Month: December 2017

Leading Alzheimer’s Disease Expert Named Neuroscience Chair

Source: UConn Today, November 30, 2017 Dr. Riqiang Yan from the Cleveland Clinic has been named the new chair of the Department of Neuroscience. He will join us this spring and establish the medical school’s first research laboratory dedicated to studying and discovering potentially new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of neurodegenerative disease. Learn more […]

Alexion Dissertation Improvement Award – James Fink

Congratulations to James Fink, graduate student in the Levine Lab, who was one of two recipients to receive the Graduate Student Dissertation Improvement Award (GSDIA).  This $5,000 award was available through a joint partnership with Alexion Pharmaceuticals & GSDIA to support graduate students at UConn & UConn Health whose research in basic biological processes or health […]