2025-2026 NNCI Scholars
Dominic Grisafe is a psychiatry resident at the University of Illinois Chicago pursuing fellowship training in addiction psychiatry. He applies his graduate and postdoctoral training in chronic disease epidemiology to studying the neurobiology of substance use disorders. His interests include mood and anxiety disorders, dual diagnosis, acceptance and commitment therapy, and medical education.
Jeff grew up in Michigan and Texas before earning his undergraduate degree in neuroscience from UT Austin. He graduated from McGovern Medical School and completed psychiatry residency at UTHealth Houston in 2026 after serving as chief resident. His clinical interests include psychiatric neuroscience, inpatient psychiatry, and medical education. Jeff is particularly interested in helping clinical learners use neuroscience to navigate the complexity of psychiatric patient care in a biologically grounded way. Outside of work, Jeff enjoys traveling with his wife, reading philosophy, spending time in nature, and drinking single-origin coffees from around the world.
Lara Boyle completed her NNCI fellowship as a rising PGY4 psychiatry resident at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Her clinical interest and research focus is at the intersection of sleep, trauma, brain development, and learning/memory. Outside of research, she is passionate about neuroscience education and public communication. The NNCI fellowship propelled her work as a co-director for the PGY1 psychiatry neuroscience curriculum, through greater understanding of adult education, curriculum development, and the generation of neuroscience-based workshops for psychiatry trainees. She uses these same principles in conversations with patients and non-psychiatric teams every day.
Leo is an IMG from El Salvador, currently PGY-2 psychiatry resident at Project Vida Health Center, an FQHC serving the bilingual, border community of El Paso, Texas. His interests have always included research and scientific communication, serving in the past as an editor for IFMSA-PAMSA’s scientific publication journal for the Americas and currently serves as Associate Editor for Alerta, the medical journal of El Salvador’s National Health Institute. His work during the NNCI Ambassadors fellowship was centered around the neurobiology of anorexia nervosa, looking beyond purely psychological frameworks and toward an integrated biological understanding of the illness. Future interests include neuropsychiatry and eating disorders.
Dr. Constant is a neuropsychiatry fellow at Stanford University. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in neuroscience at Vanderbilt University. She completed her medical training at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons and psychiatry residency at Kaiser Permanente in San Jose. Her research includes a focus on neuropsychiatry and interventional psychiatry, with a specific interest in transcranial magnetic stimulation. Outside of work, Dr. Constant enjoys spending time with family and exercising.