BHRI Seminars/Forums
PAST EVENTS:
BHRI Seminar Series - fall 2024
October 1, 2024
Neural Markers and Intervention-induced Neuroplasticity in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Rajesh Kana, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean for Graduate and Continuing Education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
BHRI Seminar Series - Spring 2024
April 9, 2024
Threat and urgency – a role for CRH neurons in tuning innate survival behavior
Jaideep Bains, Ph.D., Director of the Krembil Research Institute and Interim Director and Senior Scientist of the Krembil Brain Institute at University Health Network
March 5, 2024
The ever expanding swallow pattern generator
Teresa Pitts, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair of the Speech Language and Hearing Sciences at the University of Missouri- Columbia
February 13, 2024
The domain-specificity of domain-generality: Attention, executive function, and academic skills
Eric D. Wilkey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University
January 16, 2024
Infant vocal development and the origin of language: The importance of developmental research in autism and congenital deafness
D. Kimbrough Oller, Ph.D., Professor and Plough Chair of Excellence at the University of Memphis
BHRI Seminar Series - Fall 2023
December 5, 2023
Sleep, autophagy, and nitrogen stress: early directions of the Bedont lab
Joseph Bedont, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Kent State University
November 7, 2023
Myelin – a favorable niche for Glioblastoma and Neuronal stem cells
Gunnar Poplawski, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the Lerner Research Institute of the Cleveland Clinic
October 10, 2023
Are the endovanilloid TRPV1 receptors within the mesolimbic system playing a role in anxiety and depression?
Carmen Maldonado-Vlaar, Ph.D., Chair and Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras Campus
September 12, 2023
Donuts, and engines: Neural circuit mechanisms of categorical selection and spatial attention
Shreesh Mysore, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, and the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute at Johns Hopkins University
BHRI Seminar Series - Spring 2023
March 21, 2023
Multimodal Methods of fNIRS and EEG in Social Neuroscience
J. Adam Noah, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
February 21, 2023
High Five: Dissecting Alterations in 5-HT Neurotransmission Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Matthew J. Robson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati
January 24, 2023
Effects Produced Through Engaging Persons with Dementia: Prepare to be Amazed
Cameron J. Camp, Ph.D., Director of Research and Development, Center for Applied Research in Dementia
BHRI Seminar Series - Fall 2022
October 18, 2022
Infant social trauma and the developmental trajectory of neurobehavioral pathology
Regina Marie Sullivan Ph.D., Professor Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Researcher Nathan Kline Institute, NYUMC Neuroscience Institute
September 27, 2022
GLUD2, DHEAS and the Hominid Origins of Adrenarche
Benjamin Campbell, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
BHRI Seminar Series - Spring 2022
May 24, 2022
Neuroinflammatory sex differences in an Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model
Erin Reed-Geaghan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, NEOMED
Seminar Series - Fall 2021
August 31, 2021
Neural estimation of current and future physiological states
Mark Andermann, PhD, Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
September 28, 2021
Mechanisms and Markers of Trauma-Related Neural Hypervigilance
Mariann Weierich, PhD, James K. and Lois Merritt Mikawa Distinguished Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Reno
October 26, 2021
The nature and the neurobiology of anxiety
Alexander Shackman, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland
November 23, 2021
Cognitive influences on speech intelligibility in people with normal and impaired hearing
Emma Holmes, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, University College London
BHRI Neurodiversity Forum
May 20, 2021
Speakers: Danielle Jones, Jessy Rice, Zachary Strickler
Seminar Series - 2020-2021
September 22, 2020
Emotion: Insights from Ethology
David Huron, PhD, School of Music and Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, The Ohio State University
October 20, 2020
Role of prefrontal parvalbumin cells in stress-related mood disorders
Laurence Coutellier, PhD, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University
November 17, 2020
Translational approaches to the discovery of mechanisms of sleep, circadian disruption and opioid dependence
Ryan Logan, PhD, Center for Sleep and Circadian Science, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
December 15, 2020
Gonadal steroid hormones and regulation of homeostasis in the rodent
Robert Handa, PhD, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University
January 26, 2021
Defects in myelination are a common pathophysiology in autism spectrum disorder
Brady Maher, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
February 16, 2021
Translational Neuroelectronics
Dion Khodagholy, PhD, Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
March 16, 2021
Big data brain imaging, virtual reality, and neurofeedback for stroke rehabilitation research
Sook-Lei Liew, PhD, Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Health, University of Southern California
April 20, 2021
From brain to body and back: consequences of disrupted body clocks on health
Ilia Karatsoreos, PhD, Department of Psychological and Brain Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
May 18, 2021
Linguistic Processing in Autism: Challenges in Studying a Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Diane Williams, PhD, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Penn State University
Seminar Series - 2019-2020
September 16, 2019
Neural correlates of perceptual deficits following early-life hearing loss and stress
Merri Rosen, PhD, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University
Optimizing dance interventions to promote neuroplasticity
Angela Ridgel, PhD, Department of Exercise Physiology, Kent State University
October 14, 2019
Music as an emotional signal
Joshua Albrecht, PhD, School of Music, Kent State University
Adrenarche: linking behavioral and brain changes in primate evolution
Rafaela Takeshita, PhD, Department of Anthropology, Kent State University
November 18, 2019
Cellular mechanisms underlying function and experience-dependent development of brainstem sound localization circuits
Bradley Winters, PhD, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University
Factors impacting age-related changes on speech perception in noise
Bruna Mussoi, PhD, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Kent State University
December 16, 2019
Investigations of the brain circuits that control ovulation
Richard Piet, PhD, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University
The Electrophysiological Neuroscience Laboratory of Kent (ENLoK): Past, Present, and Future
Joshua Pollock, PhD, Department of Sociology & Criminology, Kent State University
January 21, 2020
Optical probing of neurodegeneration
Hod Dana, PhD, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
February 18, 2020
Remyelination failure as a cause of disease progression in multiple sclerosis
Ranjan Dutta, PhD, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic