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3MT 2024 winner April Contreras standing in Hines Lab

Neuroscience Student Wins Rebel Grad Slam with Research on Epilepsy

Ph.D. student April Contreras presented findings on using caraway or fennel seed without the complications that can occur in current treatments for the brain disorder.

The Grad Slam Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) 2024 winner April Contreras, standing in Hines Lab, a participating research unit in the interdisciplinary neuroscience Ph.D. program. (Dallas Kreil/51ԹϺ)

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