Director, Office of Communications

Jessica McBride, PhD

Dr. Jessica McBride is the Director of the Office of Communications at UConn's College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources. She is responsible for developing and implementing communications and marketing strategies to highlight the College's unique research strengths, outstanding academic offerings, and extensive community impact. An alum, Jessica earned her Ph.D. from UConn in 2017.


Author Archive

A parent using sign language with a young child. (iStock Photo)

Speaking the Same Language for Deaf Children of Hearing Parents

A new UConn research project will track the acquisition of signed and spoken language by young deaf children whose parents are hearing to help bridge development gaps.

Dr. Zhe Zhu standing outside in front of a tree during autumn

Meet the Researcher: Zhe Zhu, Natural Resources and the Environment

UConn Professor Zhe Zhu is an expert on what we can learn about what's happening on earth from images produced by satellites in outer space.

Dr. Christine Beck in her lab

How Do Repeats Influence Genome Biology?

Christine Beck, a researcher at UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, will receive approximately $2M from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to reveal the impact of repeat-mediated genetic events.

Apathy and Reward in Alzheimer’s Disease

A team of researchers from UConn's School of Medicine received a $451,000, two-year award from the National Institute of Mental Health to study apathy, the most common neuropsychiatric symptom in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

Hydrogen fuel cell, close up.

Collaboration to Commercialize Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers

Hydrogen fuel cells and electrolyzers could be the key to creating sustainable energy in the future, but there are still challenges to utilizing the technology. Researchers from UConn and the Colorado School of Mines are teaming up to accelerate the development of sustainable and zero-emission energy generation using these technologies.

Radenka Maric, vice president for research, studies membrane samples with two grad students in white lab coats.

UConn Researcher Radenka Maric Named AAAS Fellow

Vice President for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Radenka Maric has been named a 2019 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Dr. Riqiang Yan speaks with a student in front of a computer model of a human brain about his work researching Alzheimer's disease.

Meet the Researcher: Riqiang Yan, Neuroscience

Riqiang Yan initially started out researching in a different medical specialty altogether, but after turning his attention to Alzheimer's disease has become one of the world's preeminent experts on the illness.

Mother and baby sheep in a field

Maternal Nutrition Across Generations of Livestock

UConn researchers will try to identify mechanisms that alter growth and efficiency across multiple generations of livestock, thanks to a new grant from the USDA.

Turning on Silenced Genes in Prader-Willi Research

A UConn Health research team has received nearly $3 million from the NIH to investigate the molecular underpinnings of Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare neurogenetic disorder.

A picture of Samantha Siedlecki on the water at Long Island Sound.

Meet the Researcher: Samantha Siedlecki, Marine Sciences

Samantha Siedlecki spearheads research on coastal environments, and is currently developing a regional model of ocean acidification for the East Coast.