March 2023 Newsletter released
March 1, 2023 | Learn about Disability Advocacy Day, SCAND trainee abstract winners Manasi Agrawal (USC), Deepa Tilwani (USC), and Dr. Teresa Zhao (MUSC), faculty spotlight Dr. Kristy Welshhans, and more!
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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Kristy Welshhans, PhD, Biological Sciences | CAN Executive Committee Member
Dr. Welshhans’ research focuses on molecular mechanisms in the brain that regulate the formation of nervous system connectivity during development. Using both mouse and human cellular models, her lab aims to identify how changes in these mechanisms may contribute to Down syndrome and the intellectual disability phenotype.
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February 2023 Newsletter released
February 1, 2023 | Read about the SCAND Research Symposium, faculty spotlight Dr. Ana Pocivavsek, CAN Valentines, member shout-outs, the CAN research registry, and more!
January 2023 Newsletter released
January 1, 2023 | Read about this Spring's CAN events, a research spotlight on faculty member Dr. Sarah Edmunds, opportunities to get involved in CAN, and more!
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