Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Clinical Neuroscience Training Program

Weekly Seminar Series

During the Fall and Spring semesters, students attend seminars. Lunch is provided and the atmosphere is informal. Seminars are in a variety of formats and emphasize inspiration as well as education.  Topics include translational research findings, transdisciplinary clinical case conferences, and career pathways.

 

SPRING 2024 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

January 19, 2024 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Andrew McKinstry-Wu, MD:  Out and Back Again: Using Anesthetics to Study Transitions in Arousal States
Location:  Virtual

January 26, 2024 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
D. Kacy Cullen, PhDEngineering Living Tissue for Nervous System Reconstruction, Modulation, and Modeling
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

February 2, 2024 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Amber L. Alhadeff, PhDThe Power of Hunger
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

February 9, 2024 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Desmond J. Oathes, PhDBrain Imaging of Human Fear and Anxiety Psychopathology
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

February 16, 2024 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Robert B. Wilson, MD, PhDFriedreich Ataxia, a Neuro- and Cardio-Degenerative Trinucleotide Repeat Disorder
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

February 23, 2024 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Jessica Foster, MDTranslating CAR T Cells to CNS Tumors
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

March 1, 2024 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Aaron Alexander-Bloch, MD PhDImag(in)ing Brain Markers of Psychiatric Risk During Development
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

March 15, 2024 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Mariko L. Bennett MD, PHDWhat Do Microglia Do? Realizing the Potential of Brain Macrophages for Neurotherapeutics
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

March 22, 2024 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Geoffrey Karl Aguirre, MD, PhDNeural Mechanisms of Photophobia
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

March 29, 2024 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Noam A. Cohen MD, PhDTaste Receptors: Novel Targets in the Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

April 5, 2024 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Danielle K. Sandsmark, MD, PhDNeuro-COVID
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

April 12, 2024 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Casey H. Halpern, MDNeuromodulation/DBS
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

April 19, 2024 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
David Raizen, MD, PhDSleep
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

April 26, 2024 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Corinde E. Wiers, PhDAddiction
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

May 3, 2024 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
TBDTBD
Location:  Smilow Building 9-146AB

May 10, 2024 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
TBDTBD
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

 

FALL 2023 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Daniel Wolf, MD, PhD & Xilma R. Ortiz-González, MD, PhD, Welcome & Introduction
Location:  Smilow Building 8-146AB

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
David Roalf PhD, Targeting Brain Glutamate in Development and Psychopathology
Location:  Smilow Building 8-146AB

October 6, 2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Elizabeth Bhoj MD PhD, Rare Pediatric Neurological Disorders & Targeted Therapies
Location:  Smilow Building 8-146AB

October 13, 2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Naomi Nevler MD, Natural Speech Markers of Neurodegenerative Pathologies
Location:  Smilow Building 8-146AB

October 20, 2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Kelly Sloane MD, Predicting and Modulating Post-Stroke Cognitive Trajectories
Location:  Smilow Building 8-146AB

November 3, 2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Nduka Amankulor MD, Translational Progress in Neurosurgical Oncology
Location:  Smilow Building 8-146AB

November 10, 2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Summer Student Research Data Blitz
Location:  Smilow Building 8-146AB

November 17, 2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Emily Hartwell PhD, Implications of Comorbidity and Predicting Risk Using Polygenic Scores in Substance Use Disorder Research
Location:  Smilow Building 8-146AB

December 8, 2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Ahmara Ross MD PhD, Gene Therapy for Optic Nerve Degeneration
Location:  Smilow Building 8-146AB

 

SPRING 2023 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

JANUARY 13, 2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Jina Ko, PhD; Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Talk Title: Single Biomarker Profiling for Molecular Diagnostics
Location:  Smilow Building 11-146AB

JANUARY 20, 2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Kahlilia Blanco, PhD; Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Talk Title: Epigenetic Mechanisms as Potential Therapeutic Targets in Stroke
Location: Smilow Building 11-146AB

JANUARY 27, 2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Morgan Botdorf, PhD; Postdoc Fellow, Dept of Psychology
Talk Title: Neurodevelopment and the Importance of the Early Environment
Location: Smilow Building 11-146AB

FEBRUARY 3,  2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Thomas H. Scott MD; CEO & Founder — Scott Integrated Pain Management
Talk Title: Non-Opiate Pain Management
Location: Smilow Building 11-146AB

FEBRUARY 10,  2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Adeline Vanderver, MD; Professor of Neurology
Talk Title: Myelination and Leukodystrophies
Location: Smilow Building 11-146AB

FEBRUARY 17,  2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Julia Parish-Morris, PhD ; Assistant Professor of Psychology
Talk Title: Parsing Heterogeneity in Autistic Spoken Language
Location: Smilow Building 11-146AB

FEBRUARY 24,  2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Adrianna C. Jenkins, PhD; Assistant Professor of Psychology
Talk Title: Psychopathy & Social Cognition
Location: Smilow Building 11-146AB 

MARCH 3,  2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: David J. Irwin, MD; Assistant Professor of Neurology
Talk Title: Translational Research in FTD: Target Engaged
Location: Smilow Building 11-146AB​​​​​​​

MARCH 17,  2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Richard L Doty MA PhD FAAN; Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
Talk Title: The Science of  Taste and Smell: Parkinson’s Disease and Other Clinical Conditions
​​​​​​​Location: Smilow Building 11-146AB​​​​​​​

MARCH 24,  2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Douglas C. Wallace, PhD; Michael and Charles Barnett Endowed Chair in Pediatric Mitochondrial Medicine and Metabolic Disease
Talk Title: Mitochondrial Medicine in the Pandemic Era
​​​​​​​Location: Smilow Building 11-146AB​​​​​​​

March 31,  2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Vishnu Cuddapah, MD, PhD; Assistant Professor of Neurology
Talk Title: Understanding How Sleep Loss Affects Seizures Using Drosophila
​​​​​​​Location: Smilow Building 11-146AB​​​​​​​

APRIL 7,  2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Andrea L.C. Schneider, MD, PhD; Assistant Professor of Neurology
Talk Title: Long-Term Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury: Insights from Epidemiology
​​​​​​​Location: Smilow Building 11-146AB​​​​​​​

APRIL 14,  2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Ran Barzilay, MD, PhD; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Talk Title: Exposome as key to understand youth suicidal behavior
​​​​​​​Location: Smilow Building 11-146AB​​​​​​​

APRIL 21,  2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Ingo Helbig, MD; Assistant Professor of Neurology
Talk Title: Make Data Speak in Childhood Epilepsy
​​​​​​​Location: Smilow Building 11-146AB​​​​​​​

APRIL 28,  2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Kimberly Waddell, PhD; Assistant Professor of Penn Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Talk Title: Out of the Clinic and Into the Home: Leveraging Behavioral Science to Improve Outcomes Post-Stroke
​​​​​​​Location: Smilow Building 11-146AB​​​​​​​

MAY 5,  2023 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Christina Jackson MD; Assistant Professor of Neurology
Talk Title: Understanding Mechanisms of Immune Evasion in Brain Tumors, One Cell at a Time
​​​​​​​Location: Smilow Building 11-146AB

 

FALL 2022 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Daniel Wolf, MD, PhD & Xilma R. Ortiz-González, MD, PhD
Talk Title: Welcome & Introduction
Location:  Smilow Building 11-146AB

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Kathryn Davis MD, MSTR; Associate Professor of Neurology
Talk Title: Localizing Epileptic Networks with EEG and MRI
Location:  Smilow Building 11-146AB

OCTOBER 14, 2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Michael Gandal MD, PhD; Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Talk Title: Leveraging Human Brain Genomics to Identify the Molecular Pathology of Major Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Location:  Smilow Building 11-146AB

OCTOBER 21, 2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Damaris N. Lorenzo PhD;  Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Talk Title: Mechanistic Insights into the SPTBN1 Syndrome
Location:  Smilow Building 11-146AB

NOVEMBER 4, 2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Daksh Chauhan, Brendan Ho, Melissa Li & Ayan Mandal
Talk Title: Summer Research Student Data Blitz
Location:  Smilow Building 11-146AB

NOVEMBER 11, 2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Ali G. Hamedani, MD, MHS; Assistant Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology
Talk Title: National Health Surveys in Neurologic and Ophthalmic Epidemiology
Location:  Smilow Building 11-146AB

NOVEMBER 18, 2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Corey McMillan PhD;  Associate Professor 
Talk Title: Genotype Contributions to Phenotypic Heterogeneity in FTD & ALS Spectrum
Location:  Smilow Building 11-146AB

DECEMBER 9, 2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Joseph Cichon, MD, PhD;  Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Talk Title: Imaging into the Intact Brain to Unravel the Neuronal and Circuit Mechanisms of Psychedelic Agents
Location:  Smilow Building 11-146AB

 

SPRING 2022 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

JANUARY 14, 2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Michael S Beauchamp, MD, PhD; Professor of Neurosurgery
Talk Title: Multisensory Speech Perception Studied with fMRI and iEEG
Location:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem  

