LECTURE SERIES

 

BBS Colloquium Series

All presentations will be held in GR 4.428 at 9:30 to 10:30am, unless otherwise noted.
Refreshments will be provided.
No RSVP is required.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE	HOST
Jan 24, 2020	Joshua Gordon, MD, PhD NIH Director, Intramural Research Program	Opportunities and Challenges in Psychiatric Neuroscience	Mike Kilgard, PhD
Feb 14	Joseph Piven, MD University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Director, Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities	Infant Brain-Behavior Development in Autism	Meghan Swanson, PhD
Apr 3 Event Canceled	Elizabeth Margulis, PhD Princeton University	The Stories Music Tells: Cross-Cultural Narratives to Wordless Music	W. Jay Dowling, PhD
Apr 24 Event Canceled	Denise C. Park, PhD Distinguished Lecturer in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Director of Research, Center for Vital Longevity, UT Dallas	The Aging Mind: Fragile But Resilient	Steven Small, PhD Dean, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
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Career Roadmap Series

Depending on the event, RSVP may be required. Times and locations vary. Click each event link for more details.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE	TIME/LOCATION
Feb 7, 2020	Janie Shipman, BBS Career Consultant	Work the Career Expo Like a Pro	12:00-1:00pm JO 2.114
Feb 12 and 13		UT Dallas Career Expo Days (Sponsored by the Career Center)	Feb 12 (Non-STEM) and Feb 13 (STEM) Activity Center
Feb 21	Eric Green, Career Center Career Consultant	The Art of Networking	12:00-1:00pm JO 2.114
Mar 10	Janie Shipman, BBS Career Consultant	LinkedIn and Your Job Search	11:30am-1:00pm JO 2.114
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Center for Children and Families Forum

Registration is required for this year’s annual forum.

DATE	KEYNOTE SPEAKER	TITLE
There are no events scheduled at this time
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Center for Children and Families Spring Lecture Series

All presentations in this annual lecture series will be held in the McDermott Library Auditorium, MC 2.410 from 9:30 to 10:30am unless otherwise noted.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Feb 28, 2020	Jaret Hodges, PhD University of North Texas	Identifying and Meeting the Needs of Gifted Students from Diverse Populations
Mar 27 Event Canceled	Salena Brody, PhD UT Dallas	Conversations That Create Change: Talking to Kids About Injustice
Apr 17 Event Canceled	Meghan Swanson, PhD UT Dallas	Talking to Babies: The Universal Ingredient for Language Learning
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Center for Vital Longevity Science Series

All presentations will be held in the Center for Vital Longevity Conference room (8th floor).
There will also be a videolink to JO 4.306 (unless noted) from noon to 1pm.
Lunch will be provided.
Please RSVP to [email protected].

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Feb 10, 2020	Michelle Carlson, PhD Johns Hopkins Medical School	Designing Real-World Interventions to Promote Activity and Neurocognitive Health
Feb 17	Dr. Brad Cannell UT Health Sciences Center	Novel Approaches to Detecting Elder Abuse and Neglect in the Community
Feb 24	Ana Solodkin, PhD UT Dallas	Mechanisms of Disconnection in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Neuroinformatics Approach
Mar 2	Jessica Damoiseaux, PhD Wayne State University	Neural Correlates of Cognitive Aging and Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline
Mar 9	Holly Bowen, PhD Southern Methodist University	Effects of Aging on Reward-Motivated Memory
Mar 23 Event Canceled	Joseph Hennessee, PhD UT Dallas	Prefrontal Lateralization and Fluid Ability Across the Lifespan
Mar 30 Event Canceled	Sherwood Brown, PhD UTSW	Corticosteroid Effects on the Hippocampus and Other Brain Regions
Apr 6 Event Canceled	Peter Gianaros, PhD University of Pittsburgh	Neurobiology of Stress, Emotion, and Risk for Heart Disease
Apr 13 Event Canceled	Meghan Swanson, PhD UT Dallas	Cortical Language Neurobiology in Infants With and Without Autism
Apr 20 Event Canceled	Ted Satterthwaite, MD University of Pennsylvania	Challenges and Opportunities in Understanding Brain Network Development in Youth
Apr 27 Event Canceled	Chandramallika Basak, PhD UT Dallas	Cardiovascular Health as a Modifier of Cognitive Control and its Related Brain Functions in Healthy Aging
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Developmental, Cognitive and Social/Personality Brownbag Series

All presentations for this semester’s DCS Brownbag Series will be held in JO 4.306 on Thursdays from 11:30am–12:30pm, unless otherwise noted.
There will also be a videolink to the Center for Vital Longevity in CVL 818.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Jan 16, 2020	Brendon Mizener PhD Student, UT Dallas	Real Time Modulation Perception in Western Classical Music
Jan 30	Lyndahl Himes PhD Student, UT Dallas	The Relationship Between Trait Mindfulness and Emotional Reactivity Following Mood-Manipulation
Apr 2 Event Canceled	Stephanie Wilson SMU	TBD
Apr 9 Event Canceled	Amy Berglund-Barraza PhD Student, UT Dallas	Assessing the Impact of Word Frequency on Cognitive Effort During Verbal Working Memory Tasks Using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)
Apr 23 Virtual Event	Saad Ali Alghamdi PhD Student, UT Dallas	The Effects of Age on Subjective and Objective Estimates of Recollection
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FLASH Series

All of this semester’s Friday Seminars in Speech, Language and Hearing will be held at Callier Center Dallas room A229.
There will also be a videolink to Callier Center Richardson in CRA 11.601 (unless noted) from noon to 1pm.
Refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP to Lynne Perler.
Bruton Conferences are sponsored by the David Bruton, Jr. Endowed Lecture Series on Communication Disorders.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Jan 10, 2020	Luca Campanelli Callier Center Postdoctoral Fellow Candidate	The Cognitive Underpinnings of Language Processing: The Role of Memory and Expectations
Jan 17	Daniel Rasetshwane, PhD BBS Faculty Candidate	Theoretical and Translational Approach to the Study of Hidden Hearing Loss in Humans: Challenges and Opportunities
Jan 17 Special Time: 1:30-2:30PM	Carlos Benítez-Barrera Callier Center Postdoctoral Fellow Candidate	The Relationship Between Children’s Auditory Environment and Brain Development
Jan 24	Sonia Singh Callier Center Postdoctoral Fellow Candidate	Factors that Influence Statistical Learning in Connection with Reading and Learning Disorders
Feb 7	Yune Lee UT Dallas Faculty Candidate	New Frontiers in Rehabilitation for Communication Disorders: Towards the Integration of Neuroimaging, Mobile Technology, and Music
Feb 14	Gabriel Cler UT Dallas Faculty Candidate	Speech Motor Control in Neurodevelopmental Communication Disorders
Feb 21	Michael Ullman, PhD Professor, Georgetown University	Language Learning Relies on Brain Circuits that Predate Humans: Evidence from Typical and Atypical Language Development
Feb 28 Streaming Link	Anna Eppes UT Dallas Student	Statistical Learning, Inhibition, and Working Memory Performance in Bilingual Young Adults
Mar 13	Laiah Factor UT Dallas Postdoctoral Fellow	Novel Gesture Production in Children with Developmental Language Disorder: Phonological Deficits and What They Reveal About Language
Mar 27 Event Canceled	Teresa Drulia, PhD Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University	Swallowing Safely and Efficiently in Persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Does Lung Volume Play a Role?
Apr 10 Event Canceled	Boji Lam, PhD Assistant Professor, University of North Texas	A Closer Look at Two New Executive Function Measures: The Happy-Sad Task and the Emotional Verbal Fluency Task
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Frontiers of BrainHealth Lecture Series

