IPR Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Contact: marisa.ross@northwestern.edu
Marisa Ross is an Everytown for Gun Safety Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with IPR sociologist Andrew Papachristos and the Northwestern Neighborhood & Network (N3) Initiative. Her current research interests include network modeling of gun violence and using quasi-experimental and mixed methods approaches to evaluate street outreach interventions for gun violence prevention.
Marisa completed her PhD in neuroscience from the Neuroscience and Public Policy Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in July of 2021, where she specialized in using concepts from graph theory to investigate the relationships between posttraumatic stress disorder and trauma-related changes in functional brain network topology. She also received her Master’s in Public Affairs from the LaFollette School of Public Affairs in 2019, during which she focused on issues of social policy, mental health, and economic inequality. For the completion of her dissertation work, Marisa received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institute for Mental Health (2020-2021). Marisa also received an Exceptional Mentorship award from the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program at UW-Madison in 2021.