With Distinction Meet some of Upstate's outstanding students and faculty MENU Upstate professor will apply cardiac tools to epilepsy research By Darryl Geddes David Auerbach, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, has been honored with a two-year CURE Epilepsy award, which seeks to push the envelope and accelerate promising research leading to disease-modifying breakthroughs for people living with epilepsy. People with epilepsy are at a high risk of sudden death unexpected death (SUDEP). Current SUDEP risk factors are not linked to the proposed biological causes for SUDEP. There is a higher prevalence of cardiac electrical abnormalities in people with epilepsy, and arrhythmias or irregular heart rhythms are reported to precede cases of SUDEP. David Auerbach, PhD Auerbach’s team will use analytical tools that are well accepted in the cardiac field, but new to the epilepsy and SUDEP field, to identify epilepsy patient populations at risk of cardiac arrhythmias. Additionally, his team will test whether these tools identify people with epilepsy who later died of SUDEP. The team’s long-term goal is to develop a comprehensive SUDEP risk assessment tool based on markers for each of the proposed biological causes of SUDEP, including cardiac arrhythmias. “Congratulations to these incredible researchers,” said Kelly Cervantes, chair of CURE Epilepsy’s Board of Directors. “These grants are so important to those living with epilepsy and their families and caregivers. As a long-time CURE Epilepsy board member, and the mother of a child who was lost due to epilepsy, these researchers fill me with hope for a future where children and adults live without seizures or the side effects of medication,” she continued. Over the past 20+ years, CURE Epilepsy’s unrelenting focus on accelerating science to find a cure is what will make the difference for the 3.4 million Americans and 65 million people worldwide living with epilepsy. CURE Epilepsy has funded more than 270 cutting-edge research projects in 17 countries around the world. The announcement of Auerbach’s honor coincides with November serving as Epilepsy Awareness Month. Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder and affects people of all ages. Epilepsy causes unpredictable seizures and other health problems. One in 26 people in the United States will develop epilepsy during their lifetime, and more than 1 in a 1000 people with epilepsy will die suddenly (SUDEP) each year. SUDEP is the most common disease-related cause of death with epilepsy. Author Charles Mcchesney Posted on November 26, 2021 Categories biomedical sciences, College of Medicine, Research, Uncategorized, Upstate Tags David Auerbach, epilepsy, pharmacology, SUDEP Ibrahim earns Exceptional Moments in Teaching honor Ahmed Ibrahim, MD, is a third-year resident in Neurology at Upstate Medical University. He is the November 2021 recipient of the Exceptional Moments in Teaching recognition. The College of Medicine recognizes exceptional teachers with the monthly “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program. Honorees are selected via student assessments from courses and clerkships. Ahmed Ibrahim, MD Recognized teachers — including medical faculty, residents, nurses and other educators — are those who challenge students and provide an exceptional learning experience. Comments from Dr. Ibrahim’s students: • Dr. Ibrahim was passionate about teaching. He always found time to teach the students about imaging, neurologic pathology, as well as the social nuances of the field. He created a learning environment in which students could thrive as well as learn from his enthusiasm for the field. He advocated for students and taught three students in our cohort how to perform a lumbar puncture! • Ahmed was one of the best residents I have worked with all year. He went out of his way to teach at every opportunity, despite his busy schedule. He made sure to involve the med students in procedures we otherwise would not have seen. He also walked us through the complex imaging results for each of our patients. I had an amazing experience and learned a lot during my neurology experience thanks to Ahmed! • Ahmed was a wonderful resident to work with. He was always extremely kind and helpful and made the medical students feel valued. He was always willing to teach, answer questions, and make students feel comfortable doing neuro-exams and interacting with patients. He was so kind and a great person to work with. Author Charles Mcchesney Posted on November 23, 2021 Categories College of Medicine, medical student, Neuroscience program, Residency, Uncategorized Tags Ahmed Ibrahim, Exceptional Moments in Teaching Upstate professor named ‘world expert’ in mental disorders By Emily Kulkus Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Research of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stephen Faraone, PhD, received the honor from ExpertScape, which places him in the top 0.1 percentage of scholars writing about mental disorders in the last decade. Stephen Faraone, PhD Faraone is the author of more than 1,000 journal articles, editorials, chapters and books. From 1990 to 1999, he was the eighth highest producer of High Impact Papers in Psychiatry as determined by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). In 2005, ISI