Neuroscience Research Day 2022 (Copy) — Society of Neuroscience Graduate Students

Join us at Western University’s 4th Neuroscience Research Day (NRD)
All students, postdocs, faculty and staff (within and outside of Western) are invited to attend!

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Neuroscience is a research strength and priority at Western, and NRD is a trainee-organized conference that aims to bring the Western’s neuroscience community together to share resources and skills, and seed new collaborations. It also features world-renowned keynote speakers and interactive panel discussions and workshops.

Keynote Speakers

**Dr. Laura Lewis,** Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University

Talk Title: **Imaging the causes and consequences of sleep in the brain**
February 24th 4:00pm
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Laura Lewis is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. Her research develops multimodal approaches for imaging the human brain, and applies them to study the brain networks that regulate sleep, and the consequences of sleep for brain function. She completed her Ph.D. in see more…

**Dr. Yasmin Hurd**, Professor of Neuroscience, Pharmacological Sciences, Psychiatry & Director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai

Talk Title: **Cannabis and the Developing Brain – What Do We Know?**
February 25th 2:00pm
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Dr. Yasmin Hurd is the Director of the Addiction Institute within the Mount Sinai Behavioral Health System as well as the Ward Coleman Chair of Translational Neuroscience and Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. Dr. Hurd is an internationally renowned see more…

Faculty Lectures

Dr. Yalda Mohsenzadeh, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Brain and Mind Institute, Western University

Talk title: Mapping the spatiotemporal dynamics of human brain responses with MEG/fMRI fusion method
February 24th 9:30am
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Dr. Blake Butler, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Brain and Mind Institute, Western University

Talk title: The anatomical basis for plasticity following sensory loss
February 24th 10:00am
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Dr. Sue Peters, Assistant Professor, School of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University

Talk title: Mobility neurophysiology and rehabilitation
February 25th 9:30am
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Dr. Jon Lau, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University

Talk title: Fussing about millimetres: leveraging stereotactic and open science principles in neuroscience
February 25th 10:00am
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Panels

We will also have the following three panel discussions:

1) The Great Debate: Can fMRI teach us how the brain works? Read about our Debate Panel here.

2) Career Talks: Applying your neuroscience knowledge in industry. Read about our Career Panel here.

3) Equity Diversity & Inclusion Panel: Media, Marginalization, and the Mind. Read about our EDI Panel here.

Mental Health in Academia Focus Group

Friday Feb 25th 12:00-12:45pm

Gather on Spatial Chat during the lunch break on Day 2 of NRD for an opportunity to engage in discussions with peers and colleagues about selected topics relating to mental health. The event is run by the SONGS I Wish I Knew Committee, and a representative of the committee will be leading discussions, at different “stations”, see more…