Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD Boston Children’s Hospital About the Speaker: Mustafa Sahin received his MD and PhD in neurobiology at the Yale University School of Medicine. He completed an internship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia …
John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Seminar – Fraser Sim, PhD – Topic: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Understanding Myelination and Demyelination
Fraser Sim, PhD University at Buffalo About the Speaker: My lab investigates the molecular control of cell fate and homeostasis of resident stem and progenitor cells in the human brain. Using a combination of multicolor …
Dolan Lecture – Laura Ranum, PhD – Topic: The Neurogenetic Basis of Repeat Disorders
Laura Ranum, PhD. University of Florida. Topic: The Neurogenetic Basis of Repeat Disorders
Seminar – Sara Jaffee, PhD – Topic: Normal and Abnormal Development in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Using Multidisciplinary Approaches
Sara Jaffee, PhD University of Pennsylvania About the Speaker: Sara Jaffee graduated from Oberlin College in 1994 and received a PhD in developmental psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2001. Having spent 11 years …
Seminar – Jane Roberts, PhD – Topic: Mechanisms Underlying Cognitive and Behavioral Functions in Individuals with Developmental Disorders
Jane Roberts, PhD University of South Carolina About the Speaker: Dr. Jane Roberts joined the faculty at USC in 2008. She is a school psychologist who received her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina …
Seminar – Robert Berman, PhD – Topic: Fragile X-associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS)
Robert Berman, PhD University of California, Davis About the Speaker: Dr. Berman, a neuroscientist whose research focuses on cellular mechanisms of brain injury, is currently examining the effects of neonatal toxin exposure on brain development …
Seminar – Suzanne Jackowski, PhD – Topic: Regulation of Coenzyme A in Health and Disease
Suzanne Jackowski, PhD St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital About the Speaker: Suzanne Jackowski is a member of the faculty at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Following her Ph.D. dissertation in Biomedical Science …
Seminar – Heather Hazlett, PhD – Topic: Brain Development in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Fragile X Syndrome
Heather Hazlett, PhD The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill About the Speaker: Dr. Hazlett is a licensed psychologist with a background in child neuropsychology and with research interests in neurodevelopmental disorders. During the last ten years, …
Seminar – Andrew Imparato, JD – “Translating Research Findings for Policymakers: Lessons from Inside the Belly of the Beast”
Andrew Imparato, JD Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) About the Talk: Andy Imparato, executive director of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) and a 25 year DC veteran who served as …
Seminar – Xuejun (June) Li, PhD – Topic: Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells for Disease Modeling and Therapeutic Development
Xuejun (June) Li, PhD University of Illinois–Chicago, College of Medicine at Rockford About the Speaker: Degeneration of motor neurons, large projection neurons controlling the movement of muscles, underlies many debilitating diseases. One of the research focuses …