LECTURE SERIES

 

BBS Colloquium Series

No RSVP is required.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE	HOST
Feb 12, 2021 Virtual Event 9:30AM	Gary Aston-Jones, PhD Brain Health Institute at Rutgers University	Unraveling Brain Circuits for Drug Demand: A Central Role for Orexin in Addiction	Catherine Thorn, PhD
Mar 26 Virtual Event 9:30AM	Cathie Tamis-LeMonda, PhD New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development	The Culture of Communication: Understanding How Culture Infuses Interactions Between Children and Caregivers	Meghan Swanson, PhD
Apr 16 Virtual Event 9:30AM	Denise Park, PhD UT Dallas, Center for Vital Longevity	The Impact of Experience on the Aging Mind	Catherine Thorn, PhD
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Career Roadmap Series

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

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE	TIME/LOCATION
Mar 3, 2021		University Career Center Spring 2021 STEAM Career Fair	11:00am — 4:00pm
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Center for Children and Families Forum

Registration is required for this event.

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

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Feb 2, 2021 Virtual Event	Meghan Swanson, PhD UT Dallas	Talking to Babies: The Universal Ingredient for Language Learning
Feb 26 Virtual Event	Salena Brody, PhD UT Dallas	Conversations that Create Change: Talking to Kids about Injustice —View recorded lecture—
Apr 27 Virtual Event	CCF Faculty	Relational Health: From Research to Practice with Families of Children with Autism or Hearing Differences
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Center for Vital Longevity Science Series

Please RSVP to [email protected].

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Jan 25, 2021 Virtual Event	Craig Stark, PhD UC Irvine	Old Brains, New Tricks: Can Environmental Enrichment Improve Our Aging Memory?
Feb 8 Virtual Event	Rik Henson, PhD Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK	Relating Age, Brain, and Cognition: Results From the Cambridge Centre for Aging & Neuroscience
Feb 22 Virtual Event	BoKyung Park, PhD UT Dallas	The Role of Right Temporoparietal Junction in Processing Social Prediction Error Across Relationship Contexts
Mar 8 Virtual Event	Darrell Worthy, PhD Texas A&M University	Proactive Versus Reactive Decision-Making Strategies in Younger and Older Adults
Mar 22 Virtual Event	Nancy Dennis, PhD Penn State University	Age Deficits in Neural Discriminability and its’ Relationship to Memory
Apr 5 Virtual Event	Yune Lee, PhD UT Dallas	The Brain, Music, and Well-being: The BMW Story
Apr 19 Virtual Event	Mariam Aly, PhD Columbia University	How Hippocampal Memory Shapes, and is Shaped by, Attention
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FLASH Series

For more information please contact Lynne Perler.
Bruton Conferences are sponsored by the David Bruton, Jr. Endowed Lecture Series on Communication Disorders.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Feb 5, 2021 Virtual Event	Laiah Factor, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, UT Dallas	A Longitudinal Study of Novel Hand Gesture Phonology in Children with Developmental Language Disorder
Feb 26 Virtual Event	Abbey Thomas PhD Student, UT Dallas	Using a Web-based App to Investigate Attitude in Tone of Voice
Mar 5 Virtual Event	Lindsey Hiebert, PhD Missouri State University	Adult Abstract Language Use During Parent-Child Science Activities
Mar 12 Event Canceled	Elena Keltnor PhD Student, UT Dallas	Neural Correlates of Semantic Object Memory Retrieval
Apr 2 Virtual Event	Boji Lam, PhD University of North Texas	Emotion in Non-Native Speakers: New Insights From Two New Executive Function Measures
Apr 9 Virtual Event	Erika Skoe, PhD University of Connecticut	Training and Trauma — Countervailing Forces on the Auditory System
Apr 23 Virtual Event	Kathryn Victoria Kreidler PhD Student, UT Dallas	Rhythmic Sequence Production in Children with Developmental Language Disorder
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Frontiers of BrainHealth Lecture Series

