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Marrium is a fifth year PhD student in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at Virginia Tech. She is currently finishing her PhD in Human Development with a concentration in Adult Development and Aging with an expected graduation in Spring 2026. She previously received her MS in Human Development from Virginia Tech and her BS in Applied Biosciences from the National University of Sciences and Technology in Pakistan.
Marrium is always looking to expand her skillset to answer the many (many) research questions she is interested in pursuing. To learn how to analyze genetic and epigenetic data, she attended the Genomics for Social Scientists (GeSS) and Clinical Research Education in Genome Science (CREiGS) in 2024 as well as Genomics for Social Scientists - Epigenetics (GeSSE) in 2025. Her next goal is to learn fMRI data analyses.
Research Interests
Marrium's research primarily examines cognitive development across the lifespan, focusing on how biological, experiential, and behavioral factors influence trajectories, particularly throughout adulthood. Within this framework, she is also interested in investigating how interventions might offset normative and non-normative cognitive aging processes to slow decline. Extending this work on cognitive function to underrepresented populations is a key priority for her. She is excited by innovative data collection methods, including Ecological Momentary Assessments, and seeks to advance the research on cognitive development through interdisciplinary studies.
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