Past Event Category: John D. Wiley Seminar Series
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Feb 7Seminar – Donna Werling, PhD – “Gene Expression in Brain as a Tool for Identifying Sex-Differential Risk Mechanisms for Autism”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Donna Werling, PhD University of Wisconsin–Madison Profile About the Speaker: Donna Werling, PhD, is interested in the mechanisms by which genetic variation and sex-differential biology influence risk for neuropsychiatric conditions, with a major focus on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders. During her doctoral work in the laboratory of Dan Geschwind at the …
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Dec 6Seminar – David Mandell, ScD – “The Long and Winding Road: Implementation Challenges in Moving from Exclusion to Inclusion in Philadelphia Public Schools”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
David Mandell, ScD University of Pennsylvania Profile About the Speaker: Dr. David Mandell is the Kenneth E. Appel Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He is trained as a psychiatric epidemiologist and mental health services researcher. The goal of his research is to improve the quality of care individuals with …
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Nov 22Seminar – Anna Penn, PhD – “Neuroplacentology: Placental Impact on the Developing Brain”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Anna Penn, MD, PhD Columbia University Profile About the Speaker: Anna Penn, MD, PhD, a leading clinical neonatologist and developmental neuroscientist, coined the term “neuroplacentology” and has pioneered research on this topic, which examines the influence of the placenta on fetal brain development. She also studies sex differences in perinatal brain injury. Dr. Penn was …
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Nov 15Seminar – Michael Cahill, PhD – “Identification of PDZ-RhoGEF as a Critical In Vivo Regulator of Synapses and Cognition”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Michael Cahill, PhD University of Wisconsin–Madison Lab Website About the Speaker: Michael Cahill received my PhD in 2011 from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago under the mentorship of Dr. Peter Penzes. Following graduate school, he joined the laboratory of Dr. Eric Nestler at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai …
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Nov 8Seminar – Andrew Gordon, PhD – “Intensive Training of the Upper and Lower Extremities and Seated Postural Control in Children with Cerebral Palsy”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Andrew Gordon, PhD Columbia University Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Andrew Gordon has broad background in neurophysiology and biomechanics and also has extensive clinical and research expertise involving motor learning and development in typically developing children and children with cerebral palsy. His team has been studying hand motor control in healthy individuals and individuals with …
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Nov 1Seminar – Victor Faundez, MD, PhD – “Neurobiology Discovery through Systems Biology of a Rare Genetic Disorder, Rett Syndrome”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Victor Faundez, MD, PhD Emory University Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Victor Faundez, MD, PhD, is a Professor and Vice Chair of the department of Cell Biology at Emory University. He earned his MD and PhD from Catholic University in Santiago, Chile. He is interested in understanding complex neurological disorders using cell biology, mouse and …
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Oct 25Seminar – Carlos Benítez-Barrera, PhD – “Listening to Learn: Understanding the Role of Auditory Environments in Language Development for Children with Hearing Loss”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Carlos Benítez-Barrera, PhD University of Wisconsin–Madison Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Carlos Benítez-Barrera is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research focuses on the impact of early auditory experiences on behavioral and neural outcomes of children, particularly those with hearing loss. Dr. Benítez-Barrera is …
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Oct 18Seminar – Aubyn Stahmer, PhD – “Adapting Evidence-based Practices for Children with Autism in Collaboration with Community Providers”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Aubyn Stahmer, PhD UC Davis MIND Institute Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Aubyn Stahmer, PhD is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Director of the Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the MIND Institute. She is an expert in the translation of evidence-based autism research to community-based practice …
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Oct 4Seminar – Cathy Binger, PhD, CCC-SLP – “Supporting and Measuring Aided Language Development”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Cathy Binger, PhD, CCC-SLP University of New Mexico Profile About the Speaker: After working for a number of years as a clinical speech language pathologist (SLP), Dr. Binger earned her PhD from Penn State University in 2004. Her primary research interest is developing and evaluating effective approaches to support the grammatical and semantic development of children …
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Sep 27Seminar – Bin Chen, PhD – “Cortical Neural Stem Cell Lineage Progression and Transcriptional Regulation of Cortical Excitatory Neuron Identity”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Bin Chen, PhD University of California – Santa Cruz Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Bin Chen is a Professor of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology at University of California, Santa Cruz. Research in her laboratory focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie the generation of diverse cell types in the mammalian brain, and …