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CCAD Connections October 2023 We hope this newsletter finds you well! This is our fourth and final newsletter of the year. In this issue, you will find a New Vision Research Focus by alumni Fanny Elahi, alumni spotlights, and 2023 CCAD alumni publications. As most of you know, we are kicking off the first of

2023 CCAD Alumni Publications

New Vision Research Focus – Fanny Elahi As a physician-scientist, my clinical work and research are closely related to each other and have the goal of bridging the gap between how we think of disease in the clinic and what we understand about the molecular underpinnings and drivers of disease in the laboratory. My goal

Managing Your Lab & Personnel “How to Handle Difficult Conversations” Join us on December 4th for the second installment of our 4-part “Zoom Your Career” webinar series. This session will focus on Managing Your Lab & Personnel “How to Handle Difficult Conversations”. Registration will close on Monday, November 27th. We hope to see you there!

NIH awards $10.6 million for central nervous system metabolism research center at UK, Maj-Linda Selencia among 3 early career scientists selected for funding Photo credit: Ben Corwin | Research Communications The University of Kentucky has been awarded a prestigious Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant to study central nervous system metabolism from the National

Register for Webinar: Managing Grant and Lab Finances “How to Keep a Steady Funding Stream” Join us on October 2nd as we kick off the first live webinar of our 4-part series to help “Zoom Your Career”. This session will focus on Managing Grant and Lab Finances or “How to Keep a Steady Funding Stream”.

Let’s help one of our alumni and the people of Hawaii facing the devastating fire! You have all heard of the devastating Maui fire and if you participated in the CCAD 2022 reunion, you know that Hawaii is dear to our hearts. We reached out to one of our own, Dr. John Kauwe, President of

With $3.7M+ from NIH, Andreana Benitez leads a clinical trial on the optimal dose of TMS With more than $3.7 million in funding from the National Institute on Aging, Medical University of South Carolina neuropsychologist Andreana Benitez, Ph.D., of the Department of Neurology in the College of Medicine will lead a phase II clinical trial to determine the

Cristian Lasagna-Reeves Wins Inge-Grundke-Iqbal Award at AAIC23 Congratulations to Dr. Cristian Lasagna-Reeves, the 2023 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) recipient of the Inge Grande-Iqbal award for Alzheimer’s Research. This award is presented to the senior author of the most impactful study published in Alzheimer’s research in the two calendar years preceding AAIC. READ MORE