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Ben Bahr
April 23

UNCP research scientist Ben Bahr earns top mentoring award

UNC Pembroke neuroscientist Ben Bahr has received the 2021 Outstanding Mentor Award from the health sciences division of the Council on Undergraduate Research. The award is a testament to Dr. Bahr’s passion for teaching the next generation of scientists and researchers. The award honors exceptional mentoring and advising by higher education faculty across all subdivisions of health sciences. Bahr joined the UNCP faculty in 2009 as the William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.

Dr. Ben Bahr (left) with Mercedes Dos Santos
April 05

Undergraduate Researchers in Bahr Lab win Conference Awards

Undergraduate researchers Mercedes Dos Santos and Jared Tuton won awards for their oral presentations during the 117th Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Science.  Their presentations, based on research in Ben Bahr’s Alzheimer’s Disease Laboratory, were judged in the “Cell & Molecular Biology, Microbiology, and Physiology” section of the Collegiate Academy of the North Carolina Academy of Science (CANCAS).

Lead author Michael Almeida (left) and Dr. Ben Bahr of the William C. Friday Laboratory & Alzheimer's Disease Research Laboratory
March 08

Bahr Lab’s Paper on Traumatic Brain Injury Makes Headline News

Ben Bahr’s lab has made dramatic and award-winning progress in understanding and addressing the underlying causes and risk factors with regard to Alzheimer’s disease.  In collaboration with researchers at the U.S.

Ben Bahr in the research lab
April 25

Ben Bahr Lab Publishes in Scientific Reports

UNC Pembroke’s Ben Bahr Lab advances Alzheimer’s and neurodegenerative research with new scientific reports highlighting faculty expertise and innovation.