Max Wragan, a resident of Great Falls, Virginia, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Neuroscience. After studying Neuroscience for two years at Pomona College, she transferred to UPenn to join the Eisch Lab at Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP) to research brain injury. A Goldwater Scholar, Max researched the developmental time course of microglia in the hippocampus. More specifically, she studied explored sex-based differences in microglial density or morphology. She is the co-author of several publications. At Pomona College, Max founded and co-directed the National Satellite Learning Program (SLP) to provide virtual individual tutoring for students experiencing homelessness. She then received Penn’s Campaign for Community social impact grant to extend the program to serve homeless Philadelphia youth. At the Philadelphia’s Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital, Max volunteered at the COVID-19 vaccination clinic and in the rehabilitation clinic, assisting with physical therapy for veterans with spinal injuries. Her interest in traumatic brain injury and its impact on chronic pain and neuroinflammation stems largely from her experience as a patient of neuroscience based medical care. In high school, she was injured as a pedestrian in a car accident, sustaining serious spine and head injuries. Max ultimately, plans to run a lab researching the impact and potential treatments of traumatic brain injury, neuroinflammation, and pain. Max is studying Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin.