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 […]