The National Institutes of Health has awarded a research grant to Central Michigan University doctoral student, Emmanuel Crespo. The NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience (D-SPAN) Award supports a defined pathway across career stages (F99/K00 award) for outstanding graduate students from diverse background. 

Crespo’s research takes place in the College of Medicine’s Bioluminescent Optogenetics Lab. The lab’s principal investigator is Ute Hochgeschwender, M.D., CMU professor of neuroscience.

Emmanuel Crespo is the first graduate student at Central Michigan University to receive the NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience Award.

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