Clarissa Whitmire, a PhD candidate in the Georgia Tech/Emory Biomedical Engineering program, has been awarded the 2016 Stuart Zola Graduate Fellowship in Neuroscience. This fellowship, administered by the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, was founded in honor of Dr Stuart Zola, previous director of the Yerkes National Primate Center from 2001 until 2014. As part of this fellowship,Clarissa will be invited to speak at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center Symposium this Fall and will receive funding to promote her professional development.