Brain Health Research Institute
Excellence in Undergraduate and Graduate Research Mentorship Awards
From 青年涩导航's Division of Research & Economic Development青年涩导航 is pleased to announce the two winners of both the Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship Award and Excellence in Graduate Research Mentorship Award. As part of the nominati鈥
All-Star Lineup of Neuroscience Alumni to Speak at Symposium
青年涩导航鈥檚 Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) will be welcoming a bevy of accomplished alumni back to the Kent Campus when it hosts the 10th Annual Neuroscience Symposium on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 27 and 28.
青年涩导航鈥檚 Brain Health Research Institute Hosts University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Anthropology Professor
Ben Campbell spoke on the topic of how the production of the DHEA/DHEAS and GLUD2 hormones plays a role in brain development in humans and other species, a process known as 鈥渁drenarche.鈥
Min-Ho Kim, Ph. D. and Woo-Yang Kim, Ph. D. Awarded for Research in Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease Treatments
Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of Biological Sciences, and Woo-Yang Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of Biological Sciences, have been awarded an NIH grant, a $1,876,627 five-year grant from the NIH鈥檚 National Institute on Aging, for their research in 鈥淢agnetothermal brain stimulation towards鈥
Evaluating the Impact of Chat Messaging in Synchronous Learning on Information Retention
Taylor Miller (she/her), undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences, is supervised by Associate Professor Christopher Was, Ph.D. (he/him), associate professor in the department of psychological sciences, to complete her honors thesis. Together, they explore the relationship between mind-wande鈥
The Impacts of Intersectional Identities on Math Cognition and Math Anxiety
Beginning in an individual鈥檚 educational career, math anxiety is likely to follow someone through into adulthood. Current research is being done on the impacts of intersectional identities, such as race and gender, on math cognition and math anxiety. This is exactly what associate professor Clarissa鈥
青年涩导航 Presents 鈥楲oving Lampposts: Living Autistic鈥 Film Screening and Panel Discussion With Director Todd Drezner
During National Autism Acceptance Month, 青年涩导航 will hold a film screening of 鈥淟oving Lampposts: Living Autistic鈥 at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, in the Kent Student Center Kiva. 鈥淟oving Lampposts鈥 is a documentary by Todd Drezner, a father of a now 13-year-old boy with autism, that explores the changing world of autism and learns the truth of the saying 鈥渋f you鈥檝e met one autistic person, you鈥檝e met one autistic person.鈥
青年涩导航 Professors Reveal Important Details about the Brain Cells that Control Fertility
青年涩导航 researchers鈥 innovative techniques have unveiled surprising new details about the brain鈥檚 fertility cells that may prove useful for treating infertility disorders. After several years of research, Aleisha Moore, Lique Coolen and Michael Lehman published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, showing groundbreaking findings identifying which cells in the brain control fertility, as well as revealing an unexpected level of complexity in their control of reproduction.
Chirality Research: Will This New Insight Help Make Better Materials or Pharmaceuticals?
Chirality, or the absence of mirror symmetry in a molecule, is a complex topic that Material Sciences Professor Torsten Hegmann is determined to know more about. Hegmann, director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, and other 青年涩导航 collaborators led an international collaborative research project with contributions from a global team whose paper about the efficacy of chirality transfer in Science Advances may provide insights to make better materials or pharmaceuticals.
Health and Well-Being of Students, Faculty and Staff Brought to Light by Healing Stanzas
Students across the nation were challenged as the pandemic swept the world. Healing Stanzas, a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center, the Healthy Communities Research Institute and the Brain Health Research Institute, seeks to combine the science of brain health and public health with the creative energy of the humanities to provide 青年涩导航 students, staff and faculty with an opportunity to improve wellness through reflective poetry.