Jayme is a native Iowan and grew up in the Iowa City area. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.S.E in biomedical engineering. She joined the Sowers lab in 2021 as a lab technician, and is currently focused on using functional MRI to look at the role of migraine-inducers and the central nervous system's neurophysiology. She is also in collaboration with Andrew Russo's lab to dive deeper into the role of migraine treatments in gastrointestinal function. 

Publications

Zorrilla, E., Krivoshein, G., Kuburas, A., Schenke, M., Piña, C. L., van Heiningen, S. H., Waite, J. S., Dehghani, A., Castonguay, W. C., Flinn, H. C., van den Maagdenberg, A. M. J. M., Russo, A. F., Tolner, E. A., & Wattiez, A. S. (2025). Combined effects of cannabidiol and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol alleviate migraine-like symptoms in mice. Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache, 45(2), 3331024251314487. https://doi.org/10.1177/03331024251314487

Wang, M., Duong, T. L., Rea, B. J., Waite, J. S., Huebner, M. W., Flinn, H. C., Russo, A. F., & Sowers, L. P. (2022). CGRP Administration Into the Cerebellum Evokes Light Aversion, Tactile Hypersensitivity, and Nociceptive Squint in Mice. Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland), 3, 861598. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2022.861598

Wattiez, A. S., Gaul, O. J., Kuburas, A., Zorrilla, E., Waite, J. S., Mason, B. N., Castonguay, W. C., Wang, M., Robertson, B. R., & Russo, A. F. (2021). Correction to: CGRP induces migraine-like symptoms in mice during both the active and inactive phases. The journal of headache and pain, 22(1), 115. https://doi.org/10.1186/s10194-021-01332-5

Ghanizada, H., Al-Karagholi, M. A., Walker, C. S., Arngrim, N., Rees, T., Petersen, J., Siow, A., Mørch-Rasmussen, M., Tan, S., O'Carroll, S. J., Harris, P., Skovgaard, L. T., Jørgensen, N. R., Brimble, M., Waite, J. S., Rea, B. J., Sowers, L. P., Russo, A. F., Hay, D. L., & Ashina, M. (2021). Amylin Analog Pramlintide Induces Migraine-like Attacks in Patients. Annals of neurology, 89(6), 1157–1171. https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.26072

Wattiez, A. S., Castonguay, W. C., Gaul, O. J., Waite, J. S., Schmidt, C. M., Reis, A. S., Rea, B. J., Sowers, L. P., Cintrón-Pérez, C. J., Vázquez-Rosa, E., Pieper, A. A., & Russo, A. F. (2021). Different forms of traumatic brain injuries cause different tactile hypersensitivity profiles. Pain, 162(4), 1163–1175. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002103

Rea, B. J., Wattiez, A. S., Waite, J. S., Castonguay, W. C., Schmidt, C. M., Fairbanks, A. M., Robertson, B. R., Brown, C. J., Mason, B. N., Moldovan-Loomis, M. C., Garcia-Martinez, L. F., Poolman, P., Ledolter, J., Kardon, R. H., Sowers, L. P., & Russo, A. F. (2018). Peripherally administered calcitonin gene-related peptide induces spontaneous pain in mice: implications for migraine. Pain, 159(11), 2306–2317. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001337