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 […]
Awards
Faculty Spotlight – Featuring Dr. Douglas Oliver
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 […]
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 […]