named him as the second highest cited author for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. From 2014 to 2019 he was listed as a highly cited researcher by Thomson/Reuters/Claritive Analytics. In 2013, he was cited as being the third most-cited psychologist or psychiatrist in the world and the top-cited psychologist or psychiatrist scholar in the United States, according to Microsoft Academic Search, a free academic search engine. In 2019, his citation metrics placed him in the top 0.01 percent of scientists across all fields. Expertscape has previously cited him for being the top-rated expert in ADHD, worldwide. “Dr. Faraone is a superstar among our many distinguished and prominent research faculty,” said Vice President for Research David C. Amberg, PhD. “He publishes prolifically on the genetics of mental disorders, is one of the most heavily cited scientists in the world and has been continually very well-funded by government and private funding agencies. He is particularly known for his work elucidating genetic risk factors for attention deficit disorder and has received many accolades over his amazing career.” Faraone has made contributions to research in psychiatric genetics, psychopharmacology, diagnostic issues and methodology. He has been principal investigator on several National Institutes of Health funded grants that address ADHD in children and adults. His studies into ADHD have brought a greater understanding of the highly heritable nature of ADHD and have brought researchers closer to identifying specific genes that play a key role in increasing susceptibility of ADHD. In 2002, Faraone was inducted into the Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Hall of Fame and in 2003 he was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics. He is president of the World Federation for ADHD and a board member for the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders. Faraone was inducted into the CHADD Hall of Fame in 2002 in recognition of outstanding achievement in medicine and education research on attention disorders. In 2008, he received the SUNY Upstate President’s Award for Excellence and Leadership in Research. In 2010 he received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities from the State University of New York. In 2013, he was named a distinguished professor, a title conferred upon SUNY faculty having achieved national or international prominence and a distinguished reputation within the individual’s chosen field. In 2018 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics and in 2019 he received the Paul Hoch Award from the American Psychopathological Association. Author Charles Mcchesney Posted on October 29, 2021 Categories College of Graduate Studies, doctoral program, Research, Uncategorized Tags ADHD research, ExpertScape, HEADstrong Foundation, mental disorders, mental health, psychiatry, research, scholarship, Stephen Faraone, world expert Nanavati earns Exceptional Moments in Teaching honor Kaushal Nanavati, MD, is assistant professor of Family Medicine at Upstate Medical University. He is the October 2021 recipient of the Exceptional Moments in Teaching recognition. The College of Medicine recognizes exceptional teachers with the monthly “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program. Honorees are selected via student assessments from courses and clerkships. Kaushal Nanavati, MD Recognized teachers — including medical faculty, residents, nurses and other educators — are those who challenge students and provide an exceptional learning experience. Comments from Dr. Nanavati’s students: Dr. Nanavati has a unique approach in medicine that allows us to view and analyze patients in a compassionate and holistic way that isn’t limited by the “expectation” of an MD. By teaching us to think outside the box, Dr. Nanavati promotes learning in a way that reminds us to open our minds and consider the whole body before letting ourselves become blinded by “textbook” symptoms. No two patients will present the same way and his method of analysis challenges us to think in that way to allow us to avoid any potential biases. Dr. Nanavati was a beacon of light during my first semester. He shared pearls of wisdom that kept me motivated when I was doubtful about medical school and my capabilities as a medical school student. He cares so much about each and every one of us. He always seems to know when we are struggling and sends out the nicest of emails encouraging us to keep going. I love his ability to reflect upon his own relevant clinical experiences and demonstrate the clinical applications of each week’s topic/exercise. Great motivator and wealth of great advice. One of my new favorite quotes: “Don’t practice until you get it right, practice until you can’t get it wrong.” Truly a pleasure to learn from. Author Charles Mcchesney Posted on October 4, 2021 Categories College of Medicine, medical student, SUNY, Uncategorized, Upstate Tags Exceptional Moments in Teaching, Kaushal Nanavati Anderson earns Exceptional Moments in Teaching honor Leonard S. Anderson, MD, is assistant professor of Clinical Campus – Surgery at Upstate Medical University’s Binghamton Clinical Campus, and the September 2021 recipient of the Exceptional Moments in Teaching Recognition. The College of Medicine recognizes