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| https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases/malliotakis-announces-391003-college-staten-island | Malliotakis Announces $391,003 for the College of Staten Island | 2021-08-19 | 2021 | 2021-08 | Republican | House | NY | Nicole Malliotakis | M000317 | malliotakis.house.gov | malliotakis | https://malliotakis.house.gov/media/press-releases | scraper | (WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today announced the Department of Health and Human Services will award the College of Staten Island (CSI) $391,003 in federal grants. The funds are part of the National Institue of Health's SCORE Program and will be used for research conducted by Leora Yetnikoff, an Assistant Professor of Psychology, that challenges a century-long belief that the principal cells in the brain—neurons—can only communicate with other neurons. This is the first time a CSI faculty member has received a SCORE Award, which the NIH presents to institutions of higher learning that have records of graduating biomedical students from groups that have been historically underrepresented in the field. “I'm happy to see residents' taxpayer dollars return to Staten Island to support the students, staff, and biomedical research being conducted at the College of Staten Island,” said Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis. “These SCORE funds will go a long way in learning more about human brain functions and disease, including schizophrenia, drug addiction, and multiple sclerosis, and allow Dr. Yetnikoff to increase the number of students who will receive training in her lab. I'm looking forward to seeing all the work Dr. Yetnikoff and her students accomplish throughout their research.” “We are learning more and more that glial cells ‘listen’ to neuron signals, and actually change the way they interact with neurons based on their interpretation of these signals,” said Dr. Leora Yetnikoff. “My students, collaborators, and I worked tirelessly together—remotely—during a pandemic to put out a competitive proposal with sound scientific merit and it is extremely gratifying and rewarding to learn that these efforts paid off.” | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-06T20:11:17Z |