Awards

Dr. Verma Receives Prestigious AHA Career Development Award

Posted on August 8, 2018January 4, 2019 by Jody Gridley

Rajkumar Verma, Ph.D., UConn Health assistant professor of neuroscience, has received a prestigious career development award ($231,000) from the American Heart Association to study the therapeutic potential of purinergic receptor P2X4R for the treatment of stroke. Stroke remains a leading cause of disability in the United States. Despite recent advances, interventions to reduce damage and […]

New Grant Tests Potential Target for Age-Related Blindness

Posted on April 23, 2018April 24, 2018 by Jody Gridley

Published in UConn Today, April 23, 2018 Royce Mohan, a UConn Health associate professor of neuroscience, has received more than $400,000 from the National Institutes of Health to study the role of a specific enzyme in retinal gliosis. Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of blindness in people over the age of […]

Faculty Spotlight – Featuring Dr. Douglas Oliver

Posted on February 6, 2018January 4, 2019 by Jody Gridley

Faculty Spotlight selects a specific faculty member from a number of nominations received by the department chairs. Dr. Douglas Oliver, Ph.D., professor and vice chair of neuroscience was nominated to highlight his substantial grant award from the Department of Defense for work aimed at developing an electrophysiological test for tinnitus. Dr. Oliver explains what his lab […]