exceptional teachers with the monthly “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program. Honorees are selected via student assessments from courses and clerkships. Leonard Anderson, MD Recognized teachers — including medical faculty, residents, nurses and other educators — are those who challenge students and provide an exceptional learning experience. Comments from Dr. Anderson’s students: Dr. Anderson has been an incredible mentor to learn from and work with. Without question, my most memorable and enjoyable experience with a preceptor. The extensive time and effort spent teaching me clinical management points, in the OR, between cases, before/after rounds, was truly appreciated. He taught me skills (suturing, instrument handling, intraoperative device operation, drain pulling, dressing changes, etc.) that will not only serve as a foundation to build upon, but also ones that I will use throughout my training. His generosity of time was irreplaceable and he is a great role model. Not only is Dr. Anderson’s a great teacher, but he also clearly enjoys teaching and makes it a priority. He is very inclusive of students in all aspects of surgery and patient management. He always ensured that I saw as many cases as possible and facilitated introductions to other physicians. He asked pertinent questions throughout the rotation that were thought provoking and allowed me to gauge my own studying. He also spent a lot of time explaining and demonstrating how to interpret various imaging modalities. Thank you so much for the introduction to surgery! Author Charles Mcchesney Posted on September 16, 2021 Categories Binghamton Clinical Campus, College of Medicine, faculty, Uncategorized, Upstate Tags Leonard Anderson Upstate Respiratory Therapy alum and faculty stepped forward to help after 9/11 Greg Frani was a second-year student in the Respiratory Therapy program at Upstate Medical University’s College of Health Professions when terrorists attacked America on September 11, 2001. A volunteer firefighter, he wanted to do something to help. He soon got the opportunity. The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC), the national association for respiratory therapists, has a Disaster Medical Assistance Team, recalled Sheila Young, who was a member of the Respiratory Therapy faculty in the College of Health Professions at the time. A month after the attacks of 9/11 students and instructors from the College of Health Professions drove to New York City to spend 12-hour days testing first responders for potential lung problems related to the recovery effort at Ground Zero. From left, Instructor David Wolf, then-students Greg Frani and Brad Kropf, and Instructor Nancy Feocco. The AARC reached out to the respiratory therapy community and schools to ask for help, she said. “Due to the poor air quality, we knew that respiratory problems, like shortness of breath and cough, would be prevalent. We volunteered to assist in any way that we could.” Two teams traveled to New York. They worked in a makeshift space at the 13th Precinct House, about an hour’s walk from Ground Zero. For two days, they worked long hours providing pulmonary function testing for those working at the site of the World Trade Center. “It was mostly police officers, with an occasional firefighter,” remembered Kathleen Beney, associate professor and interim chair of the Department of Respiratory Therapy Education in the College of Health Professions. First responders would come in from working at Ground Zero, looking through the debris and wreckage for possessions and remains. The job for the Upstate teams was to conduct pulmonary function tests in order to assess breathing and establish a “baseline” for the lung function of the officers. The officers were asked to breathe forcefully into a spirometer that measured the volume and rate of speed of air that could be exhaled over several seconds. The ensure accuracy, the process would be repeated after a pause of several minutes to make sure that the results were reproducible. Kathleen Beney, MS, RT, RRT-NPS It was during those pauses that those who came to be tested often opened up about what they were experiencing and feeling. “We were some of the first people these police officers and others had a chance to talk with who weren’t colleagues or family,” Beney said. Emotions poured out, Young recalled. “People just needed to share.” They talked, they cried. Some dealt with the situation with humor. Others were silent. “When people have a story to tell you, it’s important to them. You need to make it important to you,” Young said. Experts in respiratory therapy, their job was to screen workers and send those whose lung function seemed significantly impaired for a more comprehensive follow-up with a team of pulmonologists. But they also found themselves screening for those having difficulty dealing with the situation. “If, in the course of our testing, they were struggling emotionally — having a difficult time — we would refer them to a different team” Beney said. A month after the attacks, the southern most part of Manhattan was still a landscape of rubble, twisted steel and air thick with smoke and dust. Firefighters, police and others were combing the debris of the World Trade Center. “No doubt they were breathing toxic chemicals,” Beney