Congratulations to Ashley Russo on Receiving the Lepow Award at the 2017 Graduate Student Research Day Posted on July 25, 2017January 29, 2018 by Sheryl Rosen Ashley Russo received the 2017 Lepow Award at the Graduate Student Research Day held on June 26, 2017. This award, established in 1986 in honor of Dr. Irwin H. Lepow, a well-known faculty member, research and founding father of UConn Health, is given to the outstanding fourth-year student in the Biomedical Science Ph.D. program. Ashley is a graduate student in the Department of Immunology under the mentorship of Dr. Vijay Rathinam (pictured with Ashley).