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
The Heart of the Matter: Genome Editing for Cardiovascular Diseases
Joint researcher from UConn Health and JAX, J. Travis Hinson's $3M grant is a pivotal step toward realizing the promise of genome editing and human precision medicine of cardiovascular and other disorders.
November 13, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Deeper Than Our Bones, Targeting the Genes Responsible for Skeletal Conditions
UConn Health researcher Dr. Ernesto Canalis has received a grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to investigate whether he can silence mutant genes responsible for serious skeletal diseases.
November 11, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Getting to the Root of Chronic Visceral Pain
UConn biomedical engineers have won a $2M NIH grant to better understand the causes of chronic visceral pain in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
November 4, 2019 | Samantha Korittke '21 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Educating Educators to Help Children with High-Intensity Special Needs
UConn researchers have received a $6.5M grant from the US Department of Education to develop a program to help young children with high intensity needs due to intellectual and developmental disabilities.
October 30, 2019 | Samantha Korittke '21 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
UConn Partners in Massive Arctic Data Project to Offer Insight into Changing Permafrost Conditions
The Permafrost Discovery Gateway signals the first time that a massive Arctic data set will be available and discoverable for researchers, educators, and the general public to access.
October 24, 2019 | Combined Reports, Office of the Vice President for Research
Meet the Researcher: Alix Deymier, Dental Medicine & Engineering
UConn's Alix Deymier has taken an unorthodox route to being a bone researcher, but has always been guided by insatiable curiosity.
October 23, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Journey to the Center of the Chromosome
UConn researchers have received a $2.6M NIH MIRA award to study the role of one of the most important and elusive elements of cell division: the centromere.
October 22, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Targeting Alcohol Abuse with Emotion Regulation Strategies
An interdisciplinary group of UConn researchers will test individualized interventions using emotion regulation strategies to reduce alcohol abuse in college students.
October 16, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Meet the Researcher: Isabella Ferrante ’19, History
A UConn student turned her childhood love of history into a research project that took her from Stamford to the British National Archives to study World War I.
October 15, 2019 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Studying the Ethics of Ancient DNA
An international research team seeks to integrate diverse voices, experiences and expertise into the scientific practices of ancient DNA research and foster better collaboration with Indigenous communities.
October 11, 2019 | Jessica McBride, PhD