Saud Alhusaini (M.D. Ph.D.) is an assistant professor in the Department of neurology within the Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown University and a movement disorders specialist practicing at Rhode Island Hospital.

This summer, eight undergraduates from across the country journeyed to Brown to study computational brain science and explore what possibilities each of their futures hold.

Ted Huey is the director of the Memory and Aging Program at Butler Hospital, an affiliate of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. Carney interviewed him about a new “U01” grant that will help enhance Brown’s ability to work directly with National Institute on Aging on the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

This summer, Carney Institute Director Diane Lipscombe was awarded the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Landis Award for showing "dedication to superior mentorship and training in neuroscience research."

On Thursday, September 21, Brown alumnus and award-winning journalist David Shenk (‘88) adjusted his mic at the lectern in Butler Hospital’s Ray Hall.

Long fascinated with the underlying molecular mechanisms of the brain, Zheng was drawn to neurodegenerative research due to the impact his work could have on such devastating diseases.

Diane Hoffman-Kim’s lab publishes on stroke therapy screening, showing that their “mini-brains” can serve important purposes in disease research.

Kevin Connolly is a Ph.D. candidate in the molecular biology, cell biology, and biochemistry program. He recently exhibited “Gray Matters” at the Graduate Student Council’s Art’s “STEAM” Room, an art gallery showcasing STEM-related art pieces.

Sophie Brown, Alana Jaskir, James Kentro, Bahati Nkera and Jae-Young Son were recognized for their extraordinary achievements in a diversity of brain science disciplines.

Barnea has been “obsessed” with creating such a tool for trans-synaptic tracing and manipulation of neurons within a circuit ever since he was a postdoctoral fellow. Developing trans-Tango took him and his team two decades. After getting that far, he thought re-working the principles of the trans-Tango tool to do the opposite direction would be easy. It wasn’t.

When the late Brown University researcher Catherine Kerr had cancer, she benefited from an ancient Chinese practice known as qigong and began looking into its impact on others.

A multidisciplinary team of Carney-affiliated researchers have published research that has meaningful implications for patients suffering from Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) and identifies new biomarkers in the neurodegenerative disease landscape.

Congratulations to the class of 2023 from the Carney Institute for Brain Science. The future is in good hands.

Robyn St. Laurent is postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. She earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from Brown in 2019.

The promotion of professors Arturo Andrade, Edward Walsh, and Michael Worden takes effect July 1, 2023.

The Carney Executive Committee evaluated a pool of junior faculty members who were nominated this winter for their mentorship of undergraduate, graduate, or postdoctoral scientists, as well as medical students or residents.

Chloe Zimmerman is an M.D./Ph.D. Candidate in Neuroscience working in Stephanie Jones and Frederike Petzschner’s labs.