Rutgers Brain Health Institute Research & Service Awards

Honoring Excellence in Neuroscience Research and Service

We hosted the 2024 BHI Research and Service Awards Ceremony on December 10 at the Zimmerli Art Museum in New Brunswick, honoring the exceptional contributions of BHI faculty to neuroscience research and service.

The awards recognized outstanding achievements across four categories, recognizing faculty who have significantly impacted brain health research and service. Each awardee received a commemorative plaque and a monetary award.

Award recipients included:

  • Early Career Faculty “Rising Star” Research Excellence Award: Anna Konova, assistant professor of psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) and co-director of the Rutgers-Princeton Center for Computational Cognitive Neuro-Psychiatry.
  • Mid-Career Faculty “Shining Star” Research Excellence Award: Victoria Abraira, assistant professor of cell biology and neuroscience in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers–New Brunswick.
  • Senior Faculty “Super Star” Research Excellence Awards: Dipak Sarkar and Laszlo Zaborszky, Distinguished Professors from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers–New Brunswick and the School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers–Newark, respectively.
  • BHI “Outstanding Service” Award: Chiara Manzini, associate professor of neuroscience and cell biology in RWJMS.

The 2024 awards coincided with Rutgers Brain Health Institute’s 10th anniversary, marking a decade of groundbreaking achievements in neuroscience. Since its founding, BHI has become Rutgers University’s central hub for neuroscience research, encompassing over 300 laboratories and 900 trainees.

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