Rose Xavier receives 2023 UNC Junior Faculty Development Award 

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Rose Mary Xavier, PhD, MS, RN, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, who received the 2023 UNC Junior Faculty Development Award for conducting a pilot study titled “Measuring electrophysiological responses to clozapine in individuals with treatment resistant schizophrenia and their iPSC-derived organoids.”

A nurse scientist and a psychiatric nurse practitioner, Dr. Xavier also directs the Biobehavioral Laboratory and investigates the biological mechanisms of neuropsychiatric symptoms for clinical translation.

Dr. Rose Mary Xavier

This highly competitive Junior Faculty Development Award is supported by the UNC Office of the Provost with funds provided by IBM and R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc.