The American Brian Coalition (ABC) has been developing an initiative to create the development of a Neuroscience Center of Excellence at the Food and Drug Administration. You can attend an ABC Town Hall to learn more about this important effort and the critical role you may have in making this happen. This virtual meeting will […]
At the end of 2020, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released the new report, Understanding the Well-Being of LGBTQI+ Populations. Kellan Baker who was the consultant to the committee that prepared the report, will present some of the findings that raise ethical questions on Monday, February 1st at 3 to 4:30pm. Following […]
The National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C: learn more here) will begin offering orientation sessions on getting started in the Enclave. See below for session information. Attendance at Session A (on 2/2/21) is required for Session B (on 2/9/21). Session A Starting on February 2nd at 10:00am: • Provides a general overview of N3C, including […]
The Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas hosts award-winning scientists and internationally renowned health leaders who are pushing the boundaries and blazing new trails in our understanding of brain health. Every Tuesday in February from 7-8pm (CT), learn something new about your amazing brain and the science driving the latest discoveries […]
Register for the Rural Drug Addiction Research (RDAR) Center’s Lunch and Learn Series on “Stigma Reduction as a Novel Strategy to Address Addiction,” presented by Dr. Alëna Balasanova on Friday, February 5th from noon to 1pm. Dr. Balasanova will outline the current landscape of addictive disorders including review of applicable substance use disorder terminology. The […]
The Community-Academic Partnership (CAP) Program provides support for research proposals with a strong community focus. Our goal is to improve health and wellness in communities through the development or testing of programs and interventions that are impactful and sustainable in a community setting. Awarded projects have established strong ties to the community as evidenced by […]
The National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C: learn more here) will begin offering orientation sessions on getting started in the Enclave. See below for registration information. Attendance at Session A is required for Session B. Session B Starting on February 9th at 10:00am: • Focuses on technical aspects of working with N3C data in the […]
UNMC will host the Big Ten Cancer Research Consortium Grand Rounds on Tuesday, February 9th at 10am (CT). Presenters will include UNMC faculty members Alfred L. Fisher, MD, PhD (“Exosomal miRNAs as Biomarkers of Frailty”), and Vijaya Raj Bhatt, MD, MS (“Geriatric Assessment in Precision Oncology Trials”). Big Ten CRC Grand Rounds are monthly educational […]
The Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas hosts award-winning scientists and internationally renowned health leaders who are pushing the boundaries and blazing new trails in our understanding of brain health. Every Tuesday in February from 7-8pm (CT), learn something new about your amazing brain and the science driving the latest discoveries […]
John Torous, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, present “Beyond Telehealth: Advances in Digital Mental Health Research and Practical Clinical Considerations for Smartphone Apps in Care” on Wednesday, February 10th at noon. Dr. Torous will define digital phenotyping and list three risks and benefits of this method of data collection, list the […]
Diego R. Torres-Russotto, MD, FAAN, Professor and Vice-Chair for Education in the Department of Neurological Sciences at UNMC, will present “What Drive Orthostatic Tremor: Postural Instability or Basophobia?” on Wednesday, February 10th at noon via Zoom. Dr. Torres-Russotto will focus on the main clinical characteristics of Orthostatic Tremor (OT), the important knowledge gaps in our […]
At the moment, health care is often one-size-fits-all, but imagine a future where your healthcare is tailored to you. We want to make that future possible by promoting a resource that allows researchers to conduct thousands of studies on health and disease using a database that is representative of the population. The National Institute […]
Cynthia Morton, PhD, Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and Director of Cytogenetics at Brigham And Women's Hospital, will present “Newborn Hearing Screening with Genetic Testing: A Foray into a Genomic Future for Newborn Screening” on Thursday, February 11th at noon via Zoom. Use THIS LINK to access her presentation at the start time […]
The GP IDeA-CTR Network hosts Deepak Khazanchi, PhD, MBA, Professor of Information Science & Technology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Nebraska Omaha for our next CTR Seminar. Dr. Khazanchi will present "Conducting Medical Research Using Innovative Technology Interventions and Advanced Analytical Tools: Best Practices with Illustrations" on February 11th from […]
The Rural Drug Addiction Research (RDAR) Center will host a digital screening and group discussion of “A Day in the Life: the World of Humans Who Use Drugs” for its February Seminar Series event on Thursday, February 11th from 3:30-4:30pm. “A Day in the Life” takes us through one day in the lives of eight […]
The Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center (ACRC) hosts David A. Kass, MD, Abraham and Virginia Weiss Professor of Cardiology and Director of the Institute of CardioScience at John Hopkins University School of Medicince. Dr. Kass will present “Fine Tuning the Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin” on Friday, February 12th from 1 to 2pm via Zoom. Use THIS […]
The Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas hosts award-winning scientists and internationally renowned health leaders who are pushing the boundaries and blazing new trails in our understanding of brain health. Every Tuesday in February from 7-8pm (CT), learn something new about your amazing brain and the science driving the latest discoveries […]
The DE-CTR ACCEL Program invites you to attend its Virtual Community Research Exchange Conference on Thursday, February 18 from 7:30am - 12:30pm (CT). Keynote speaker Daniel Salmon, MPH, PhD, Professor and Director at Johns Hopkins Institute for Vaccine Safety, will present “Vaccine Refusal In The Time of COVID-19: Opportunities For Community Engagement & Research” during […]
The University of Mississippi Medical Center Division of Continuing Health Professional Education and the University of Southern Mississippi Office of Research Integrity will host this day long conference on Friday, February 19th. The purpose of “Research Integrity Southeast ’21: In the Wake of a Global Pandemic” is to 1) provide a venue for interprofessional education […]
The Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series will highlight trainees and junior faculty from groups traditionally underrepresented in neuroscience. Meetings occur virtually once each month for presentations and discussion/networking. Each month will feature one Big Ten institution. On Friday, February 19th from noon to 1:30pm (CT), Jodi L. Lukkes, PhD, Assistant Research Professor of Psychiatry at […]
This capstone research conference will celebrate ten years of the NIH Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Common Fund Program. The goal of the SOBC program is to advance behavior change research through a focus on mechanisms of change and the integration of basic research with applied/interventional research. The capstone conference will highlight innovative examples of […]
Daniel Anderson, MD, PhD, Associate Professor and Chief of cardiovascular medicine at UNMC, will discuss the effects of COVID-19 on the heart during the next Science Café on Tuesday, February 23rd beginning at 10am via Facebook Live. Dr. Anderson will give a brief overview of the manner of COVID-19 infection, the risk for severe infection […]
The Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas hosts award-winning scientists and internationally renowned health leaders who are pushing the boundaries and blazing new trails in our understanding of brain health. Every Tuesday in February from 7-8pm (CT), learn something new about your amazing brain and the science driving the latest discoveries […]
Lindsey Page, MS, ACSM-CEP, Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Neurological Sciences at UNMC will be the presenter at the next Mind and Brain Health Seminar on Wednesday, February 24th from noon to 1pm via Zoom. Her presentation, “Neurocognition and Frailty in Prostate Cancer,” will focus on the relationship between prostate cancer, frailty, and […]
The Departments of Gerontology and Social Work at UNO, along with our community partners, will be hosting the “Aging with Passion and Purpose Virtual Conference” on March 15th from 9am to 5pm. This year’s virtual conference will discuss the implications of COVID-19 on older adults from a biopsychosocial perspective, including disparities across cultural groups, and […]
Praveen Hariharan, MBBS, from UNMC will present “Relapsing and Remitting Multifocul Strokes” on Thursday, February 25th from 11:50am to 12:50pm via Zoom. He will define stroke in young adults and identify etiologies, discuss how to perform a full diagnostic workup for cryptogenic stroke and stroke in young adults, and discuss management options in rare stroke […]
Cures Within Reach (CWR) has launched a new Request for Proposals (RFP) for Clinical Repurposing Research to Impact Veterans, seeking submissions from US-based institutions to receive a $50,000 grant for a clinical repurposing trial for any unmet medical need facing veterans, including mental health, post-traumatic stress disorder and brain injury. This RFP will support research […]
The UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences will host Michael McCrea, PhD, ABPP, Professor and Eminent Scholar from the Department of Neurosurgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and Neil Harris, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience at the UCLA Brain Injury Research Center on Friday, February 26th from 9 to 11am via Zoom. Dr. McCrea will present […]
Ryan McCreery, PhD, Director of Research and Director of the Audibility, Perception and Cognition Laboratory at Boys Town National Research Hospital will present “Steps to your First RO1” for the next CoNDA Career Development Seminar on Friday, February 26th at noon. Use THIS LINK to access the event via Zoom at the start time of […]