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Brain Awareness Day at Franklin MS

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Faculty and students from the Department of Pharmacology presented Brain Awareness Day at Franklin Middle School on March 12. The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and SIU HEAL Scholarship supported this year’s outreach project that engages 7th and 8th graders through hands-on activities, games, presentations and a dissection.



Team members pictured: Jesse Britz, Nazmul Haque, Madan Ghimire, Caleigh Findley, Jesika Saucedo, Asmita Dhukhwa, Luyi Zhou. Not pictured: Jarnail Singh, Smita Gupta, Amber Fifer, Jeffrey Nie, Vidya Sundareshan.

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