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September 2020
Virtual Seminar – Stephen Meyn, MD, PhD – “The Human Genome as the Common Heritage of Mankind: Implications for Medical Genomics”
Stephen Meyn, MD, PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison About the Speaker: Stephen Meyn, MD, PhD, joined the SMPH in January 2018 to lead the UW Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine. Prior to his move…
Find out more »October 2020
Virtual Waisman “Walktober” Whirl
Join us for the sixth annual Waisman Whirl Run, Walk & Roll for All Abilities. This year the event is virtual. Your Race, Your Place. Your Pace. Take the entire month of October…it’s a…
Find out more »Virtual Grandparent Coffee Group
The Grandparents’ Network provides a context for grandparents and other family members to increase their understanding of developmental disabilities, learn how other families cope with the challenge of disability, and contribute expertise, wisdom, and experience.…
Find out more »Virtual Seminar – Eric Morrow, MD, PhD – “Mechanisms of Human Brain Development and Degeneration through the Lens of Rare Genetic Disorders”
Eric Morrow, MD, PhD Brown University About the Speaker: Dr. Morrow is a physician-scientist with extensive experience in autism and intellectual disabilities. His research seeks to understand human brain disease through the study of genetic…
Find out more »Virtual Seminar – Jaclyn Schwarz, PhD – “Impact of Early-Life Immune Activation on the Ontogeny of Hippocampal-Dependent Learning and Memory”
Jaclyn Schwarz, PhD University of Delaware About the Speaker: Dr. Jaclyn Schwarz received her PhD from the University of Maryland Medical School, where she examined the mechanisms by which testosterone masculinizes neural circuits in the…
Find out more »Virtual Seminar – Han Wang, PhD – “Genetic and Neural Dissection of Sleep in C. elegans”
Han Wang, PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison About the Speaker: Han Wang, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at UW-Madison. Han received a bachelor's degree in biology from Tsinghua University. Han…
Find out more »Virtual Day with the Experts: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
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Find out more »Virtual Seminar – Steven Kernie, MD – “Mechanisms Underlying Injury-Induced Neurogenesis”
Steven Kernie, MD Columbia University About the Speaker: Dr. Steven Kernie is a professor of pediatrics (in neurology) at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Vice-Chair for Clinical Affairs and Chief of Critical…
Find out more »November 2020
Virtual Grandparent Coffee Group
The Grandparents’ Network provides a context for grandparents and other family members to increase their understanding of developmental disabilities, learn how other families cope with the challenge of disability, and contribute expertise, wisdom, and experience.…
Find out more »Virtual Seminar – Michael Gandal, MD, PhD – “Brain Gene Networks Link Complement Signaling with Convergent Synaptic Pathology in Schizophrenia”
Michael Gandal, MD, PhD UCLA About the Speaker: Dr. Gandal is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA and the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. He received…
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