JANUARY 21, 2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Noam A Cohen, MD, PhD; Professor of Otorhinolaryngology
Talk Title: Taste Receptors: Novel Targets in the Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Location:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem  

JANUARY 28, 2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Robert B. Wilson, MD, PhD; Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Talk Title: Non-exonic Trinucleotide Repeat Disorders
Virtual:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem  

FEBRUARY 4,  2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Deborah Jean Culley, MD;  Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Talk Title: Anesthesia is not Sleep
Virtual:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem  

FEBRUARY 11,  2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Desmond J Oathes, PhD;  Professor of Psychiatry
Talk Title: Brain Imaging of Human Fear and Anxiety Psychopathology
Virtual:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem  

FEBRUARY 18,  2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: D. Kacy Cullen, PhD; Associate Professor of Neurosurgery & Bioengineering
Talk Title: Engineering Living Tissue for Nervous System Reconstruction, Modulation, and Modeling
Virtual:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem  

FEBRUARY 25,  2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Raquel E Gur MD, PhD;  Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology and Neurology
Talk Title: The Translational Research Potential of Rare Genetic Disorders: 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
Virtual:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem  

MARCH 4,  2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Jessica Foster, MD;  Instructor, Department of Oncology
Talk Title: Translating CAR T Cells to CNS Tumors
Virtual:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem  

MARCH 18,  2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Richard Crist, PhD;  Research Assistant Professor of Genetics in Psychiatry
Talk Title: Genetics and Pharmacogenomics of Substance Use Disorders
Location:  Smilow Building 12-146AB, Virtual:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem  

MARCH 25,  2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Matthew Schindler, MD, PhD; Assistant Professor of Neurology
Talk Title: Chronic Neurological Manifestations of SARS-CoV2 Infection: Current Understanding of Clinical Features and Pathophysiology
Location:  Smilow Building 12-146AB, Virtual:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem  

APRIL 1,  2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Kelly C Allison, PhD;  Professor of Psychiatry
Talk Title: Binge Eating Disorder: Underpinnings and Treatment
Location:  Smilow Building 12-146AB, Virtual:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem  

APRIL 8,  2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Geoffrey Karl Aguirre, MD, PhD;  Professor of Neurology
Talk Title: Vision/Retina
Location:  Smilow Building 12-146AB, Virtual:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem  

APRIL 15,  2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Jorge I. Alvarez, BSc, PhD; Assistant Professor of Pathobiology
Talk Title: Mechanisms of Neuroinflammation
Location:  Smilow Building 12-146AB, Virtual:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem  

APRIL 22,  2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Casey H. Halpern, MD; Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Talk Title: Closing the Loop on Impulsivity: What We Can Learn from BITES
Location:  Smilow Building 12-146AB, Virtual:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem  

APRIL 29,  2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Ron Anafi, MD, PhD; Assistant Professor of Medicine
Talk Title: Finding Rhythm in the Noise of Medicine: Translational Chronobiology
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB, Virtual:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem  

MAY 6,  2022 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Michael Hart PhD; Assistant Professor of Genetics
Talk Title: Mechanistic Roles for Autism Genes in Neuronal, Circuit, and Behavioral Plasticity
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB, Virtual:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem  

 

FALL 2021 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021 * 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Daniel Wolf, MD, PhD & Xilma R. Ortiz-González, MD, PhD
Talk Title: Welcome & Introduction
Location:  John Morgan Building, Reunion Hall Auditorium

OCTOBER 8, 2021 * 1:15pm - 2:15pm
Speaker:  Jennifer L Orthmann-Murphy, MD, PhD; Assistant Professor of Neurology
Talk Title: Glia & Demyelinating Disease
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

OCTOBER 15, 2021 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Hasan Ahmad, Antonio Corral-Tarbay, Evan Iliakis & Kiran Raja
Talk Title: Summer Research Student Data Blitz
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

OCTOBER 22, 2021 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Richard Phillips MD PhD; Presidential Assistant Professor of Neurology
Talk Title: Epigenetics & Brain Cancer
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

NOVEMBER 5, 2021 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  J. Cobb Scott, PhD;  Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry
Talk Title: Cannabis, Cognition & Psychosis
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

NOVEMBER 12, 2021 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker: Benjamin Kennedy MD Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Talk Title: Neurosurgical Management of Pediatric Epilepsy
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

NOVEMBER 19, 2021 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Ana G Cristancho, MD, PhD;  Attending Physician & Instructor of Neurology 
Talk Title: Mechanisms of Perinatal Brain Hypoxic injury
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

