{"id":7015,"date":"2026-03-18T07:38:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/?p=7015"},"modified":"2026-03-18T07:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:38:28","slug":"laura-perrault-completed-qualifying-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/laura-perrault-completed-qualifying-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Perrault Completed Qualifying Exam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 12th, Laura Perrault (Song Lab) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! The title of her research proposal is, &#8220;Feeding the Brain Fog: How Diet Disrupts Somatostatin Interneuron Function&#8221;. Congratulations Laura!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2026\/03\/Perrault_Laura_Headshot-2026-855x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"855\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2026\/03\/Perrault_Laura_Headshot-2026-855x1024.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2026\/03\/Perrault_Laura_Headshot-2026-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2026\/03\/Perrault_Laura_Headshot-2026-768x920.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2026\/03\/Perrault_Laura_Headshot-2026-1283x1536.jpg 1283w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2026\/03\/Perrault_Laura_Headshot-2026-1710x2048.jpg 1710w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2026\/03\/Perrault_Laura_Headshot-2026-600x718.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2026\/03\/Perrault_Laura_Headshot-2026.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 12th, Laura Perrault (Song Lab) successfully defended and passed her oral qualifying exam! 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