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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
$3.8 Million Grant to Study Interpersonal Violence Exposure and Young Children
With the $3.8 million grant from NIMH, the UConn Health research team will look at several measures of threat reactivity to explain the diversity in outcomes observed in young children exposed to interpersonal violence.
November 5, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Addressing Accelerated Genetic Aging in African Americans
With a $3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, UConn researchers will study several factors that potentially accelerate aging in the African American population to pave the way for future programs that could help improve health outcomes.
November 1, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Adding to the Arsenal against Tinnitus
UConn Health professor of neuroscience, Douglas Oliver, has received a $3.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop an improved detection method for one of the most prevalent health problems for veterans, tinnitus.
October 29, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Using Tiny Worms to Reveal Big Truths
With this $2 million grant from the NIH, UConn Health researchers aim to help the scientific community better understand how various neurons may interact through chemical synapses and gap junctions to direct bodily movement.
October 24, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
The Role of Genomic Duplications, Catalysts for Evolutionary Change
A new project led by UConn researcher Bernard Goffinet studies autopolyploidy, the duplication of a species' own genome, to learn more about plant diversity throughout time and how it continues today.
October 22, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Decoding Neurological Mechanisms for Compensation in Dyslexia, $3 Million NIH Grant
This work will advance theories of compensatory mechanisms in dyslexia, and ultimately may improve strategies to promote intervention models and success in both children and adults with dyslexia.
October 18, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Industry-Academic Program to Grow Entrepreneurial Know-How
The new program will provide aspiring entrepreneurs working as academic or industry researchers with customized training to help turn their technologies into businesses and products.
October 17, 2018 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Unique Shrub Hybrid Blossoms into Patent
UConn horticulturalist, Mark Brand, has produced a new hybrid of the popular purple-leaf sand cherry that maintains desirable aesthetic elements of the traditional plant while also being easier to manage and grow with minimal care.
October 16, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research
Cannabis Course Responds to Industry Need
Plant science professor Gerry Berkowitz will offer a course on the horticulture of cannabis in the spring, to help prepare students for the burgeoning industry in medical marjuana.
October 15, 2018 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Groundwater’s Role in Legacy Nitrogen Transport
By developing a robust approach to quantify legacy nitrogen in streams and rivers, Helton’s research will produce valuable insights into how nitrogen from years gone by may affect water quality today.
October 11, 2018 | Anna Zarra Aldrich '20 (CLAS), Office of the Vice President for Research