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September 6, 2016
Kathleen Mulvaney Successfully Defends Thesis
CONGRATULATIONS to Kathleen Mulvaney on successfully defending her thesis on Friday, September 2nd! Way to Go Dr. Mulvaney!!
September 6, 2016
CONGRATULATIONS to Kathleen Mulvaney on successfully defending her thesis on Friday, September 2nd! Way to Go Dr. Mulvaney!!
September 6, 2016
Gene therapy success stories are not only a hope but now becoming a reality. We won’t let Pitt Hopkins fall behind in this exciting and promising research. In August of 2016 the Pitt Hopkins Research Foundation awarded its first gene therapy grant, to Dr. Steve Gray at UNC and one of our pioneer heroes and researchers Dr. Ben Philpot. Here’s to Pitt Hopkins heroes old and new… And to the promise of gene therapy!
August 15, 2016
Dan Kechele successfully defended his thesis in a private defense on June 29th and in his public defense on August 12th. Congratulations Dr. Kechele!
June 20, 2016
Leigh Ann Samsa sucessfully defended her thesis in a private defense on June 14th and a public defense on June 17th. CONGRATULATIONS Dr. Samsa!!
June 3, 2016
Congratulations to Dr. O'Brien on her retirement!! We THANK YOU for your many years of service with the department and happy to announce that you will remain an Adjunct Professor!
June 3, 2016
Congratulations to Dr. Goy on his retirement. We THANK YOU for your many years of service with our department and wish you much happiness in the future!!
June 3, 2016
Lin Xiao successfully defended her thesis in a private defense on April 4th and presented her public defense on April 22nd. CONGRATULATIONS Dr. Xiao!!
April 20, 2016
Graduate Students, Hailey Brighton (Jim Bear Lab) and Erica Cloer (Ben Major Lab) have received Dissertation Completion Fellowships! The Dissertation Completion Fellowship supports doctoral students in the final year of their dissertation and enables a student to focus full time on research and writing.
April 15, 2016
Jim Dunleavey successfully defended his thesis during his private defense on March 24th and presented his public defense on April 15th. CONGRATULATIONS Dr. Dunleavey!!
March 27, 2016
The results suggest further lines of research related to the effects of neurodevelopmentally critical genes on other kinds of neurons.