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DAN AND DIANE RICCIO FUND FOR NEUROSCIENCE ANNOUNCES TWO RESEARCH AWARDS AT
UMASS CHAN

By UMass Chan Medical School Communications

July 10, 2024

Dan and Diane Riccio with Chancellor Michael F. Collins


Two teams of UMass Chan Medical School scientists received awards of $50,000
each to support ground-breaking and interdisciplinary research in the
neurosciences.

The awards are possible thanks to the Dan and Diane Riccio Fund for
Neuroscience, which was established in 2017 with a $1 million donation from the
Riccio family. In 2022, the Riccio family donated an additional $15 million to
UMass Chan, with $5 million of that sum given to expand and endow the Dan and
Diane Riccio Fund for Neuroscience.

“The Dan and Diane Riccio Fund for Neuroscience supports outstanding
interdisciplinary teams to tackle innovative projects, achieve breakthroughs in
basic neuroscience knowledge and accelerate development of cutting-edge
therapies,” said David R. Weaver, PhD, professor of neurobiology and director of
the NeuroNexus Institute. “We expect these funds can be leveraged to pursue
grant funding from the NIH and other agencies in the future, further increasing
the impact of these awards.”

One award was presented to Darren Lee, PhD, associate professor of ophthalmology
& visual sciences; Claudio Punzo, PhD, associate professor of ophthalmology &
visual sciences and neurobiology; and Ann Marshak-Rothstein, PhD, professor of
medicine and microbiology for their project, “Fas therapy for the treatment of
autoimmune uveitis.”

Uveitis, an inflammation inside the eye, is the third leading cause of blindness
in the United States. The goal of the project is to test a novel strategy to
provide more effective and long-lasting therapy option for uveitis patients.

The other award was presented to Michael Lodato, PhD, assistant professor of
molecular, cell & cancer biology; and Ryan Logan, PhD, professor of psychiatry
and neurobiology, for their project, “DNA damage and somatic mutations
associated with opioid use disorder in human brain.”

The project’s main goals are to study the impact of chronic opioid use on DNA
damage and repair in the human brain and to explore the potential impact of
opioids and DNA damage on brain cell function and physiology.


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