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USA Brain Bee Chapters
USA Brain Bee chapters are located across the country. Chapters host competitions from November through March. The winner of each local chapter advances to represent their chapter in the USA National Championship in April.
Each chapter competition is unique. Please contact the Brain Bee chapter coordinator in your chapter to learn more.
Neuroscientists looking to start a new chapter should contact USA Brain Bee director Dr. Manuella Oliveira Yassa and complete a new chapter application here.
| Brain Bee Chapter Name | Sponsoring Institution | State | Coordinator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Brain Bee | University of Alabama at Birmingham | AL | Andrew Foshee |
| Alaska Regional Brain Bee | University of Alaska Anchorage | AK | Gwen Lupfer |
| University of Arizona Brain Bee | University of Arizona | AZ | Sarah Phillips |
| AZ Regional Brain Bee | Midwestern University | AZ | Kimberly Beaudion |
| Arkansas Brain Bee | Arkansas Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience | AR | George James |
| Irvine Brain Bee | University of California, Irvine | CA | Manuella Yassa |
| Los Angeles | UCLA/USC | CA | Joseph Quintero |
| Bay Area Brain Bee | California State University East Bay | CA | James Murray |
| San Diego Chapter | UC San Diego | CA | Adrienne Dubin |
| Colorado Brain Bee | CO | Jyotshna Gunturu | |
| Trinity College Brain Bee | Trinity College | CT | Sarah Raskin |
| North Central Florida Brain Bee | University of Florida | FL | Ariana Burga |
| Jacksonville Brain Bee | Mayo Clinic | FL | Cici Chen |
| North Florida Brain Bee | Florida State University | FL | Bridger Menlove |
| South Florida Brain Bee | The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis (at University of Miami) | FL | Maria Chagoyen |
| Atlanta Regional Brain Bee | Center for Behavioral Neuroscience and Atlanta Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience | GA | Corey Walker |
| Chicago Brain Bee | DePaul University | IL | Okunola Jeyifous |
| Indianapolis Brain Bee | Indiana University - Indianapolis | IN | Bethany Neal-Beliveau |
| Michiana Brain Bee | University of Notre Dame and Self-Healing Communities of Michiana | IN | Velshonna Luckey |
| Iowa Brain Bee | University of Iowa | IA | Lyndsay Harshman |
| Kansas City Brain Bee | The University of Kansas Medical Center | KS | Olivia Veatch |
| Kentucky Brain Bee | Morehead State University | KY | Ilsun White |
| Louisiana Brain Bee | Louisiana State University | LA | Adegbenro Fakoya |
| Baltimore Brain Bee | Stevenson University and Morgan State University | MD | Ingrid Tulloch |
| Southern Maryland Brain Bee | St. Mary's College of Maryland | MD | Elizabeth Leininger |
| Baltimore City Brain Bee | Johns Hopkins University and University of Maryland | MD | Srijan Velamuri |
| Boston University Brain Bee | Boston University | MA | Prerna Shankar |
| Central Massachusetts Brain Bee | Umass Chan Medical School | MA | David Weaver |
| Michigan Brain Bee | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | MI | Isabella Plati |
| Brain Bee at MSU | Michigan State University | MI | Casey Henley |
| Central Michigan Brain Bee | Central Michigan University | MI | Julien Rossingol |
| Minnesota Brain Bee | University of Minnesota | MN | John Paton |
| St. Louis Area Brain Bee | Washington University in St. Louis | MO | Erik Herzog |
| Creighton University Brain Bee | Creighton University | NE | Gwen King |
| Northern Nevada Brain Bee | University of Nevada, Reno | NV | Amy Altick |
| Upper Valley Brain Bee | Dartmouth College | NH | Aine Scholand |
| Newark New Jersey | Rutgers Brain Health Institute | NJ | Steven Levison |
| Rutgers-Central NJ Regional Brain Bee | Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | NJ | Michael Matise |
| Princeton Brain Bee | Princeton University | NJ | Allen Nieva |
| New Mexico Brain Bee | University of New Mexico School of Medicine | NM | Russell Morton |
| Rochester Brain Bee | SfN Rochester NY Chapter & University of Rochester | NY | Paige Nicklas |
| Long Island Brain Bee | Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell | NY | Vanessa Reddin |
| Albany Regional Brain Bee | Albany Medical College | NY | Ellinor Grinde |
| Syracuse Brain Bee | Technology Alliance of Central New York | NY | Maddy Lee |
| Westchester Brain Bee | Burke Rehabilitation | NY | Sally Mitchell |
| Triangle Brain Bee | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | NC | Sikoya Ashburn |
| Oregon Brain Bee | Oregon Health & Sciences University | OR | Meridee Lefner |
| Pennsylvania Brain Bee | University of Pennsylvania | PA | Jacqueline Fowlkes |
| Pittsburgh Brain Bee | University of Pittsburgh Center for Neuroscience | PA | Zachary Wills |
| Central PA Brain Bee | Penn State College of Medicine | PA | Jennifer Nyland |
| NEPA Brain Bee | University of Scranton Neuroscience Program | PA | Robert Waldeck |
| Brown Brain Bee | Brown University | RI | Jane Hwang |
| University of South Carolina Brain Bee | University of South Carolina | SC | Jacob Watson |
| Memphis Brain Bee | University of Tennessee Health Science Center | TN | Elizabeth Gaudio |
| DFW Brain Bee | TX | Katie Croft | |
| Houston Brain Bee | Rice University | TX | Jonathan Flynn |
| University of Texas Medical Branch Brain Bee | University of Texas Medical Branch | TX | Laura Sanchez |
| Salt Lake City Brain Bee | University of Utah | UT | Hailee Walker |
| Vermont Brain Bee | University of Vermont | VT | Lisa Bernardin |
| JMU Brain Bee | James Madison University | VA | George Vidal |
| Richmond Brain Bee | University of Richmond | VA | Kitty Hartvigsen |
| Tidewater Brain Bee | Christopher Newport University | VA | Sikoya Ashburn |
| Virginia Tech Brain Bee | Virginia Tech | VA | Jennifer Rainville |
| Olympia Brain Bee | Virginia Mason Franciscan Health System | WA | Anuradha Kolluru |