Principle Investigator (PI)

The head of the Jenney Lab, Dr. Jenney combines nutrition science (MSc, Florida State University) with neuroscience (PhD, Hershey College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University) in self-administration animal models of drugs of abuse.

Levy Fellow ‘22, Undergraduate Student

Beeley (Durham, NC) will graduate in 2022 with a B.S. in Cognitive and Behavioral Science. She is currently working on a paper with Nelson on the role of serotonin in addiction vulnerability and has been on the team since her sophomore year. She previously worked on a community-based project on nutrition and addiction within Rockbridge and Bath County. Beeley is on leadership for W&L’s Peer Counseling program and Reformed University Fellowship. She will be a Trinity Fellow in Charlottesville, VA next year and pursue a degree clinical psychology later.

Undergraduate Student

Grayson Nelson is a neuroscience major and Poverty and Human Capabilities minor. His research interests lie at the interplay between development, poverty, and the host of neurological effects that manifest in those experiencing adverse circumstances. His research with Dr. Jenney and Beeley is on the behavioral and cognitive mechanisms which serotonin contributes to and the resulting differences in individual vulnerability to drug addiction and relapse. He plans to pursue research after graduation in May and hopes to continue work in addiction later.

Levy Fellow, Undergraduate Student

Bio.

Undergraduate Student

A neuroscience major at W&L, Sherman has been a part of the Jenney lab for two years. She and Dr. Jenney wrote "Iron status: an update on learning, memory, and implications for addiction" which was published in the Journal of Clinical Pediatrics and Neonatology. Sherman is the Religious Life Chair and Chair of the Services Committee for W&L’s Hillel.

Levy Fellow ‘23, Undergraduate Student

Daniel Chandler is an undergraduate student pursuing a double major in Neuroscience and Music. Daniel received a Levy fellowship for summer 2023 research. He will be running rodent drug self-administration projects in the Jenney Lab. Daniel is strongly passionate about longevity science as well as nutritional neuroscience. After completing his undergrad, he plans to attend an MD/PhD program in which he will research longevity, and more specifically, longevity of the brain.

Undergraduate Student

Cox is pursuing a B.S. in biochemistry as well as a minor in classics. She will graduate with the class of 2024. She plans to advance the field of medicine through biochemical and medical research, with an emphasized interest in immunology.

Undergraduate Student

From Charleson, WV, Hatfield will earn her BS in neuroscience in 2024. She helped start the Behavioral Health Club and is involved in the Red Cross Club, W&L Repertory Dance Company, and Campus Kitchen. Hatfield loves to run, make playlists, and study fashion in her free time.