The NIH has awarded Royce Mohan, who is a professor of neuroscience at UConn Health, a new R01 grant to study the mechanisms of corneal damage and sensory loss caused by exposure to chemical threat agents. His research team, jointly led by co-investigator Paola Bargagna-Mohan, will advance state-of-the-art methods that combine transgenic and gene knockout […]
Author: Barbara J Paquette
BBRF 2025 Grant Supports PTSD Memory Research at UConn Health
Dr. Sebnem Tuncdemir of UConn Health has been awarded a 2025 Young Investigator Grant from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation to explore how the brain forms and recalls traumatic memories. Her team studies how specific hippocampal cell types may drive PTSD-related memory problems—insights that could lead to innovative therapies for trauma and anxiety disorders. […]
First Year Teaching Award to Dr. Antic
Ms. Suzanne Tate, Director of Curricular Affairs, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, UConn Health, has communicated the following information. “On 05-SEP-2025, Dr. Antic was recognized by the Class of 2028 for excellence in teaching”. The award ceremony was accompanied by video clips made by students. Below, two video frames showing students discussing their experience […]