Brain science researchers embark on year-long studies of autism, epilepsy, pain, stroke

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PROVIDENCE — With four new grants, the Brown Institute for Brain Science and the Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute have brought together teams from the Brown University campus and affiliated hospitals to study key questions in autism, epilepsy, pain and stroke. "A great strength of our academic medical center is the ability to bring together expertise that stretches from the lab to the patient," said JOHN ROB- SON , BIBS associate director for medi- cal research and clinical programs and NPNI administrative director. "The New Frontiers Award program of BIBS and NPNI is to encourage and support innovative new projects of basic and clinical teams so they can succeed." This round of grants, the program's fourth, launches three new projects and continues another. Each team will receive $40,000 from BIBS, NPNI, and their academic departments. The new projects will begin July 1.