., Parajuli, A., Kharas, N., Wright, A., Aazhang, B., Dragoi, V. (2024). Visuo-frontal interactions during social learning in freely moving macaques. Nature.
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Nature Neuroscience
Shahidi, N., Franch, M., Parajuli, A., Schraeter, P., Wright, A., Pitkow, X., Dragoi, V. Population coding of strategic variables during foraging in freely-moving macaques. Nature Neuroscience, accepted, submitted October 2022. Link to bioRxiv version: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/811992v3
Interdisciplinary
Neurosurgery
Monsivais, D., Choi, H. A., Kitagawa, R., Franch, M., & Cai, C. (2018). A retrospective analysis of surgical outcomes for acute subdural hematoma in an elderly cohort. Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 14, 130-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inat.2018.07.010
Funding
2022-2023
NIH NRSA F31 Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship ($67,604)