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Monday, Apr 17
12:00 - 1:00pm CT
Individual Variability in the Functional Connectivity Architecture of the Mouse Brain — CVL Science Luncheon
Itmar Kahn, PhD — Columbia University
Hybrid Event | In-Person and MS Teams
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Monday, Apr 17
2:00 - 3:00pm CT
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Enhances Extinction of Drug-Seeking Behavior — Neuroscience Seminar
Chris Driskill — PhD Student, UT Dallas
In-Person Event | CRA 12.110
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Thursday, Apr 20
4:00 - 5:00pm CT
Modulation of HPA Axis Signaling as a Treatment Approach for Migraine-Like Behavior Responses Caused by Repeated Stress Exposure — Neuroscience Seminar
Ya-Yu Hu — PhD Student, UT Dallas
In-Person Event | CRA 12.110
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Friday, Apr 21
10:30 - 11:30am CT
Dynamic BOLD Signal Changes Emerge in Middle Versus Young and Elderly Age Groups During Trace Eyeblink Conditioning — Neuroscience Seminar
Penny Lea — PhD Student, UT Dallas
In-Person Event | JSOM 2.717
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Tuesday, Apr 18
10:30 - 11:30am CT
Using Multi-Omic Dissection of Human Brain Tissue and iPSC-Derived Brain Cell Models to Understand the Pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s Disease — O’Donnell Brain Institute
Li-Huei-Tsai, PhD — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In-Person Event | NB4.122
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Wednesday, Apr 19
8:00 - 9:00am CT
Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease — O’Donnell Brain Institute
Pedro Rosa-Neto, MD, PhD — McGill University
In-Person Event | D1.602
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Tuesday, Apr 18
2:30 - 3:30pm CT
The Modifying Effects of Amyloid and Individual Health Risks on Longitudinal Age-Related Cortical Thinning
Vincent Edwards — PhD Student, UT Dallas
Hybrid Event | In-Person and MS Teams
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Friday, Apr 21
12:00 - 1:15pm CT
MS Psychology Research Poster Presentations
Students will present their research posters.
In-Person Event | CRA 12.120
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Friday, Apr 21
9:30 - 10:30am CT
Temperamental Differences in Social-Emotional Development and Mental Health Across the Life Course — Center for Children and Families Spring Lecture
Alva Tang, PhD — UT Dallas
Hybrid Event | In-Person and MS Teams
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Friday, Apr 21
12:00 - 1:00pm CT
The Cerebellum in Cognition, Development, and Disorders — Frontiers of BrainHealth Lecture
Anila D’Mello, PhD — UT Dallas
Hybrid Event | In-Person and Zoom
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| In the News |
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Alumna Helps Turn the Tables on Kids’ Communication Challenges
In 2015, Courtney Willis founded her Dallas clinic, Speech Wings Therapy, adopting the name from Helen Keller who described her inability to communicate early in life as having speech wings that were weak and broken.
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UTD To Honor Newest Group of Endowed Chairs, Professors
Dr. Michael Burton, Assistant Professor of neuroscience in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, was endowed April 14 as a Fellow, Eugene McDermott Professor. Endowments are the highest academic honor the University can bestow.
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Apr 19-20
Comets Giving Days 2023
Comets Giving Days are 1,969 minutes (two days) dedicated to impacting UT Dallas. Please consider making a gift in support of the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences and/or one of its many centers.
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Jun 7-10
Audiology Doctoral Student Chosen for Conference Scholarship
Sarah Crow received a student scholarship award for the American Cochlear Implant Alliance’s CI2023 conference, to be held in June in Dallas.
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