DECEMBER 10, 2021 * 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Speaker:  Defne Amado, MD, PhD;  Assistant Professor of Neurology
Talk Title: Gene Therapy for ALS & Neurodegenerative Disease
Location:  Smilow Building 10-146AB

 

 

SPRING 2021 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

All Seminars will take from 1-2pm at the following Blue Jeans link:  https://bluejeans.com/stacem 

JANUARY 22, 2021
Jacob Dubroff, MD PhD; Assistant Professor of Radiology — PSOM
Talk Title: PET Imaging of Nicotine Dependence

JANUARY 29, 2021
Alexander Proekt, MD, PhD; Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care — PSOM
Talk Title: Neuroscience of Unconsciousness - Lessons learned from Anesthesia

FEBRUARY 5, 2021  
Michelle Johnson, PhDAssociate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation — PSOM
Talk Title: Robot-Based Assessment of Motor and Cognitive Impairments in Patients with Non-Traumatic Brain Injury

FEBRUARY 12, 2021
Thomas H. Scott MD; CEO & Founder — Nopium
Talk Title: Non-Opiate Pain Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2021
M. Sean Grady, MD;  Professor of Neurosurgery — PSOM
Talk Title: Traumatic Brian Injury: from Concussion to Coma

FEBRUARY 26, 2021
David J. Irwin, MD; Assistant Professor of Neurology — PSOM
Talk Title:  Bringing the Microscope to Clinic: Translation of Neuropathology Data to Human Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Disease

MARCH 5, 2021
Aaron Alexander-Bloch, MD PhD; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry — PSOM/CHOP
Talk Title:   Imag(in)ing Brain Markers of Psychiatric Risk During Development

MARCH 19, 2021
Ingo Helbig, MD; Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics — PSOM/CHOP
Talk Title: Epilepsy Genetics – An Introduction

MARCH 26, 2021
Adrianna C. Jenkins, PhD; Assistant Professor of Psychology — UPENN
Talk Title: Flexible Human Social Behavior: Insights from Cognitive Neuroscience

APRIL 2, 2021  
Julia Parish-Morris, PhDAssistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry — PSOM
Talk Title: Infant Vocalizing as a Bio-Behavioral Marker of Autism

APRIL 9, 2021
Daniel J. Licht, MD; Distinguished Professor of Neurology — PSOM/CHOP
Talk Title: Moving Towards Brain-Directed Care

APRIL 16, 2021
Jay A. Gottfried, MD, PhD;  Arthur H. Rubenstein Professor of Neurology and Psychology — PSOM
Talk Title: Everything You Wanted to Know About the Olfactory System But Were Afraid to Smell

APRIL 23, 2021
Douglas C. Wallace, PhD; Michael and Charles Barnett Endowed Chair in Pediatric Mitochondrial Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics — PSOM
Talk Title:  The Mitochondrial Etiology of Common Diseases with Emphasis on Neuropsychiatric Disorders

APRIL 30, 2021
Alice S. Chen-Plotkin, MD; Parker Family Associate Professor of Neurology — PSOM
Talk Title:   Updating our Definitions of Parkinson's Disease for a Molecular Age

MAY 7, 2021
William H. Bosking, PhD; Research Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery — PSOM/CHOP
Talk Title: TBD (Cortical Visual Prostheses)

 

FALL 2020 SEMINAR SCHEDULE

AUGUST 28, 2020
Daniel Wolf, MD, PhD & Xilma R. Ortiz-González, MD, PhD
Talk Title: Welcome & Introduction

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
David R. Roalf, PhD; Research Assistant Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience in Psychiatry
Talk Title: Targeting Brain Glutamate in Development and Psychopathology: Progressand Possibilities

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020  
CNST Student Presentations; Lillian Chien, Donald Detchou & Elizabeth Sell
Talk Title: Summer Research Student Data Blitz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Joshua Dunaief, MD, PhD; Adele Niessen Professor of Ophthalmology
Talk Title: A Greek God, a Blue Protein, and Iron-induced Retinal Degeneration

OCTOBER 16, 2020
Bryan A Pukenas, MD;  Assistant Professor of Radiology
Talk Title: What’s Old is New, the Suboccipital Puncture and Gene Therapy Delivery

OCTOBER 23, 2020
Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas, MD, PhD; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - CHOP
Talk Title:  Metabolic Disorders of the Brain: Insights into Mechanisms and Therapy

NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Frances E. Jensen, MD, FACP; Professor and Chair of Neurology
Talk Title:   The Cognitive Consequences of Epileptogenesis

DECEMBER 11, 2020
Shinjae Chung, PhD; Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Talk Title: Neural Circuits Underlying Sleep and Emotional Regulation