As a general internist and health services researcher, Dr. Nicolaidis uses participatory research to improve the health and healthcare of marginalized populations. Many of her current projects focus on autism in adulthood.
John D. Wiley Seminar Series
Virtual Seminar – Brady Maher, PhD – “Defects in Myelination are a Common Pathophysiology in Autism Spectrum Disorder”
Brady Maher, PhD Lieber Institute for Brain Development About the Speaker: Brady J. Maher, Ph.D. is a lead investigator in the Developmental Neurobiology and Functional Genomics division of the Lieber Institute and an Associate Professor …
Virtual Seminar – Elizabeth Norton, PhD – “Assessing the Brain and Behavior in Parents and Toddlers during Naturalistic Interaction: Insights into Autism, Language Delay, and Typical Development”
Elizabeth Norton, PhD Northwestern University About the Speaker: Elizabeth Norton is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Director of the Language, Education and Reading Neuroscience (LEARN) Lab. Her research …
WARF Therapeutics Drug Discovery Virtual Seminar – Craig Erickson, MD – “Refining Treatment Development in Neurodevelopmental Disorders”
WARF Therapeutics Drug Discovery Seminar Series Craig Erickson, MD Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center About the Speaker: Dr. Erickson has worked to obtain continuous federal, foundation, internal, and industry funding supporting his and his collaborators’ research …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …