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.


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Using Software to Blacklist Blackouts, One Community at a Time

Researchers from UConn's Eversource Energy Center have won funding from the NSF Smart and Connected Communities program to develop technology to modernize elements of America’s energy infrastructure in a cost efficient way.

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UConn Joins National Academy of Inventors’ Global Academic Inventor Network

UConn is a proud member of the NAI, with a shared mission to not recognize a spirit of innovation within the academic community and nurture that spirit among the next generation of inventors.

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Treating Acute Pain in Prehospital Settings

Drs. William Baker, Jr. and Diana Sobieraj from UConn's School of Pharmacy have received funding from the AHRQ to address issues associated with acute pain management in the prehospital setting.

Oral Fluid Dynamics' CEO, Don Gershman (left) and faculty inventor, Dr. J. Robert Kelly (right) are commercializing an artificial salivary gland to address chronic dry mouth. (Carson Stifel/Oral Fluid Dynamics Photo)

UConn Spinout Wins NIH R&D Grant for Artificial Salivary Gland

A startup based on UConn Health technology has won highly competitive funding from the NIH to address chronic dry mouth, a condition impacting millions of people worldwide.

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New $3M NIH Grant Targets Respiratory Infection with Mathematical Modeling

When an otherwise harmless fungus like Aspergillus fumigatus invades the lungs of people with compromised immune systems, it can cause severe respiratory problems. A new NIH grant will employ specialized mathematical and computer modeling to improve understanding about our biological defense system.

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How Long and Irregular Days Impact Worker and Family Health

With funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a team of UConn Health researchers is investigating the potential negative effects of extended and irregular work days on workers' health and family life.

Sabrina Yum-Chan '19 (CLAS), left, and Nichole Broderick, assistant professor of molecular and cell biology, look over vials of flies in a microbiology lab at the Torrey Life Sciences Building on Nov. 10, 2015. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Good Bacteria, Bad Bacteria: Uncovering How the Microbiome Supports Health

Nichole Broderick from UConn's Department of Molecular and Cell Biology has received almost $2M over five years from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences to improve our understanding about the microbiome.

Xiuling Lu and Rajeswari Kasi at UConn

UConn Researchers Win Patent for Nanoparticle Cancer Drug Delivery System

UConn researchers have patented a new co-polymer that can carry drugs and bio-responsively release them in cancer cells to target the disease with less toxicity to healthy tissue.

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Generating a Comprehensive Cell Atlas of the Cerebellum

Yuanhao James Li, a professor at UConn Health, has received over $2 million from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the development of the neural networks in the cerebellum.

A young mother in Botswana speaks with a health worker. (Moses Mpata/Photo courtesy of the Gates Foundation)

UConn Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant For Groundbreaking Research in Global Health and Development

Lisa Butler, PhD, associate research professor at UConn, is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Her research project aims to optimize health for mothers and children in Botswana.