These events are free, but please register online.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE	HOST
Jan 15, 2021 Virtual Event	John Cryan, PhD UCC	Microbial Endocrinology: The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Health and Disease	Dan Krawczyk, PhD
Jan 29 Virtual Event	Ana Solodkin, PhD UT Dallas	The Virtual Brain: A Computational Microscope to Elucidate Brain Mechanisms From Health to Dementia	Bart Rypma, PhD
Mar 12 Virtual Event	Rik Henson, PhD Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK	Mid-Life Activities are Important for Late-Life Cognition	Bart Rypma, PhD
Mar 26 Virtual Event	Judson Brewer, MD,PhD Brown University	From Lemons to Lemonade: Using an Understanding of How Our Brains Process Fear and Uncertainty to Break Free of Anxiety and Other Bad Habits	Lori Cook, PhD
Apr 2 Virtual Event	Vince Calhoun, PhD Georgia Institute of Technology	Brain-Based Biomarkers: A Focus on the Heterogeneous: Enhancing Sensitivity to Brain Disorders and Change	Francesca Filbey, PhD
Apr 16 Virtual Event	Michael Merzenich, PhD University of California San Francisco	New Strategies for Managing Organic Brain Health	Sandra Chapman, PhD
Apr 30 Virtual Event	Eric Nestler, MD, PhD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	Transcriptional and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Addiction	Francesca Filbey, PhD
May 21 Virtual Event	Ed Boyden, PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Tools for Analyzing and Repairing the Brain	Dan Krawczyk, PhD
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Neuroscience Seminar Series

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE	HOST
Jan 14, 2021 Virtual Event	Randy McIntosh, PhD University of Toronto	Theory and Application of Connectome-Based Modelling with TheVirtualBrain	Ana Solodkin, PhD
Jan 21 Virtual Event	Thomas Szabo-Pardi PhD Student, UT Dallas	Investigating Cell-Specific Mechanisms Driving Sex Differences in the Development of Neuropathic Pain	Michael Burton, PhD
Feb 4 Virtual Event	Jayme McReynolds, PhD University of Cincinnati	Endocannabinoid Regulation of Stress-Escalated Cocaine Use in Rats	Christa McIntyre, PhD
Feb 11 Virtual Event	Sheel Dodani, PhD UT Dallas	Optical Imaging Tools for Elucidating the Roles of Anions in Cellular Signaling	Theodore Price, PhD
Feb 18 EVENT CANCELED	Natalia Lucia dos Santos PhD Student, UT Dallas	Sex-Specific Changes to Neuroimmune Function and Pain During Aging	Michael Burton, PhD
Feb 25 Virtual Event	Meono Kume PhD Student, UT Dallas	Evaluation of a Novel Protease Activated Receptor 2 (PAR2) Antagonist as a Treatment of Chronic Pain	Theodore Price, PhD
Mar 5 Virtual Event	Ron de Kloet, PhD Leiden University Medical Center	Stress in the Brain	Rimenez De Souza, PhD
Mar 11 Virtual Event	Ream Al-Hasani, PhD Washington University School of Medicine	Peripheral Kappa Opioid Receptor Activation Drives Cold Hypersensitivity in Mice	Ben Kolber, PhD
Mar 25 Virtual Event	David McCormick, PhD University of Oregon	Rapid Changes in Brain State Explain Variation in Neuronal and Behavioral Variance	Katy Thorn, PhD
Apr 8 Virtual Event	Vivek Kumar, PhD New Jersey Institute of Technology	Engineered Peptide Assemblies for Drug Design	Benedict Kolber, PhD
Apr 23 Virtual Event	Kasia Bieszczad, PhD Rutgers University	Specific Memory Traces in the Auditory Cortex Revealed by Epigenetic Manipulation	Crystal Engineer, PhD
Apr 29 Virtual Event	Takaki Komiyama, PhD UC, San Diego	Specificity and Mechanisms of Learning-Induced Cortical Plasticity	Camilo Sanchez, PhD Student, UT Dallas
May 7 Virtual Event	Mackenzie Mathis, PhD Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne	Using Deep Learning for the Measurement of Behavior	Ching-Tzu Tseng, PhD Student, UT Dallas
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Psychology Lecture Series

Formerly the Developmental, Cognitive and Social/Personality Brownbag Series (DCS).

