Fred Ayres

Majored in Economics And Neuroscience & Behavior
Wesleyan University, Class of 2017
From Southfield, MI

I am driven by the belief that all individuals have the capacity to learn, grow, and significantly contribute to our society. I'm interested in cultivating means that provide all citizens with adequate access to the tools and support that enable them to achieve their potential. During the 2018-2019 academic year, I will be serving as an AmeriCorps City Year service member in Detroit, where I will support under-resourced students through mentoring, tutoring, and enrichment programs. I write about economics, health care, and education at fredayres.blog

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Education

Wesleyan University
Wylie E. Groves High School

Fred in the News

Fred Ayres Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

On May 27, Fred Ayres was one of 77 members of the Class of 2017 inducted into Wesleyan's Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Society, the oldest national scholastic honor society. To be elected, a st...

June, 01 2017 - Wesleyan University

Fred Ayres Graduates from Wesleyan University

On May 28, 2017, Fred Ayres graduated from Wesleyan University with a BA degree in Economics and Neuroscience & Behavior.

May, 31 2017 - Wesleyan University

Fred Ayres Receives Academic Prize

Fred Ayres was recognized this spring with the Butterfield Prize. Established by the Class of 1967, it is awarded to the graduating senior who has exemplified those qualities of character, leadersh...

May, 16 2017 - Wesleyan University

Fred Ayres Organizes Wesleyan Hunger Banquet

The Office of Community Service's Hunger and Homelessness student group, led by Fred Ayres '17, once again organized the Wesleyan Hunger Banquet, an interactive simulation of global poverty rates, ...

April, 14 2017 - Wesleyan University

Work Experience

Research Assistant, MI-REACH at University of Michigan Medical School

Recruiting young adults in the emergency department at Hurley Medical Center for participation in the MI-REACH research study, which seeks to reduce substance abuse and HIV risk behaviors as well as understand attitudes surrounding health behavior. Using motivational interviewing (MI) to elicit motives underlying health behavior, build self-efficacy, and promote behavioral change.

November 2017 - Present

Lab Technician, Ferrario Lab at University of Michigan Medical School

Competencies include colony management, rodent handling and tagging, order acquisition, liquid handling, protein digestion, proteins assays, polymerized chain reaction (PCR), and agarose gel electrophoresis. Currently breeding and genotyping several lines of transgenic rats for use in future research on metabolic processes and their relation to mesocorticolimbic reward circuitry.

June 2017 - Present

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