Gina Poe is a professor in Integrative Biology and Physiology with a joint appointment in psychiatry. She is a neuroscientist with a bachelor’s degree in Human Biology from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from UCLA.

The Poe Laboratory (poe-sleeplab.weebly.com) studies the unique mechanisms at work during sleep to consolidate memories and update our knowledge stores. This research applies to learning and to mental health disorders like PTSD. The Poe Lab is funded by grants from the National Institute of Health (NIH}. You can find Dr. Poe on Google Scholar and ResearchGate.

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Along with being a Co-Director of COMPASS Life Sciences, Dr. Poe is a Co-Director of MARC U*STAR Maximizing Access to Research Careers /Under, and a Director of Diversity in Outreach and Education for BRI-SURE (Brain Research Institute Summer Undergraduate Research) program. Dr. Poe also directs two national programs for under-represented neuroscience graduate students and postdoctoral trainees.

“My goal is for COMPASS Life Sciences to put a powerful tool into student’s hands so they will waste no time and miss no critical opportunities at a place so rich in educational and career resources as is UCLA. I was a first-generation, economically challenged black woman in the sciences who never took advantage of Stanford’s research opportunities because I did not know that taking part could also help pay my mounting bills. It was pure chance that I lucked into my major, I hardly ever spoke to my professors and sought no mentors. I want to make sure UCLA STEM majors know how to take advantage of all the amazing opportunities and resources that this place has to offer”.