Medina Bello is a study coordinator with a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Georgia. Upon graduation, Medina retained a role in the University of Georgia’s Psychology Department to work as a coordinator with studies focused on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases for two and a half years. Once she helped those studies reach completion, she took an opportunity to work with the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Marcus Autism Center for two years. There she was the main coordinator for a large recruitment study working with young children experiencing speech and language difficulties due to their Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnoses. In 2018, Medina joined the Department of Veteran Affairs’ Atlanta Healthcare System, where she initially worked on studies focused on mental health and medication. She has now transitioned to studies focused on the initiatives of the Center of Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation and physical fitness.

More recently, Medina has accepted a new role as the Senior Research Coordinator in assisting the administrative core with coordinator oversight, onboarding, and additional insight into coordinator responsibilities.

Research Interests:

• Effects of Aging on Cortical Excitability during Motor learning

• Graded Intensity Aerobic Exercise to Improve Cerebrovascular Function

• Aerobic Exercise and Cognitive Training in Older Adults

• Effects of Acute Exercise of Functional Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Measures of GABA in Aging and Chronic Stroke