UCI researcher receives New Vision Research Award

UCI researcher, Lingxuan Chen, PhD, was one of two recipients of the New Vision Investigator Award, receiving a $100,000 grant to support her research project in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). She received the award, along with researcher Rowan Saloner, PhD from the University of California – San Francisco.

Chen’s research focuses on Retrosplenial cortex hyperexcitability as an early driver of Alzheimer’s Disease. She will investigate how the activities of individual neurons (brain cells) and network of neurons alter early in the disease, as well as how these early changes exacerbate at the late stage of the disease and ultimately affect brain functions. 

New Vision Research (NVR) invests in high-risk, high-reward research. Traditionally, early-career scientists, as well as those with more novel approaches to their research, face considerable difficulty in securing research funds for their work. 

NVR is a private non-profit organization dedicated to transforming the way medical research is funded. NVR invests in early-career researchers with innovative ideas, fosters collaboration through conferences like the Charleston Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease, and supports emerging leaders in various research fields through its New Vision Research Scholar programs.