Helen & Robert Appel Alzheimer’s Disease Research Institute

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Dr. Manu Sharma: Winner of the 2020 Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award in Neuroscience!

Dr. Manu Sharma is the winner of the 2020 Feil Family BMRI Mentor of the Year Award in Neuroscience. The award is based on nominations from the student community, followed by recommendation of a...

Dr. Anna Orr: Winner of the 2021 Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award in Neuroscience!

Anna Orr received the 2021 Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award in Neuroscience from the Weill Cornell Graduate School. The award recognizes a faculty member who has been exemplary in showing...

Congratulations! Leon Levy Fellowship in Neuroscience awarded to Virginia Gao

Dr. Virginia Gao from the Burré lab received the Leon Levy Fellowship in Neuroscience. Her proposal, “Mechanisms of α-synuclein mediated pathology in the central and enteric nervous system in...