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Jan 14, 2021 Virtual Event	Salena Brody, PhD UT Dallas	Discussion of the Book “Not Light, But Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom”
Jan 21 Virtual Event	Zhengsi Chang PhD Student, UT Dallas	Functional Performance in a Virtual Reality Task with Differential Executive Functional Loads
Jan 28 Virtual Event	Luke Moraglia PhD Student, UT Dallas	Big, Small, They’re All the Same to Me: Accounting for Varied Factor Structures in Two-Table Multivariate Analysis
Feb 11 Virtual Event	Yuguang (Irene) Zhao PhD Student, UT Dallas	Domain-General Frontal-Parietal Mechanisms Underlying Working Memory-Processing Speed Relationships
Feb 18 Event Canceled	Desiree’ Knoch PhD Student, UT Dallas	Investigating the Moderating Role of Relationship Length on the Association between Partner Personality Perceptions and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction
Feb 25 Virtual Event	Paulina Skolasinska PhD Student, UT Dallas	Influence of Fitness on Age-Related Differences in Varieties of Cognitive Control: BOLD Modulations During Predictability, Switching, and Updating
Mar 11 Virtual Event	Desiree’ Knoch PhD Student, UT Dallas	Investigating the Moderating Role of Relationship Length on the Association between Partner Personality Perceptions and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction
Mar 25 Virtual Event	Athul Sudheesh PhD Student, UT Dallas	Testing Assumptions in Longitudinal Cognitive Diagnostic Models
Apr 1 Virtual Event	Lab Poster Presentations	Sharing Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD) Posters
Apr 8 Virtual Event	Candice Pattisapu PhD Student, UT Dallas	Using Cognitive Diagnostic Models to Evaluate Learning Taxonomy Assumptions
Apr 15 Virtual Event	Shruthi Ravi PhD Student, UT Dallas	Do Social Communication Deficits During Infancy Project Later Language Abilities in Infants Who Develop Autism?
Apr 22 Virtual Event	Géraldine Jeckeln PhD Student, UT Dallas	Is Confidence a Good Indicator of Face-Identification Accuracy? Findings From a Confidence Forced-Choice Task
Apr 29 Virtual Event	Shaniqua Johnson Academic Project Manager, Graduation Help Desk, UT Dallas	The Graduation Help Desk: Clearing the Pathway to Timely Graduation
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Sips & Science Speaker Series

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE	PRESENTING SPONSOR
Jan 21, 2021 Virtual Event	Kirk Erickson, PhD University of Pittsburgh	Walk Like a Greek, Think Like Aristotle
Mar 18 Virtual Event	Judson Brewer, MD, PhD Brown University	Habit Loops: Harnessing our Brain Power to Break Free From Anxiety and Stress
Apr 15 Virtual Event	Andy Walshe, PhD and Ben Potvin The Liminal Collective	Creativity is Your New Super Power
May 20 Virtual Event	Michael Matthews, PhD and General (Ret.) Robert Caslen West Point	The Character Edge and Brain Health
Jun 17 Virtual Event	Geoff Ling, MD, PhD Center for BrainHealth	Why Left of Boom is Critical: Building Resilience Now
Jul 22 Virtual Event	Bonnie Pitman and Julie Fratantoni, PhD Center for BrainHealth	Do Something New- Adaptability & Compassion in a Post-Pandemic World
Aug 19 Virtual Event	David Eagleman, PhD Stanford University	Livewired
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The Brain: An Owner’s Guide (February Lecture Series)

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Feb 2, 2021	Lisa Mosconi, PhD Weill Cornell Medical College	Hormones’ Impact on Cognitive Health & Alzheimer’s
Feb 9, 2021	David Katz, PhD Yale University	The Acute Case for Chronic Health: Vital Lessons In Weathering Duress
Feb 16, 2021	Nancy Kanwisher, PhD MIT	Portrait of a Brain: A Window into the Architecture of Our Mind
Feb 23, 2021	Drew Ramsey, MD Columbia University	Improve Your Brain Health with Brain Foods
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