Brains, Behavior, and Blue Devil Spirit: Celebrating Nana Osaki

The Minga Right Hemisphere Communication Laboratory is pleased to recognize Nana Osaki, an undergraduate senior at Duke University, on the successful completion of her defense for her honors thesis, “Visuospatial Constructional Deficits and Brain-Behavior Correlates after Right Hemisphere Stroke,” that examines the relationship between visuospatial impairments and their underlying neural and behavioral mechanisms.  

Nana will Graduate with Distinction (GwD) earning a B.A. in Neuroscience with minors in Spanish and Korean.

Over the past two years, she has served as a research assistant in the Minga Right Hemisphere Communication Laboratory, contributing to research focused on language and cognitive disorders after right hemisphere stroke. Her work reflects a strong commitment to improving access to recovery care and rehabilitative therapies for individuals affected by right hemisphere stroke.

In addition to her academic and research accomplishments, Nana has been actively engaged in the Duke community. She served as Vice President of the Duke Neuroscience Majors’ Union and works as a Marketing Assistant for Duke Athletics. In a memorable and uniquely Duke moment, she was also one of the students behind the Duke Athletics mascot reveal project—having secretly served as the Duke mascot. 

After graduation, she plans to pursue a career in consulting in Chicago.

Nana’s accomplishments reflect both academic excellence and a strong commitment to research with meaningful clinical impact.

Congratulations, Nana! We look forward to your continued successes.