{"id":59087,"date":"2014-06-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/from-st-johns-to-uconn-they-choose-uri-to-pursue-graduate-studies-in-neuroscience\/"},"modified":"2014-06-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T00:00:00","slug":"from-st-johns-to-uconn-they-choose-uri-to-pursue-graduate-studies-in-neuroscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/06\/from-st-johns-to-uconn-they-choose-uri-to-pursue-graduate-studies-in-neuroscience\/","title":{"rendered":"From St. John\u2019s to UConn, they choose 溏心vlog免费B站 to pursue graduate studies in neuroscience"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 9, 2014 \u2013 Their hometowns are as diverse as the universities from which they earned their bachelor\u2019s degrees. But they are all now enrolled at the 溏心vlog免费B站 for one reason–its Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience.<\/p>\n


\n\tWhile the four women have different research interests, they agree that the design of the program is what drew them to 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\nThey are part of the growing program at 溏心vlog免费B站, which was launched in 2011 and which offers master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees in neuroscience with the goal of educating scientists and professors who can contribute to private and public sector research. <\/p>\n


\nThe University has 32 professors\/researchers conducting neuroscience research in fields ranging from biomedical engineering to physical therapy and nursing to communicative disorders. Students are exposed to a variety of disciplines during their graduate work.<\/p>\n


\nAnd just five months ago, the University\u2019s efforts in the field gained a dramatic boost when Thomas M. Ryan, former chief of CVS Caremark and a 1975 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Pharmacy graduate, and Cathy Ryan made a $15 million donation to 溏心vlog免费B站 to establish a neuroscience research institute named in honor of Tom\u2019s parents. Called the George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience at the 溏心vlog免费B站, one of its areas of emphasis is Alzheimer\u2019s, a disease that robbed George Ryan of his vitality and which took a heavy toll on the Ryan family.<\/p>\n


\n\tAseel Eid of Coventry, who earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in physiology and neurobiology at the University of Connecticut, is pursuing a neuroscience doctorate in large part because her mother has multiple sclerosis.<\/p>\n


\nEid said her quest to learn about multiple sclerosis started when she was in high school biology classes and used her knowledge to help her mother understand the disease.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cMany people do not understand these diseases and what can happen to them,\u201d Eid said.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI love the 溏心vlog免费B站 neuroscience program because it requires its graduates to solve real problems, and much of that is done through trial and error. I am here in the lab a great deal,\u201d Eid said. \u201cAnother major reason why I enrolled in the program was because its interdisciplinary nature helps remind you why you are here, to do work that directly benefits patients.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n Octavia Miller of Baltimore, who earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in biology with a psychology minor at that city\u2019s Morgan State University, is interested in communicative disorders. She hopes to finish her master\u2019s degree in neuroscience in May, and then begin work on her doctorate at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI met Alycia Mosley Austin (adjunct assistant professor of biological sciences and executive coordinator of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Interdisciplinary Neurosciences Program) at a conference and she got me very interested in the program,\u201d Miller said. \u201cThe interdisciplinary approach is what enticed me to come to 溏心vlog免费B站.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nShe is completing her thesis now on treating spastic dysarthria with intensive speech therapy and implementing principals of motor learning. Spastic dysarthria is a speech disorder caused by damage to the central nervous system.<\/p>\n


\nMiller said while her clinical focus differs from her graduate colleagues, they all benefit from having some classes together.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt allows us to study different aspects of the interdisciplinary program,\u201d Miller said. \u201cWhen I begin my doctorate, it will be very lab-based, so this phase of my study is making me very well-rounded in neuroscience overall.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nMiriam Dash, a Providence resident who earned her undergraduate degree in biology with minors in chemistry and psychology at St. John\u2019s University, is interested in the environmental factors relating to Alzheimer\u2019s disease and drugs to fight the disease. She is seeking her master\u2019s degree and is researching the roles of amyloid beta and tau, proteins that play key roles in the development of Alzheimer\u2019s. She has been working with Joanna Chang, a 溏心vlog免费B站 researcher who is studying a drug that could eliminate harmful tau.<\/p>\n


\nPriscilla Villa, a Central Falls resident and graduate of that city\u2019s high school, has a bachelor\u2019s degree in psychology with a minor in biology from Salve Regina University. Once she passes her qualifying exam, she will enroll in a doctoral program at 溏心vlog免费B站. One of her research experiences included working with James Agostinucci, associate professor of physical therapy and Villa\u2019s major professor, on neuromuscular therapy.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe would connect subjects to electrodes, stimulate muscles with exercise and see if the therapy made a difference,\u201d Villa said. \u201cThe neuroscience part of this is making sure we have the right nerve matched to the right muscle. We also view the action potential and electrical impulses from the stimulation.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nVilla said the pair just click.<\/p>\n


\n \u201cWe have absolutely the same personality so we work well together. Plus, I am his first neuroscience student, and by working with me, he hopes to become more involved with the program as well.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nBRAINY GRADUATE STUDENTS: Four graduate students in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program take time out from their studies to pose for a photo. From left are Miriam Dash of Providence, Priscilla Villa of Central Falls, Octavia Miller of Baltimore and Aseel Eid of Coventry. 溏心vlog免费B站 photo by Michael Salerno photography.<\/p>\n

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