NEWS BRIEFS
Major grant funds research to understand key features of OCD: Inflexibility and avoidance A team of scientists from across the country will use a $15.6 million award from the National Institute of Mental Health to investigate the brain networks central to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The five-year grant funds a Silvio O. Conte Center for Basic and Translational Mental Health Research at the University of Rochester. The work will build on more than 15 years of research by lead investigator Suzanne N. Haber, Ph.D., and collaborators to understand the underlying biology of the disease and guide the development of effective treatments.
Heatwole appointed Director of CHeT
Chad Heatwole, M.D., M.S., has been appointed the new director of the Center for Health + Technology (CHeT) at the University of Rochester. Heatwole is a professor of Neurology with a research focus in experimental therapeutics and is sought out by patients from across the country for his expertise in neuromuscular disease and myotonic dystrophy. CHeT is a recognized leader and innovator in harnessing digital health technologies to study a range of neurological disorders.
Suzanne N. Haber, Ph.D., (right) looks at anatomical samples with members of her lab.
Mriganka Sur, Ph.D., during keynote talk.
Del Monte Institute & UR-IDDRC Symposium: Developmental emergence of neural circuit architecture and function The annual Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience symposium was co-hosted by the University of Rochester Intellectual Developmental Disability Research Center (URIDDRC) in June at the Memorial Art Gallery. Researchers from around the world gave insight into the work underway in their labs. Two highlights of the event were the talks given by the event’s keynote speakers – Beatriz Luna, Ph.D., from University of Pittsburgh and Mriganka Sur, Ph.D., from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Beatriz Luna, Ph.D., [second from right] stands with students who recently completed the NEUROEAST program.
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