Three internationally recognized scientists will help guide research into the origins of violent behavior in the brain, an effort funded by a foundation named for a first-grader killed in the Newtown shooting.
The Avielle Foundation was formed by Dr. Jeremy Richman and Dr. Jennifer Hensel, the parents of Avielle Richman, one of 20 first-graders educators killed in the Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Six educators were also killed.