said. For most, the only protection was a paper mask. Many wore the same mask day after day, despite the fact that after a day of use they offer virtually no protection. Sheila Young, “One good thing is we were able to give them new masks,” Beney said. At the end of a shift, Beney and Young walked from the 13th Precinct toward Ground Zero. They were still a mile away when the air got too thick with dust for them to continue. Frani made a similar trip toward what workers were calling “The Pile.” He and a fellow respiratory therapy student stopped at fire houses along the way — New York has more than 250 fire stations. “FDNY is the pinnacle,” for firefighters, Frani explained, and New York firefighters have a reputation for being hospitable to visitors. The two stopped at Engine 55 in “Little Italy,” met with firefighters and discussed how they were screening the first responders with pulmonary function tests. The next thing they knew, they had been invited to have dinner with the crew. “This is a brotherhood — it’s real,” Frani said. The experience stayed with Frani. The good: “to help them with a skill set I was acquiring, well you carry that for the rest of your life.” And the bad: He had to end his walk to Ground Zero blocks from the site. “You see the smoke rising and that smell. That smell. It’s something you never forget.” Frani worked as a respiratory therapist, even taught briefly at Upstate after landing his dream job as a flight respiratory therapist/paramedic doing critical care air medical transport on a helicopter ambulance in Connecticut. He did that for 13 years. Today, he is the administrative director for the Department of Surgery at Hartford Hospital. He remains active as a volunteer, keeps up his respiratory therapy and paramedic certification and once, a few years back, Frani was activated by the NY-2 Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT), part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, to go to Guam to help during a declared disaster. For Beney, her experience “simply reinforced my career decisions. It reaffirmed I am in a place where I can contribute and help people.” Young is never very far from 9/11. Now working as the coordinator of the Pulmonary Function Laboratory at Upstate Community Hospital, she does testing on patients similar to what she did 20 years ago at that precinct house. Every once in a while, she said, someone comes in needing a test due to trouble breathing and she learns that they had worked at Ground Zero. “The evidence is pretty clear,” said Beney, “that there were significant long-term effects and that many of them suffer with compromised lung function.” Author Charles Mcchesney Posted on September 10, 2021 Categories College of Health Professions, Respiratory Therapy program, Uncategorized Tags Greg Frani, Kathleen Beney, Respiratory Therapy program, Sheila Young, Upstate alumni Upstate podcast, hosted by students, available on Apple With three episodes completed and a fourth coming soon, Upstate’s own podcast for students interested in healthcare careers has debuted on Apple Podcasts. Launched by co-hosts John Cote and Andrea Price, when they were first-year students in the Upstate Medical University College of Medicine, “Admission Granted” had been available at https://www.upstate.edu/podcasts/admission-granted/ since May. Co-hosts of the Admission Granted podcast are Andrea Price and John Cote. “The goal of this series is to provide episodes for students specifically geared toward some of the most important aspects of the process,” Price said on the first episode. The insights they offer apply to applicants to graduate school, not just medical school. Among the topics covered in the first three episodes are “Top Six Keys.” Cote explained these are “the six most important things to getting into medical school or getting into that graduate program in the medical field.” The six include GPA and MCAT, or another standardized test for graduate school, as well as research, volunteering and ­– what may be surprising to some—timing. Making sure the other keys are taken at the right time and right order is important, Cote said. The second podcast focuses on the MCAT, the Medical College Admission Test students take and nearly all medical colleges consider when selecting candidates for admissions. Completing the test will take nearly eight hours, Price explained. It’s important to not wait too long to schedule taking the test, the two hosts said. Both took the test twice, something they could do because they took the first test long before the deadline for applying to medical school. However, don’t take the test early if you haven’t prepared enough, Cote said. “Definitely wait until you are ready to take it.” Now in their second year of medical school at Upstate, Price and Cote plan to continue the podcast while they continue their studies. To ensure the podcast remains a resource for students, Price and Cote will train future hosts, ideally with a mix of students in a variety of Upstate’s numerous healthcare and health-science graduate programs. The podcast is overseen by the Office of Admissions. “Getting the podcast onto Apple is a big deal,” said Krystal Ripa, PhD, director of special programs in Student Admissions at Upstate. “This will give students across the state — students around the world, really — insights on applying so they won’t be intimidated and miss out on a rewarding career in health care or the health sciences.” Author Charles Mcchesney Posted on August 31, 2021 Categories biomedical sciences, College of Graduate Studies, College of Health Professions, College of Medicine, College of Nursing, medical student, Student Admissions, Uncategorized Tags Admission Granted, admissions, student podcasts Upstate researcher awarded funding to study frontotemporal dementia Upstate Medical University Professor Wei-Dong Yao, PhD, in his lab. By Darryl Geddes Wei-Dong Yao, a professor at Upstate Medical University, has been awarded $682,211 in federal funds to support research on a form of dementia. SUNY Upstate Medical University has a dedicated team of researchers working to advance treatments and cures for neurological disorders. The new funds SUNY Upstate received are available through the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, a division of the National Institute of Health (NIH), and will allow SUNY Upstate to continue important research on neurological disorders. The new funding for SUNY Upstate will specifically support research by Wei-Dong Yao, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and, Neuroscience and Physiology. Yao is researching frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the leading dementia most prevalent before age 65 and the most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease. Yao’s study represents the first attempt to investigate the role of a new disease gene in FTD pathogenesis. The proposed studies are fundamentally important and highly significant because they have the potential to uncover novel pathogenic mechanisms and treatment strategies for FTD and related neurodegenerative diseases. “I am grateful for the support of the NIH in funding this important study,” said Professor Yao. “I also want to thank U.S. Rep. John Katko for continuing to push for additional federal funding into treatments for neurological disorders. This additional funding is important to continue important research into diseases of today.” Yao is an Empire Scholar and joined Upstate from Harvard University in 2014 through the SUNY’s Empire Innovation Program. Author Charles Mcchesney Posted on August 13, 2021 Categories biomedical sciences, College of Graduate Studies, Neuroscience program, Research, Uncategorized, Upstate Tags dementia research, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Wei-Dong Yao SUNY Pre-Med Education Opportunity Program launches at Upstate Students from throughout the SUNY system took place in the first gathering of the Pre-Medical Opportunity Program at Upstate, an extension of SUNY’s longstanding EOP program. Twenty-three State University of New York students attended the first Pre-Medical Opportunity Program at Upstate Medical University, gaining insights about what it takes to become a doctor. The selective program is an extension of SUNY’s Education Opportunity Program, that dates back to 1967. While the event took place at Upstate, the program includes all SUNY medical universities — University at Buffalo, Downstate Health Sciences University, Stony Brook University, and Upstate Medical — to provide academic support, mentorship, clinical exposure, assistance with MCAT preparation, academic coaching, and workshops. The program started at Upstate Medical this week with lectures, laboratory sessions, and classes to prepare the scholars for medical school entrance exams and their final undergraduate credits. It will resume with four weeks of remote instruction in August, at which time each student will be matched with a mentor among the faculty at SUNY academic medical centers. Regina Kangela, after graduating from Onondaga Community College. To be considered for the program, candidates must be a SUNY EOP sophomore or junior on a pre-medical track, have a grade point average of 3.2 or higher, and have successfully completed two semesters of general chemistry and two semesters of biology. One community college student was invited to take part in this year’s program. She is Regina Kangela of Syracuse, who graduated from Onondaga Community College in June with a degree in Mathematics and Science. “So much information was given to us,” Kangela said. “First, I learned the path that I must follow to become a physician, and I did not know after residency there’s a fellowship program and how it depends on the specialty medical training. Secondly, I learned about the criteria and the kind of person the admissions department want to admit to their program and how costly the medical school can be if you don’t have resources.” Since its inception in 1967, the SUNY EOP has provided access, academic support, and supplemental financial assistance to students from disadvantaged backgrounds, many of whom are the first in their families to attend college. In its 53-year history, the EOP has served more than 77,000 students. In the current academic year, SUNY had more than 10,000 EOP students on 49 SUNY campuses. After meeting with this year’s Pre-Medical Opportunity Program students, SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras announced that SUNY will double its investment in the special program. “We know that the pandemic has caused us to get more highly-trained