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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 co-director Dr. Manuella Oliveira Yassa and complete a new chapter application here

Brain Bee Chapter NameSponsoring InstitutionStateCoordinator
DFW Brain BeeTXKatie Croft
Minnesota Brain BeeUniversity of MinnesotaMNJohn Paton
Irvine Brain BeeUniversity of California, Irvine CAManuella Yassa
Boston University Brain BeeBoston UniversityMAPrerna Shankar
Central Massachusetts Brain BeeUmass Chan Medical SchoolMADavid Weaver
Rochester Brain BeeSfN Rochester NY Chapter & University of RochesterNYPaige Nicklas
Los Angeles UCLA/USCCAJoseph Quintero
Central PA Brain BeePenn State College of MedicinePAJennifer Nyland
Long Island Brain BeeZucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellNYVanessa Reddin
Southern Maryland Brain BeeSt. Mary's College of MarylandMDElizabeth Leininger
Pennsylvania Brain BeeUniversity of PennsylvaniaPAJacqueline Fowlkes
Albany Regional Brain BeeAlbany Medical CollegeNYEllinor Grinde
Iowa Brain BeeUniversity of IowaIALyndsay Harshman
Triangle Brain BeeUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillNCSikoya Ashburn
Brown Brain BeeBrown UniversityRIJane Hwang
Michigan Brain BeeUniversity of Michigan - Ann ArborMIIsabella Plati
New Mexico Brain BeeUniversity of New Mexico School of MedicineNMRussell Morton
JMU Brain BeeJames Madison UniversityVAGeorge Vidal
San Diego Chapter UC San DiegoCAAdrienne Dubin
Salt Lake City Brain BeeUniversity of UtahUTPearl Cummins
Newark New Jersey Rutgers Brain Health InstituteNJSteven Levison
Creighton University Brain BeeCreighton UniversityNEGwen King
Jacksonville Brain BeeMayo ClinicFLGabriella Fiorino
St. Louis Area Brain BeeWashington University in St. Louis MOErik Herzog
AZ Regional Brain BeeMidwestern UniversityAZKimberly Beaudion
Alaska Regional Brain BeeUniversity of Alaska AnchorageAKGwen Lupfer
Baltimore Brain BeeStevenson University and Morgan State UniversityMDIngrid Tulloch
NEPA Brain BeeUniversity of Scranton Neuroscience ProgramPARobert Waldeck
Kentucky Brain BeeMorehead State UniversityLAIlsun White
Arkansas Brain BeeArkansas Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience ARGeorge James
Indianapolis Brain BeeIndiana University - IndianapolisINBethany Neal-Beliveau
Brain Bee at MSUMichigan State UniversityMICasey Henley
Rutgers-Central NJ Regional Brain BeeRutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolNJMichael Matise
Colorado Brain BeeCOJyotshna Gunturu
Atlanta Regional Brain BeeCenter for Behavioral Neuroscience and Atlanta Chapter of the Society for NeuroscienceGAJennifer Walcott
WNY Brain BeeCanisius CollegeNYElizabeth Hogan
Northern Nevada Brain BeeUniversity of Nevada, RenoNVAmy Altick
Kansas City Brain BeeThe University of Kansas Medical CenterKSOlivia Veatch
Trinity College Brain BeeTrinity CollegeCTSarah Raskin
Central Michigan Brain BeeCentral Michigan University MIJulien Rossingol
Tidewater Brain BeeVASikoya Ashburn
Pittsburgh Brain BeeUniversity of Pittsburgh Center for NeurosciencePAZachary Wills
Bay Area Brain BeeCalifornia State University East BayCAJames Murray
North Central Florida Brain BeeUniversity of FloridaFLReese Chadwick
Princeton Brain BeePrinceton UniversityNJAllen Nieva
Michiana Brain BeeUniversity of Notre Dame and Self-Healing Communities of MichianaINVelshonna Luckey
Westchester Brain BeeBurke RehabilitationNYSally Mitchell
Chicago Brain BeeDePaul UniversityILOkunola Jeyifous
North Florida Brain BeeFlorida State University FLAustin Werner
Houston Brain BeeRice UniversityTXJonathan Flynn
South Florida Brain BeeThe Miami Project to Cure Paralysis (at University of Miami)FLMaria Chagoyen
Michigan Brain BeeUniversity of MichiganMIIsabella Plati