Faculty

2023 Dean’s Award to Michael Li and mentor Dr. Royce Mohan

2023 Dean’s Award to Michael Li (student) and Dr. Royce Mohan (mentor) The UConn School of Medicine Dean’s award is presented to an outstanding medical student and their research mentor. Michael Li, a second-year medical student, is the 2023 awardee in recognition of his outstanding summer research project that was performed in the Mohan Lab. […]

Crocker lab receives new R01 to study rare disease

February 28 marks Rare Disease Day. UConn Health’s campus is lighting up this week to raise awareness of the more than 7,000 rare diseases and the importance of advancing research for them to find promising therapies and potential cures for patients. UConn School of Medicine’s Stephen J. Crocker, Ph.D., associate professor of neuroscience and immunology, has […]

Welcome Drs. Sebnem Tuncdemir and Andres Grosmark

We are so pleased to welcome Drs. Sebnem Tuncdemir and Andres Grosmark to be our newest Faculty members in the Neuroscience Department at UConn Health.  Sebnem received her MS degree in Biology from Pennsylvania State University, focusing on the characterization of a novel inhibitory neurotransmitter plasticity in the CNS. She received her PhD in Neuroscience […]