Rutgers Professor Victoria Abraira Has Been Awarded the 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship
February 18, 2025
Rutgers professor Victoria Abraira, who studies the sense of touch and its role in movement, socialization, and pain perception, has been awarded a 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship.
Victoria Abraira, an assistant professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, was named one of 126 researchers drawn from a select group of 51 institutions in the U.S. and Canada. The award honors creative, innovative individuals who have the potential to become scientific leaders in a range of fields, including chemistry, computer science, Earth system science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, and physics.
Abraira’s work explores a fundamental question in neuroscience: How do early-life touch experiences, such as a mother's caress, help shape the developing brain for healthy emotional and social growth?