
Education
Honors and Awards
- Alpha Omega Alpha, 2022
- Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2022
- Neuroscience Medical Student Scholar, 2020
- Dhablania and Kim Global Medicine Research Award, 2019
- Carolina Honors Laureate with Distinction, 2018
- Buckley Public Service Scholar, 2018
- Carolyn Carpenter Recognition Scholarship, 2018
- Morehead-Cain Foundation Scholarship Recipient, 2014-18
- President Obama’s Prudential Volunteer Service Award, 2014
- James Graham Brown Cancer Center Research Scholar, 2022
Research Interests
Hobbies
Residency Publications
Alfawares, Yara, Folz, C, Johnson, MD, Prestigiacomo, CJ and Ngwenya, LB. “The history of antibiotic irrigation and prophylaxis in operative neurotrauma: perpetuation of military care in civilian settings.” Neurosurgical Focus, 53.3 (2002: E7. Sep. 2022, doi:10.3171/2022.6.FOCUS22253
N Zepeda, L Crown, S Medvidovic, W Choi, M Sheth, M Bergosh, R Gifford, C Folz, P Lam, G Lu, R Featherstone, CY Liu, SJ Siegel, D Lee. Frequency-specific medial septal nucleus deep brain stimulation improves spatial memory in MK-801-treated male rats. Neurobiology of disease, 105756. 15 May. 2022, doi:10.1016/j.nbd.2022.105756
Woodyard KC, Folz CC, Reifenberg JJ, Wayland J, Costin A. Substance Use Disorder in Pregnant People. Resolution 28-A2022. Ohio State Medical Association (OSMA) Annual Meeting. Accepted April 2022.
M Knott, C Folz, A Thomas, A Viel, and L Ngwenya. Concussion subtype symptomatology in complicated mild traumatic brain injury patients. 2021 Neurosurgery, Volume 68, Issue Supplement 1. April 2022, doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000001880_326.
Woodyard KC, Folz CC, Reifenberg JJ, Wayland J, Costin A. Substance Use Disorder in Pregnant People. Resolution 28-A2022. American Medical Association Medical Student Section. Accepted Jan 2022.
Cronk R, A Guo, C Folz, P Hynes, A Labal, K Liang, and J Bartram. “Environmental conditions in maternity wards: Evidence from rural healthcare facilities in 14 low- and middle-income countries.” International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, vol. 232 113681. March. 2021, doi:10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113681
N Zepeda, R Gifford, W Choi, M Sheth, S Medvidovic, M Bergosh, G Lu, C Folz, D J Lee, MD, PhD, Frequency-Dependent Medial Septal Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation Modulates Hippocampal Oscillatory Activity and Improves Spatial Working Memory in an MK-801 Model of Schizophrenia, Neurosurgery, Volume 67, Issue Supplement 1, December 2020, nyaa447_606,
R Appasani, C Folz, P Lodha, A DeSousa, and J Amul. Manual on Panic Attacks: For Patients, Providers, and Communities. The MINDS Foundation, March 2, 2020. Available in print and on Kindle.
Behnke N, R Cronk, M Snel, M Moffa, R Tu, B Banner, C Folz, D Anderson, A Macintyre, E Stowe, and J Bartram. Improving environmental conditions for involuntarily displaced populations: water, sanitation, and hygiene in orphanages, prisons, and refugee and IDP settlements. Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. 8(4):785-791, 2018
Folz CC, King, M, Gribbons, J, Jhaveri, M, Beatty, B, Eid, N, & Folz, RJ. (2014, May). Validation of a Louisville Multi-Step Asthma Screening Tool for Middle School Students. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 189(C47), A4591.