Brain Health Research Institute

Engineers from Leica install the new NLO microscope in the Integrated Sciences Building on the Kent Campus in June 2023.

Laser-Focused: New Microscope to Benefit Kent State Researchers

Kent State University researchers are beginning to use a new high-tech microscope that will allow them to view the structure of cell tissue on a more intense level. 

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Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

Engineers from Leica install the new NLO microscope in the Integrated Sciences Building on the Kent Campus in June 2023.

Laser-Focused: New Microscope to Benefit Kent State Researchers

Kent State University researchers are beginning to use a new high-tech microscope that will allow them to view the structure of cell tissue on a more intense level. 

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Kent State Today

Cameron Camp, Ph.D., was a featured speaker at the Brain Health Research Institute's Seminar Series

Brain Health Speaker Calls for Revolution in Treatment of Dementia Patients

A Cleveland-area researcher is calling for a rehabilitative approach, rather than a traditional medical approach, for the treatment of those with dementia. 

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Brain Health Research Institute

Excellence in Undergraduate and Graduate Research Mentorship Awards

From Kent State University's Division of Research & Economic DevelopmentKent State University is pleased to announce the two winners of both the Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship Award and Excellence in Graduate Research Mentorship Award. As part of the nominati…

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Office of Student Research

Kent State graduate student Thywill Ettey, a third-year doctoral student in the School of Biomedical Sciences, conducts laboratory research.

All-Star Lineup of Neuroscience Alumni to Speak at Symposium


Kent State University’s Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) will be welcoming a bevy of accomplished alumni back to the Kent Campus when it hosts the 10th Annual Neuroscience Symposium on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 27 and 28. 

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Kent State Today

Benjamin Campbell, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, speaks at Kent State as part of its ongoing Brain Health Research Institute's Seminar Series.

Kent State’s Brain Health Research Institute Hosts University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Anthropology Professor

Ben Campbell spoke on the topic of how the production of the DHEA/DHEAS and GLUD2 hormones plays a role in brain development in humans and other species, a process known as “adrenarche.” 

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BHRI helps sponsor major international neuroendocrine conference

 Kent State University’s Brain Health Research Institute recently helped sponsor and participated in the 4th World Conference on Kisspeptin, “Kisspeptin 2022”, which was held on August 5–6, 2022, in Glasgow, Scotland.Kisspeptin 2022 featured presentations of cutting-edge research from leading s…

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Brain Health Research Institute

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Min-Ho Kim, Ph. D. and Woo-Yang Kim, Ph. D. Awarded for Research in Alzheimer’s Disease Treatments

Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of Biological Sciences, and Woo-Yang Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of Biological Sciences, have been awarded an NIH grant, a $1,876,627 five-year grant from the NIH’s National Institute on Aging, for their research in “Magnetothermal brain stimulation towards…

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Division of Research & Economic Development

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Evaluating the Impact of Chat Messaging in Synchronous Learning on Information Retention

Taylor Miller (she/her), undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences, is supervised by Associate Professor Christopher Was, Ph.D. (he/him), associate professor in the department of psychological sciences, to complete her honors thesis. Together, they explore the relationship between mind-wande…

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Division of Research & Economic Development