Neuroscience
Medical School
Twin Cities
Award Year
2021
University Award
McKnight Land-Grant Professorship
Research Title
Building a Wiring Diagram of the Brain
No Monument Location
Cells in the brain connect and communicate with each other in complex and fascinating patterns. Sarah Heilbronner’s research aims to uncover these patterns, especially for parts of the brain that are demonstrably different in psychiatric disorders. Her research bridges nonhuman animal models and humans, allowing us to make inferences about neural mechanisms in humans and more effectively model brain disorders in animals.