Awards

Faculty member Stephen Crocker wins Osborn Award

At the recent Graduate Student Research Day, which was held online Friday Aug 28, the graduate students of the Biomedical Science program at UConn Health awarded the 2020 Osborn Award to Dr. Stephen Crocker, Associate Professor of Neuroscience. The Osborn Award for Excellence in Biomedical Science Graduate Teaching was established by the UConn Health Graduate School in honor of Dr. Mary Jane Osborn (1927-2019). […]

Brain stem cells in multiple sclerosis patients

Stephen J. Crocker, PhD, associate professor for the Department of Neuroscience, along with his lab and colleagues had their recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), titled “Cellular senescence in progenitor cells contributes to diminished remyelination potential in progressive multiple sclerosis.” This publication features how brain stem cells in people with the most severe form of multiple […]