Atherosclerosis is the major cause of ischemic heart disease and stroke, the leading causes of mortality worldwide. To develop better therapies, Dr. Yue’s group focuses on investigating the underlying mechanism of atherosclerosis, the root cause of cardiovascular diseases and brain stroke. The prominent feature of atherosclerosis is the formation of foam cells, the lipid-laden macrophages. Foam cells accelerate […]
Awards
Dr. Mohan Investigates Treatment for Eye Injuries
As posted in UConn Today January 12, 2022 | Anna Zarra Aldrich ’20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research UConn Health Researcher Investigates Treatment for Eye Injuries from Mass Chemical Weapons Attacks Chemical weapons like mustard gas have been used in warfare for over a century. They can cause mass casualties with relative […]
Award for Excellence presented to Gwen Schultz
At the UConn School of Medicine awards ceremony for the 2021 graduating class, Gwendolyn Schultz from the Mohan lab was presented with the Award for Excellence in a Specific Discipline for her research in Ophthalmology. Her research presentation titled “A glial point of view: investigating corneal Schwann cells in ex vivo murine organ and whole-eye […]