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Riggs Kwong, 50, was hit with hate crime charges in the Jan. 15 incident at Ocean Parkway and Church Ave. in Kensington, where he beat up Abdul Motalab, 32, an off-duty Uber driver after repeatedly calling Motalab “Muhammad” and a “terrorist” in a mock Arab accent, according to prosecutors.
Neuroscience and Novel Therapeutics Unit: Meet the Team The Neuroscience and Novel Therapeutics Unit (NNT) is a group of dedicated, compassionate, and talented scientists, clinicians, trainees, and volunteers. Our expert, interdisciplinary team works together to study and develop new treatments for children with psychiatric illnesses through innovative research, clinical care, and community outreach. Staff Spotlight Simone Haller, PhD has received a two-year NARSAD Young Investigator Grant from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation for her project “Predicting longitudinal psychiatric effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in a transdiagnostic sample of youth using rest and task-based fMRI.” Melissa A. Brotman, PhD was awarded a second NIH Bench to Bedside Award for her proposal, in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin s Dr. Ned Kalin, entitled “Cross-Species Circuit-Based Treatment: White Matter Microstructure in Anxiety.” In 2017, a study by Drs. Brotman and Kalin entitled “Irritability and Aggression in Clinically Impaired Youth and Rhesus Monkeys” also received an NIH Bench to Bedside Award.