NIH F31 is awarded Hyun Kyoung Lee Lab's Juan Cerda III

Congratulations to Juan Cerda III, a trainee in Hyun Kyoung Lee's lab at the Duncan NRI who was recently awarded an NIH F31 grant on his first submission!

More about Juan's project:

Vascular dementia (VaD) is a brutal, progressive neurological disease that affects the brain vasculature, leading to cognitive impairment. VaD is the second most common subtype of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease and has been associated with disruptions in the neurovascular unit, a dynamic environment of interacting brain cells. My research aims to understand the function of an astrocytic ion-transporter, Slc4a4, in regulating neurovascular unit integrity and how it contributes to vascular dementia-associated cognitive deficits and disease progression.