Month: June 2016

Joe Ryan Received the 2016 Lepow Award at the Graduate Student Research Day

Joe Ryan recieved the 2016 Lepow Award, center, with Dr. Adam Adler, left, and Dr. Anthony Vella, right.
Joe Ryan received the 2016 Lepow Award at the Graduate Student Research Day on June 10, 2016. This award, established in 1986 in honor of Dr. Irwin H. Lepow, a well-known faculty member, researcher and founding father of UConn Health, is given to the outstanding fourth-year student in the Biomedical Science Ph.D. Program. Joe is an M.D./Ph.D. student in the Department of Immunology under the mentorship of Dr. Adam Adler and Dr. Anthony Vella.

Dr. Robert Clark Selected as 2016 Co-Recipient of the Osborn Biomedical Science Graduate Teaching Award

Dr. Robert Clark
Dr. Robert Clark, Professor in the Department of Immunology, was selected as the 2016 co-recipient of the Osborn Biomedical Science Graduate Teaching Award. The intention of this award is to recognize a UConn Health graduate school faculty member for his or her commitment to providing the best education in the classroom and training in the laboratory.

Dr. Andrei Medvedev Receives Research Excellence Program (REP) Convergence Grant

Dr. Andrei Medvedev
In partnership with the School of Medicine and the School of Dental Medicine, the Office of the Vice President for Research awarded six Research Excellence Program (REP) Convergence Grants. Dr. Andrei Medvedev received one of those awards for his project entitled, “Pharmacological Inhibition of Mal as a Therapeutic Approach in Lupus.” Dr. Santhanam Lakshminarayanan from the Department of Rheumatology serves as collaborator.