All presentations in this semester’s BrainHealth Frontiers Series will be held on Fridays from noon to 1pm (unless otherwise noted) at the Brain Performance Institute Ellipse – BPI 1.114, 2200 West Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75235.
There will also be a videolink to JO 4.306.
Lunch will be provided. This is a free event, but please register online.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE	HOST
Jan 17, 2020 Stream on Zoom	Leanne Young, PhD Applied Research Associates, Inc.	Taking SMART from the Laboratory to the Wild	Daniel Krawczyk, PhD
Mar 13 Event Canceled	Steven Vernino, MD, PhD UT Southwestern	Update on Autoimmune Encephalitis	Sandra Chapman, PhD
Mar 27 Event Canceled	Swati Biwas, PhD UT Dallas	Risk Prediction for Contralateral Breast Cancer and Substance Use Disorders	Francesca Filbey, PhD
Apr 10 Event Canceled	Brendan Kelley, MD UT Southwestern	TBD	Sandra Chapman, PhD
Apr 17 Event Canceled	Sara Konrath, PhD Indiana University	Empathy and its Implications in Uncertain Times	Julie Fratantoni, PhD
Apr 24 Event Canceled	Ana Solodkin, PhD UT Dallas	TBD	Sandra Chapman, PhD
May 8 Event Canceled	Wendy Rogers, PhD University of Illinois	TBD	Sandra Chapman, PhD
May 29 Event Canceled	Jarrod Millman, PhD University of California, Berkeley	TBD	Dan Krawczyk, PhD
Sep 18	David Lary, PhD UT Dallas	TBD	Dan Krawczyk, PhD
Dec 11	Sara Konrath, PhD Indiana University	Empathy and its Implications in Uncertain Times	Julie Fratantoni, PhD
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Neuroscience Brownbag Series

Times and locations vary for each presentation in this semester’s NSC Brownbag Series.
There will also be a videolink to JO 4.306 for each.
Refreshments will be provided.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Jan 30, 2020 Lecture is 1:00-2:30pm in RL 3.204	Peter Grace, PhD MD Anderson	Targeting Nrf2 to Alleviate Neuropathic Pain
Feb 27 Lecture is 4:00-5:00pm in CRA 12.110	Armando Salinas, PhD Laroratory for Integrative Neuroscience	Use of a Novel, Genetically-Encoded Biosensor to Study Real-Time Acetylcholine Release in Awake, Freely-Behaving Mice
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Sips & Science Lecture Series

All presentations in the Brain Performance Institute’s monthly speaker series will take place at The Brain Performance Institute unless otherwise noted.
The lecture will last from 7 to 8pm. Sips and light bites will be available beginning at 6:30pm.
In-person event tickets are $25, virtual event tickets are $10 and can be purchased online.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE	PRESENTING SPONSOR
Jan 23, 2020	Daniel Krawczyk, PhD UT Dallas George Baxter, JD, CFA	Money and Your Brain: How Cognitive Biases Impact Investing – Sips & Science Monthly Speaker Series
Mar 12 Event Canceled	Bonnie Pitman Center for BrainHealth	Do Something New™ — Play, Compassion & Acceptance
July 23 Virtual Event	Andy Eninger Fairplay Communications	Creating Community in a Socially Distant World
Aug 27 Virtual Event	Monique Rhodes	Making Friends With Your Mind – The Modern Day Superpower
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The Brain: An Owner’s Guide (February Lecture Series)

Each of the Center for BrainHealth’s annual February lecture series, sponsored by The Container Store, will take place either in the Brain Performance Institute’s Ellipse or in the Center for BrainHealth’s Auditorium.
Pre-lecture reception begins at 6:15pm in the Jane and Bud Smith Grand Lobby. Lectures start at 7pm.
Tickets are available online to purchase. Price varies.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Feb 4, 2020	Charles L. Limb, MD University of Southern California San Francisco	Music and the Brain — A Window into Creativity
Feb 11	Satchin Panda, PhD Salk Institute for Biological Studies	When To Eat To Sleep Better
Feb 18	Sandi Chapman, PhD, Ian Robertson, PhD, Geoff Ling, MD, PhD Center for BrainHealth Tom Leppert Former Dallas Mayor	Unlocking Human Potential: Inside The BrainHealth Project
Feb 25	Igor Grant, PhD University of California San Diego	The Therapeutic Potential of Cannabis: Fact vs. Fiction
The Brain: An Owner’s Guide (February Lecture Series) Archive

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