Past Event Category: John D. Wiley Seminar Series
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Dec 8Seminar – Ruchira Singh, PhD – “iPS Cell Models of Retinal Diseases: Disease Mechanisms & Potential Therapeutics”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 Waisman Center
Ruchira Singh, PhD University of Rochester Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Ruchira Singh is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Genetics at the University of Rochester. The overall objective of Dr. Singh’s research is to find treatments and possibly cures for retinal and neuro-degenerative diseases. Towards this goal her research …
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Dec 1Seminar – Gael Orsmond, PhD – “Contextual Aspects of Autism in Adolescence and Adulthood”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 Waisman Center
Gael Orsmond, PhD Boston University Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Orsmond is a developmental and clinical psychologist who conducts research to understand how the family, social, community, and school contexts are crucial to the development and well-being of adolescents and adults on the autism spectrum. Her main areas of research include social and community …
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Nov 10Seminar – Courtney Venker, PhD – “Advancing Our Understanding of What Constitutes ‘High Quality’ Language Input for Young Autistic Children”John D. Wiley Conference Center
Courtney Venker, PhD Assistant Professor, Michigan State University Profile About the Speaker: Courtney E. Venker is a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist and an Assistant Professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders. She is also the director of the Lingo Lab, which is located in the Oyer Speech and Hearing Building on …
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Nov 3Seminar – Allison Ebert, PhD – “Using Stem Cells to Model Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration”John D. Wiley Conference Center
Allison Ebert, PhD Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Allison Ebert received undergraduate degrees in chemistry and psychology from Indiana University, a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Northwestern University, and post-doctoral training at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy …
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Oct 20Seminar – Timothy LaVaute, PhD – “The NIH Somatic Cell Genome Editing Program”John D. Wiley Conference Center
Timothy LaVaute, PhD Division of Neuroscience at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Timothy LaVaute is a Program Director in Division of Neuroscience at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), where he manages a portfolio of grants and cooperative agreements in the research areas of neural …
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Oct 13Seminar – Lizbeth Finestack, PhD – “Identifying Effective And Efficient Language Interventions For Children With Significant Language Impairments”John D. Wiley Conference Center
Lizbeth Finestack, PhD Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Lizabeth Finestack is an associate professor in the department of speech-language-hearing sciences at the University Of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Her research focuses on identifying effective and efficient language interventions for children with significant language impairments, including children with primary …
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Oct 6Seminar – Viridiana Benitez, PhD – “Learning Words in a Bilingual World”John D. Wiley Conference Center
Viridiana Benitez, PhD Assistant Professor, Arizona State University Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Viridiana Benitez’s research is in the area of cognitive development, with a focus on understanding how cognition and language experience support word learning across development. To answer these questions, Professor Benitez works with infants, children, and adults who have monolingual or bilingual language learning experiences. Coming from an immigrant family, Professor Benitez …
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Sep 29Seminar – Matthew Winn, AuD, PhD – “Listening With Cochlear Implants: Lots of Effort Beneath the Surface”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 Waisman Center
Matthew Winn, AuD, PhD University of Minnesota Profile About the Speaker: Dr. Matthew Winn, AuD, PhD is currently associate professor at the University of Minnesota in the department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, in Minneapolis MN. He directs the Listen Lab, which is aimed at understanding speech communication and what makes it difficult for people with hearing …
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Sep 15Seminar – Patrick Lao, PhD – “A Multiple Biomarker Approach to Alzheimer’s Disease for Underrepresented and Underserved Groups”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 Waisman Center
Patrick Lao, PhD Columbia University Profile About the Speaker: Patrick Lao, PhD is an associate professor of neurological sciences at Columbia University in Neurology and in the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center. His research focuses on a multiple biomarker approach to Alzheimer’s disease (i.e., amyloid-β, hyperphosphorylated tau, cerebrovascular disease, and neurodegeneration), informed by contextual factors (i.e., genetic, …
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Sep 8Seminar – Tina Grieco-Calub, PhD, CCC-A – “Communication Development: Considering the Influence of Hearing Experience on How Children Process and Learn Language”John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216 Waisman Center
Tina Grieco-Calub, PhD, CCC-A Rush University Medical Center Profile About the Speaker: Tina Grieco-Calub, PhD, CCC-A is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science and Communication Disorders and Sciences at Rush University Medical Center. Her research program aims to understand how differences in hearing experience – due to hearing loss, listening …