Christian Tallo (class of 2026) is now the third student working in the vision research lab of Royce Mohan at the UCONN School of Medicine to win a prestigious travel award from the National Eye Institute. Christian will present his first author talk on restoring Schwann cell function in corneal chemical injury. This award enables talented medical students to attend the 2024 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology conference and exposure them to innovative research across the basic and clinical disciplines towards fostering their training as future ophthalmologists.