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
Oct 25, 2019	Philip Harvey, PhD University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine: Center for Cognitive Neuroscience & Aging	Neurocognition, Social Cognition and Self-Assessment in Schizophrenia	Amy Pinkham, PhD
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	Elizabeth Margulis, PhD Princeton University	The Stories Music Tells: Cross-Cultural Narratives to Wordless Music	W. Jay Dowling, PhD
Apr 24 Lecture is 10:00-11:00am	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
Sep 16, 2019 Note: Time & Location Recently Changed		Pathways to Forensic Psychology	6:00-7:00pm GR 4.428
Sep 24 and 25		UT Dallas Career Expo Days (Sponsored by the Career Center)	Sep 24 (Non-STEM) and Sep 25 (STEM) Activity Center
Sep 25	Trenadia Caxton-Martins	Pathways to Social Work	11:00am-12:00pm JO 2.114
Sep 25	Candice Mills, PhD	Crafting Your Personal Statement	12:00-1:00pm CR 1.212
Oct 2	Amy Pinkham, PhD	Graduate Programs in Clinical & Counseling Psychology	12:00-1:00pm CR 1.212
Nov 4	BBS Faculty & Graduate Students	The Big Picture: Preparing for Graduate School	12:00-1:00pm CRA 12.120
Nov 7	Center for Children and Familes	Research & Resources Fair	2:00-4:00pm Visitor Center Atrium
Nov 8	Dr. Ramin Toofan	Opportunities for Service	12:00-1:00pm 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
Nov 1, 2019 Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center 9:30am to 3:30pm	Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, PhD Stanley and Debra Lefkowitz Faculty Fellow in the Department of Psychology at Temple University and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution	A Communication Foundation: Building Blocks for Lifelong Literacy
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Center for Children and Families Spring Lecture Series

All presentations in this annual lecture series, sponsored by the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, will be held in the Davidson Auditorium, JSOM 1.118 from 9:30 to 10:30am unless otherwise noted.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
There are no events scheduled at this time
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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
Sep 9, 2019	Andrew Watrous, PhD UT Austin	Adaptively Optimized Spectral Analysis of Oscillations Subserving Human Memory
Sep 16	David Frank, PhD Texas A&M University Commerce	The Moderating Role of Task Characteristics on Skill Acquisition and Performance
Sep 23	Brian Gold, PhD University of Kentucky	Neurocognitive Aging: Investigating Contributions of Clinically Silent Pathology and Cognitive Reserve
Sep 30	Kendra Seaman, PhD UT Dallas	Modeling Value in Decision Making
Oct 14	Paul Verhaeghan, PhD Georgia Tech	There’s Nothing Wrong with Cognitive Aging and Here is What to do About it
Oct 28	Todd Braver, PhD Washington University	Flexible Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive Control
Nov 4	W. Jay Dowling, PhD UT Dallas	Music and Consciousness
Nov 11	Binu Thomas, PhD UT Southwestern	Aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Deterioration in Brain Function. Can Exercise Ameliorate it?
Nov 18	Julia Evans, PhD UT Dallas	Poles, Bowls and Dinosaur Bones: How Atypical Lexical Representations May Derail Sentence Comprehension in Children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
Dec 2	Michael Rugg, PhD UT Dallas	Episodic and Semantic Memory, Not so Different After All?
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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
Sep 19, 2019	Shayla Holub, PhD UT Dallas	Tips for Success in Graduate School: How to Make the Most of Your Time in BBS
Sep 26	Robert Morrison UT Dallas — Texas Biomedical Device Center	Enhancing Recovery After Neurological Injury Using Targeted Plasticity Therapy and Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Oct 3	Ekarin Pongpipat UT Dallas	Functional Connectivity of Frontoparietal and Default Mode Networks During N-Back Across the Adult Lifespan
Oct 10	Mark Zuppichini UT Dallas	Processing Speed Explains Verbal Learning and Memory Performance in Multiple Sclerosis
Oct 31	Eleanor Liu UT Dallas	Prestimulus Subsequent Memory Effects in Young and Older Adults
Nov 7	Mackenzie Taylor UT Dallas	Differential Relationship Between Behavioral Approach and Inhibition Motivation Systems (BIS/BAS) and Intrinsic Brain Connectivity in Adult Cannabis Users and Non-Users
Nov 14	Julia Evans, PhD UT Dallas	TBA
Nov 21	Kilee Debrander UT Dallas	Social and Non-Social Introspective Accuracy in Autistic Adults
Dec 5	Katie Austin UT Dallas	Invisible Support and Individual and Relationship Outcomes
Jan 30, 2020	Lyndahl Himes UT Dallas	The Relationship Between Trait Mindfulness and Emotional Reactivity Following Mood-Manipulation
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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 Linda Sensibaugh.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Sep 13, 2019	Richard Neitzel, PhD Associate Professor, University of Michigan	The Public Health Burden of Noise, and What We Can Do to Reduce it
