Izzy Abdallah is a third-year student at Northeastern University, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Behavioral Neuroscience. She has worked as an undergraduate research assistant in the Developmental Neuropsychobiology Lab at Northeastern University, studying the impact of early life adversity on adolescent development using a rat model of maternal separation. In this role, she contributed to a study focused on investigating the impact of early life adversity on motivated social behavior and empathy. During her co-op at the DCRP, she will assist with the OMEGA4D, RHYME, and Long-COVID studies.