medical professionals into the workforce, and at the same time, we have a responsibility to lift up every qualified student — that is the foundation of our new Pre-Medical Opportunity Program,” said Malatras. “Today, I met with 23 brilliant and resilient students — all with the drive and passion to pursue this noble field — and by doubling our investment, 50 more students will be able to join the program next spring. No talented student interested in medicine should be left behind. It’s our obligation to provide every student the keys to the door of opportunity. We will continue to grow this program in the coming years so that more New Yorkers like them are afforded the same support.” Author Charles Mcchesney Posted on July 23, 2021 Categories College of Medicine, community outreach, medical student, scholarship, Student Admissions, Uncategorized, Upstate Tags diversity, eop, Medical Education for Diverse Students, Pre-Medical Opportunity Program, Regina Kangela Upstate researcher awarded NIMH grant for brain research Jonathan Hess, PhD, left, and Stephen Glatt, PhD, have collaborated on the BrainGENIE. By Emily Kulkus An Upstate Medical University researcher has been awarded a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for a novel approach to studying how biological changes in the brain contribute to psychiatric disease. Jonathan Hess, PhD., has spent three years developing BrainGENIE, which stands for Brain Gene Expression and Network Imputation Engine. Hess applied for the NIMH grant last fall and learned he was awarded the $445,500 NIMH R-series funding this week. The method uses existing data on gene markers from brain tissue samples from deceased donors and compares it to new data on those same gene markers in blood samples from patients living with psychiatric disorders. Those illnesses could include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder as well as autism spectrum disorders and Alzheimer’s disease. BrainGENIE is new and could be influential in the field of psychiatric genomics because studying living brain tissue in human subjects is notoriously difficult. Brain tissue samples can help scientists understand psychiatric disorders. But studying those samples must usually occur after death because a brain biopsy in a living person is complicated and impractical. Studying tissue samples from a cadaver also has limitations since the person has likely taken many medications over the years to treat that mental illness. That and age can change the brain’s biological makeup over time. Conversely, blood does not usually yield enough data about what’s happening in the brain to make psychiatric disorder diagnoses. BrainGENIE, however, combines the two by creating a link or correlation between tissue sample data from deceased patients and blood data from new patients. BrainGENIE “leverages biological comparability between blood and brain gene expression to predict transcriptome profiles for brain tissue based on blood gene-expression profiles. BrainGENIE is fundamentally different from other transcriptome-imputation methods, and captures a much larger proportion of the variance in—and larger fraction of—the brain transcriptome,” according to a summary of the method. “With the use of BrainGENIE and the use of blood data in people who are alive we may be able to capture some useful biomarkers of their illness state and then make better predictions in people who are not yet diagnosed but are showing signs of illness,” Hess said. “This touches on an important issue in psychiatry – screening for and diagnosing mental illness early, before the symptoms become harder to treat.” “If we could have a simple, blood-based test of mental illness relying on BrainGENIE to make reliable predictions of the state of their brain, then maybe we can have more insights into what illness they may have or how best to treat it.” Hess grew up in Cicero and earned his bachelor’s degree at Le Moyne College before pursuing his master’s and doctorate degrees from Upstate. He earned his PhD in 2017 and is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He works closely with Stephen V. Faraone, PhD, distinguished professor and vice chair of research in Upstate’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Stephen J. Glatt, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. Glatt has served as Hess’ mentor for several years and said his former student and colleague is adept at turning an idea into practical science. The NIMH grant, he said, is proof that his work is important and could have profound implications for the field. “Jon is a phenom. He’s the type of person who is very self-determined. Jon will see a problem and bring me five ways to solve it,” Glatt said. Beyond BrainGENIE, Glatt said Hess also developed a novel approach to study resilience, which was heavily responsible for a grant they received from the National Institute on Aging focusing on resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease. Hess also received a Young Investigator Award from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation to study resilience to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder. Caption: Jonathan Hess, PhD, left, and Stephen Glatt, PhD, have collaborated on the BrainGENIE. 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