Sep 20	Ted Mau, PhD Associate Professor, UT Southwestern	Computational Laryngology: How Modeling and Simulation Inform the Voice
Sep 27	Erin Schafer, PhD Professor, University of North Texas	Management of Auditory Processing Issues in Children and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Oct 4	Steven L. Small, PhD Dean, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences Aage and Margareta Moller Distinguished Professorship in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, UT Dallas	Network Neuroscience of Language Recovery After Stroke
Oct 11	Stephanie Fowler Audiology Extern, UT Dallas	Measuring the Variety and Importance of Music Experiences for Adolescents with Typical Hearing and with Cochlear Implants
Oct 18	Kelly Fazal UT Dallas Student	Visuomotor Pursuit Tracking (VMT) Accuracy for Intraoral Tongue Movement
Oct 25	BBS Colloquium	No FLASH
Nov 1	Ahmed Rivera-Campos, PhD Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University	Visual Biofeedback Training for Remediation of Speech Sound Errors
Nov 8	Daniel Pacheco, PhD Post Doc- Children and Families Lab, UT Dallas	Relations Between Problem Behaviors and Executive Function in Very Young Low-Income Minority Children
Nov 15	Meghan Swanson, PhD UT Dallas	The Supporting Role of Caregiver Speech In Early Language Development for Infants with and Without Autism
Nov 22	ASHA Convention	No FLASH
Nov 29	Thanksgiving	No FLASH
Dec 6	Monica Trevino UT Dallas Student	The Acoustic Reflex: Putting the Gold Standard to the Test with Selective Inner Hair Cell Loss
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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 CBH International Reception Hall.
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
Sep 6, 2019	Yasin Dhaher, PhD UT Southwestern	The Complexity of Meta Plasticity in the Motor System: Implication to Rehabilitation Medicine	Daniel Krawczyk, PhD
Sep 13	Joel Kramer, PhD UCSF	The Myth of Cognitive Aging	Sandra Bond Chapman, PhD
Sep 20	Aron Barbey, PhD University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Scientific Innovations for Healthy Brain Aging	Sandra Bond Chapman, PhD
Sep 27 No videolink	Anke Henning, PhD UT Southwestern Imaging Director	Imaging Human Brain Metabolism Exploiting Ultra-High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging	Bart Rypma, PhD
Oct 4 No videolink	Katherine Rankin, PhD UCSF	Functional Brain Networks Enabling Social Sensitivity and Empathy	Sandra Bond Chapman, PhD
Oct 11 Stream on Zoom	Tracy Centanni, PhD TCU	Heterogeneous Neural Deficits in Dyslexia During Speech Sound Processing Tasks	Lori Cook, PhD
Oct 25 Stream on Zoom	Michael Scullin, PhD Baylor University	Sleep, Cognition, and Aging	Sandra Bond Chapman, PhD
Nov 1 Stream on Zoom	Fangyu Peng, PhD UT Southwestern	Assessment of Altered Copper Fluxes in Brain Disorders with 64CuCl2 PET Imaging	Sandra Bond Chapman, PhD
Nov 11 Lecture is on a Monday Stream on Zoom	Sandra Gordon-Salant, PhD University of Maryland	Age-Related Decline in Auditory and Speech Processing: Peripheral, Central, and Cognitive Influences	Sandra Bond Chapman, PhD
Nov 22 Stream on Zoom	Kendra Seaman, PhD UT Dallas	Modeling Value in Decision Making	Daniel Krawczyk, PhD
Dec 6 Stream on Zoom	David Lary, PhD UT Dallas	TBA	Daniel Krawczyk, 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
Aug 29, 2019	Michael Scofield, PhD Medical University of South Carolina	Cocaine Abstinence Duration-Induced Alterations in Corticostriatal Structural Plasticity
Nov 7 10-11am RL 3.204	Dr. Ewan St. John Smith University of Cambridge	Molecular Sensors of Pain in Health and Disease
Nov 7 4-5pm CRA 12.120	Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, PhD University of Pennsylvania	Genetic and Behavioral Dissection of Pain Neural Circuits
Nov 14	Carolyn Harley, PhD Memorial University	TBA
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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.
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE	PRESENTING SPONSOR
Jun 20, 2019	Michael Lundie, MA PhD Student, The University of Texas at Dallas	The Neuroscience of Creative Problem-Solving
Jul 18	Linda Nguyen, MS PhD Student, The University of Texas at Dallas	Deception Detection: The Neuroscience of Implicit Bias
Aug 8	Sue Krautkramer Senior Consultant at The Institute for Health and Human Potential	The Science of Emotional Intelligence
Sep 19	Bonnie Pitman, MS Director, Art-Brain Innovations, Center for BrainHealth	The Power of Observation: What Color is Your Apple?
Oct 17	Ian Robertson, PhD Center for BrainHealth	The Confidence Trick
Nov 7	A panel of three veterans	American Service: A Conversation with Post-9/11 Veterans
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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
There are no events scheduled at this time
The Brain: An Owner’s Guide (February Lecture Series) Archive

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