Our PhD candidate, Thomas Christensen has been selected as one of two Graduate Student Scholars in Aging by the Office for the Study of Aging at the University of South Carolina. As part of this award, he will receive a $1,000 grant to support his research on motor speech in women with the FMR1 premutation and its relationship to symptoms of fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). The scholarship is made possible through the support of Norman and Gerry Sue Arnold of the Arnold School of Public Health.

“I am so honored to receive this award and am looking forward to studying aging in this important population,” Christensen shared. Our lab is extremely proud of Thomas and the work he’s pursuing.

You can learn more about the Graduate Student Scholarship in Aging here: https://osa-sc.org/opportunities/graduate-scholar

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