The Brain Imaging Research Center disseminates scientific knowledge to the general public, including a high school class, which toured the facility last week.
Charles Davis, a graduate student in psychology, shows an axial image of the brain to the group of local high school students. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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Roeland Hancock, associate director at the Brain Imaging Research Center, talks to E.O. Smith students about the research they pursue. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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MRI scan of the human brain at the Brain Imaging Research Center. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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Elisa Medeiros, an MRI technologist, talks to high school students from E.O. Smith about how a MRI works. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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At right, Beth Daitch, an E.O. Smith teacher, talks to William Delaney in a MRI simulation room. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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William Delaney, a student at E.O. Smith High School, sits in a diffusion weighted imaging machine. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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Monica Li, a graduate student in psychology, talks to a group of E.O. Smith students at the Brain Imaging Research Center at UConn. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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A scan showing white matter in the human brain. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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Charles Davis, a graduate student in psychology, shows an axial image of the brain to the high school students. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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Electroencephalograpy cap at the Brain Imaging Research Center. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
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E.O. Smith High School student, Sophia Kaitis, asks a question while Guadalupe Juarez Hernandez listens. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
When it opened in 2015, the University of Connecticut Brain Imaging Research Center (BIRC) became a hub for multi-disciplinary research, including both basic science and translational research with implications for the classroom, clinic, and quality of life.
The center facilitates scientific discovery and theoretical innovation in cognitive neuroscience and other fields by providing access to state-of-the-art equipment and methods and technical and scientific training.
Additionally, the BIRC provides educational and research opportunities for UConn’s graduate and undergraduate students and disseminates scientific knowledge to the general public, including a class from the E.O. Smith High School, which toured the facility this month.
