Salma Dabbour

About me

• First-generation student born in Cairo, Egypt.
• Focuses on representing underprivileged groups and participating in activist efforts.
• Currently working with the Banich lab on the correlation between executive/brain functions, repetitive negative thinking (RNT) and psychopathology.

Standing: Junior
Program: Pre-health
Hometown: Aurora, Colorado
Career goals: I have always had the desire to work as a neuropsychiatrist in mental health facilities with a focus on the incarcerated population.
Favorite natural sciences course: Cognitive Psychology

"My advice to new students at CU would be to create a four-or-five-year plan of study to help organize the path they will follow academically, and to know and understand that things happen in life that can and will change their plan. You are not defined by your grades, you can always find alternative routes to your goals, and nothing is set in stone. Be well, be bold, and you will be accomplished."