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News

2024

Dr. Erin Bondy was awarded a Foundation of Hope grant for her study, “Examining the effect of estradiol on mood symptoms during perimenopause through immune gene expression.” Congratulations, Erin!!!

Paul Cernasov has matched at the UCLA Semel Institute. Congratulations, Paul!

2023

Paul Cernasov defended his dissertation. Congratulations, Paul!

Melissa Walsh has an abstract accepted at ACNP. Congratulations, Melissa!

Megan Hynd has posters accepted at Marce of North America and the North American Menopause Society. Congratulations, Megan!

Rachel Phillips has a poster accepted for the 2023 PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society (PNIRS) meeting. Congratulations, Rachel!

Rachel Phillips has received a Dashiell Student Travel Award from the UNC clinical psychology program. Congratulations, Rachel!

Dr. Melissa Walsh was awarded a Foundation of Hope grant for her study, “Do APOE4+ women stand to benefit from menopausal hormone therapy? Piloting an experimental therapeutics approach to accelerate progress in dementia prevention research.” Congratulations, Melissa!!!

Megan Hynd has a poster accepted at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biological Psychiatry. Congratulations, Megan!

2022

Rachel Phillips receives an F31 award: “Neuroinflammation as a Mechanism Linking Early Life Stress, Altered Functional Connectivity, and Anhedonia in Major Depression.” Congratulations, Rachel!

Gabriel Dichter, Crystal Schiller, and David Lalush are awarded an R01 to study the effects of estradiol on perimenopausal-onset anhedonia and psychosis using PET-MR.

2021
Rachel Phillips has a poster accepted for the 2021 ACNP Annual Meeting. Congratulations, Rachel!

Dr. Jessica Kinard has a poster accepted at the 2021 ASHA Convention. Congratulations, Jessica!

Story about Gabriel Dichter’s involvement in SPARK

Kate Gibson has a poster accepted at SOBP. Congratulations, Kate!

Rachel Phillips has a poster accepted at SOBP. Congratulations, Rachel!

The CAN lab publishes the first PET-MR study of striatal dopamine binding in autism

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