Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science

Yu-Wen Alvin Huang and Ryan O'Rourke's Acre Therapeutics is a winner of the the 2025 NIA Start-Up Challenge, and was awarded $65,000 by the National Institute on Aging.

Alvin Huang was named 2025 NIA Start-Up Challenge Finalist for his Acre Therapeutics.

Yu-Wen Alvin Huang is the GLF Translational Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, joining the faculty of Brown Biology and Medicine in July, 2019.