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Allen Fein

Title: Professor Emeritus

Institution: UConn Health Center

Discipline: Biology & Medicine

Appearances: 1

Notable: Internationally recognized for discoveries about inositol trisphosphate in cellular signaling; pioneering studies of photoreceptor and blood cell physiology; 20 years as a facilitator for Problem Based Learning; PhD from Johns Hopkins Medical and Engineering Schools; former faculty at Boston University and the Marine Biological Lab at Woods Hole

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Alan Fein was a Professor Emeritus at UConn Health, internationally recognized for his discoveries about the function of inositol trisphosphate in cellular signaling and for his studies of the physiology of photoreceptors and blood cells. He contributed importantly to medical student education, serving for 20 years as a facilitator for Problem Based Learning and designing a medical school elective on Pain.

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