This award, established in 2000, recognizes Ryan Institute co-director and Herrmann Professor of Neuroscience in the College of Pharmacy Dr. William Van Nostrand’s leadership, scholarship, and commitment to advancing neuroscience research. Read more about Dr. Van Nostrand here.

Jaime Ross will help in nationwide effort to research, measure and remove microplastics contaminating the human body.

Professor Jaime Ross finds sex-dependent cognitive decline similar to that found in humans.

Three Ryan Institute faculty are co-authors on breakthrough studies at Northwestern University and Harvard Medical School.

Tom and Cathy Ryan give $24 million to support Ryan Institute research, as part of historic $35 million gift to URI.