LECTURE SERIES

 

BBS Colloquium Series

No RSVP is required.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE	HOST
Oct 9, 2020 Virtual Event 9:30AM	Brian Boyd, PhD University of Kansas, Juniper Gardens Children’s Project	Behavioral Inflexibility as a Potential Transdiagnostic Behavioral Marker of Neurodevelopmental Disorder	Meghan Swanson, PhD
Nov 6 Virtual Event 12:00PM	Kay Tye, PhD Salk Institute	Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Emotional and Social Processing​	Catherine Thorn, PhD
Mar 26, 2021 Virtual Event 9:30AM	Cathie Tamis-LeMonda, PhD New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development	TBD	Meghan Swanson, PhD
Apr 16 Virtual Event 9:30AM	Denise Park, PhD UT Dallas, Center for Vital Longevity	TBD	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
Sep 23, 2020 Virtual Event	Amy Pinkham, PhD UT Dallas	Graduate Programs in Clinical & Counseling Psychology	11:00am
Oct 8 Virtual Event	Candice Mills, PhD UT Dallas	Crafting Your Personal Statement	1:00pm
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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
No events scheduled at this time
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Center for Vital Longevity Science Series

Please RSVP to [email protected].

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Oct 5, 2020 Virtual Event	Chandramallika Basak, PhD UT Dallas	Cardiovascular Health as a Protective Factor Against Age-Related Declines in Executive Functioning
Oct 19 Virtual Event	Luke Moraglia and Meghan Swanson, PhD UT Dallas	Moving Beyond Classic Models of Language Neurobiology Using Partial Least Squares: Broad Cortical Regions Support Language in Infants with Autism
Nov 2 Virtual Event	Derek Isaacowitz, PhD Northeastern University	Socioemotional Aging: Expecting Differences, Finding (Some) Similarities
Nov 16 Virtual Event	S. Duke Han, PhD University of Southern California	Financial Decision Making in Old Age: Neuropsychology, Neuroimaging, and Policy Considerations
Jan 25, 2021 Virtual Event	Craig Stark, PhD UC Irvine	TBD
Feb 8 Virtual Event	Rik Henson, PhD Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK	TBD
Feb 22 Virtual Event	BoKyung Park, PhD UT Dallas	TBD
Mar 8 Virtual Event	Darrell Worthy, PhD Texas A&M	TBD
Mar 22 Virtual Event	Nancy Dennis, PhD Penn State	TBD
Apr 5 Virtual Event	Yune Lee, PhD UT Dallas	TBD
Apr 19 Virtual Event	Mariam Aly, PhD Columbia University	TBD
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FLASH Series

Please RSVP to Lynne Perler.
Bruton Conferences are sponsored by the David Bruton, Jr. Endowed Lecture Series on Communication Disorders.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Aug 28, 2020 Virtual Event	Adrienne De Froy PhD Student, UT Dallas	Efficacy of Pathways Early Autism Intervention in Improving Social Communication in Toddlers with ASD
Sep 11 Virtual Event	Mitzarie Carlo-Colón, PhD University of Puerto Rico	Selecting Appropriate Spanish Word Recognition Materials
Sep 25 Virtual Event	Teresa Drulia, PhD Texas Christian University	Swallowing Safely and Efficiently in Persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Does Lung Volume Play a Role?
Oct 23 Virtual Event	Christine Dugas PhD Student, UT Dallas	Cognitive Intervention and HD-tDCS in Posterior Cortical Atrophy: A Case Study
Nov 13 Virtual Event	Tina Melamed PhD Student, UT Dallas	Comparing Auditory and Written Word Learning Throughout Grade School
Nov 20 Virtual Event	Leah Sack PhD Student, UT Dallas	Contributions of Early Motor Deficits in Predicting Language Outcomes Among Preschoolers with Developmental Language Disorder
Jan 29, 2021 Virtual Event	Kathryn Victoria Kreidler PhD Student, UT Dallas	TBD
Feb 19 Virtual Event	Elena Keltnor PhD Student, UT Dallas	TBD
Mar 12 Virtual Event	Abbey Thomas PhD Student, UT Dallas	TBD
Apr 2 Virtual Event	Boji Lam, PhD University of North Texas	TBD
Apr 9 Virtual Event	Erika Skoe, PhD University of Connecticut	TBD
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Frontiers of BrainHealth Lecture Series

These events are free, but please register online.

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE	HOST
Sep 18, 2020 Virtual Event	David Lary, PhD UT Dallas	Cognitive Performance and the Environment	Dan Krawczyk, PhD
Sep 25 Virtual Event	Harris Eyre, MD, PhD UCLA	Advancing Brain Capital as a New Approach to the COVID Economic Challenge	Sandra Chapman, PhD
Oct 2 Virtual Event	Robert C. Green, MD, MPh Harvard	The Path to Preventive Genomics	Dan Krawczyk, PhD
Oct 16 Virtual Event	Dina Hooshyar, MD, MPh UTSW, VA; Director, National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans	VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans: An Overview	Dan Krawczyk, PhD
Oct 30 Virtual Event	Nancy Gee, PhD Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine	Health Benefits of Companion Animals; Dogs in Educational Settings and RCT Results	Dan Krawczyk, PhD
Nov 13 Virtual Event	Steven Vernino, MD, PhD UTSW	Update on Autoimmune Encephalitis	Sandra Chapman, PhD
Nov 20 Virtual Event	Namrata Das, MD, PhD, MPH	Brain Energy Metabolism and Cognition in Alzheimer’s disease: A spectroscopy study at 7-Tesla	Dan Krawczyk, PhD
Dec 11 Virtual Event	Sara Konrath, PhD Indiana University	Empathy and its Implications in Uncertain Times	Julie Fratantoni, PhD
Jan 15, 2021 Virtual Event	John Cryan, PhD UCC	Microbial Endocrinology: The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Health and Disease	Dan Krawczyk, PhD
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Neuroscience Seminar Series

