Coming up Monday 3/21/22 - Michael A Yassa - UC Irvine Professor and James L. McGaugh Chair in the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Neurobiology a...

Host Janeane Bernstein will be speaking to Dr. Yassa about UCI's latest press release and their groundbreaking initiative: Audrey Steele Burnand estate gifts $57.75 million to UCI Majority will establish world-class, campuswide depression research center Irvine, Calif., Feb. 7, 2022 — The estate of Audrey Steele Burnand has gifted $57.75 million to the University of California, Irvine to fund the creation of a new campuswide center that will pursue research into the causes and treatment of depression and also support the UCI-managed Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center. More than $55 million of the gift is earmarked for advancing depression research at UCI. It’s believed to be the largest philanthropic donation to a U.S. university to support research focused solely on depression, which is the most prevalent mental health disorder in the U.S. LEARN MORE: http://getthefunkoutshow.kuci.org Professor, Psychiatry & Human Behavior School of Medicine Professor, Neurology School of Medicine Professor, Psychological Science School of Social Ecology Director, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion School of Biological Sciences Research Interests: learning, memory, aging, alzheimer's disease, neuroimaging, depression, anxiety, hippocampus Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2010, Neurobiology B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2002, Neuroscience M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2007, Psychological and Brain Sciences