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE	HOST
Sep 24, 2020 Virtual Event 4:00PM	Amanda Alvarez Dieppa, PhD Reata Pharmaceuticals and Chris de Solis, PhD Columbia University	Where to Go From Here?	Christa McIntyre, PhD
Oct 1 Virtual Event 4:00PM	Garret Stuber, PhD The University of Washington	Neural Circuits for Motivation and Reward	Sven Kroener, PhD
Oct 8 Virtual Event 4:00PM	Hajira Elahi PhD Student, UT Dallas	First Year Project Defense — Electroconvulsive Shock Inhibits the Extinction but not the Reconsolidation of Cued and Contextual Pavlovian Threat Memory	Jonathan Ploski, PhD
Oct 15 Virtual Event 4:00PM	Matthew Hearing, PhD Marquette University	Sex-Specific Opioid Plasticity in Prefrontal-Accumbens Circuits: Implications for Impaired Cognitive Control	Sven Kroener, PhD
Oct 22 Virtual Event 4:00PM	Eyo Ukpong, PhD The University of Virginia	Microglial P2Y12 Receptors: Critical Regulators of Microglial Identity and Interactions in Physiology and Pathology	Michael Burton, PhD
Oct 29 Virtual Event 4:00PM	Dan Tracey, PhD Indiana University Bloomington	Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Somatosensation in Drosophila	Theodore Price, PhD
Nov 5 Virtual Event 4:00PM	Fusao Kato, PhD Jikei University, Japan	The Central Amygdala as the Detector and Regulator of Inflammatory Pain	Ben Kolber, PhD
Nov 13 Virtual Event 9:00AM	Benno Roozendaal, PhD Donders Institute, Radboud University, The Netherlands	Stress Hormone Effects on Accuracy and Generalization of Memory	Christa McIntyre, PhD
Nov 19 Virtual Event 4:00PM	Peder Olofsson, MD, PhD Karolinska Institute, Sweden	Reaching Beyond Innervation: Mapping Mechanisms of Neural Regulation of Inflammation	Michael Burton, PhD
Nov 20 Virtual Event 9:00AM	Gustavo Deco, PhD Pompeu Fabra University, Spain	Turbulence in Human Brain Dynamics: Phenomenology, Whole-brain Modeling and Convenience	Ana Solodkin, PhD
Dec 10 Virtual Event 4:00PM	Temugin Berta, PhD University of Cincinnati	Unravelling the Biology and Function of Satellite Glial Cells in Pain	Theodore Price, PhD
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Psychology Lecture Series

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

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Sep 10, 2020 Virtual Event	Candice Mills, PhD	Tips for Success in Graduate School: Making the Most of Your Time in BBS
Sep 17 Virtual Event	Karen Huxtable-Jester, PhD	Why Should We Care About Teaching?
Sep 24 Virtual Event	Salena Brody, PhD	Equity and Social Justice: The Classroom, University, and Beyond
Oct 1 Virtual Event	Matthew Heard PhD Student, UT Dallas	Speech in Noise Perception in Aging Musicians: Young Adult Controls
Oct 8 Virtual Event	Sabina Srokova PhD Student, UT Dallas	Effects of Age on Goal-Dependent Modulation of Episodic Memory Retrieval
Oct 15 Virtual Event	Michael Lundie PhD Student, UT Dallas	Promoting Creative Problem Solving Via HD-tDCS Stimulation of the Left Frontopolar Cortex
Oct 22 Virtual Event	Candice Mills, PhD UT Dallas	Conducting Child Development Research Online: Resources and Opportunities
Oct 29 Virtual Event	Psychology IDEA Group UT Dallas	Discussion of “Picture A Scientist” Film
Nov 5 Virtual Event	Beth Keithly UT Dallas Office of Graduate Education	Writing Diversity Statements for Job Applications
Nov 12 Virtual Event	Desi Jones PhD Student, UT Dallas	The Impact of Autism Acceptance Training on Explicit and Implicit Biases
Nov 19 Virtual Event	Yiyi Zhu PhD Student, UT Dallas	How Does Emotion Suppression Affect Sleep? A Cross-Cultural Investigation
Dec 3 Virtual Event	Karen Huxtable-Jester, PhD UT Dallas	Creating a Culture of Academic Honor
Dec 10 Virtual Event	Psych IDEA Group	Small Changes, Big Impact: Planning Courses with Inclusion in Mind
Jan 21, 2021 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	TBD
Feb 11 Virtual Event	Yuguang (Irene) Zhao PhD Student, UT Dallas	TBD
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Sips & Science Lecture Series

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE	PRESENTING SPONSOR
Aug 27, 2020 Virtual Event	Monique Rhodes	Making Friends With Your Mind – The Modern Day Superpower
Sep 17 Virtual Event	Bonnie Pitman and Daniel Krawczyk, PhD Center for BrainHealth, UT Dallas	Compassion in Action
Oct 22 Virtual Event	Bruce Mau	Unlocking Your Inner Innovator
Nov 19 Virtual Event	Admiral Patrick Walsh	Strategic Leadership in Unpredictable Times
Dec 10 Virtual Event	Sara Konrath, PhD Indiana University	The Rise of the American Burnout
Jan 21, 2021 Virtual Event	Kirk Erickson, PhD University of Pittsburgh	Walk Like a Greek, Think Like Aristotle
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The Brain: An Owner’s Guide (February Lecture Series)

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
Feb 2, 2021	Lisa Mosconi, PhD Weill Cornell Medicine	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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