Posts Tagged ‘brain awareness’

The OHSU Brain Institute is sponsoring its 14th annual Brain Awareness Season lecture series, one of the most popular neuroscience lecture series in the nation. This year’s series will include lectures on secrets to healthy aging, the subconscious mind, the cutting-edge science of how we see inside the brain, and a fascinating first-person look at nature versus nurture through the prism of neuroscience. All lectures will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Newmark … Read More

Join Dr. Melanie Fried-Oken, professor of neurology, pediatrics, and biomedical engineering, for the Brain-Computer Interface symposium at the Center for Health & Healing on September 11, 2012. Dr. Fried-Oken’s NIH-funded research team is sponsoring the event. Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology is a fascinating field of neuroscience that has seen tremendous advances in recent years. Simply put, BCI technology provides a direct communication link between the brain and an external device that has the ability to detect, analyze, and classify changes in … Read More

“Big Issues and the Brain — The Brain and Society” is the theme for this year’s Brain Awareness Lecture Series, beginning February 20, 2012. Cutting edge neuroscientists and researchers will share their expertise on topics concerning the brain. The 2012 lineup is: Monday, February 20, 2012 – “Alzheimer’s and the brain: What can we do?” It’s true that we have no “cure” for Alzheimer’s, but Gary Small, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Director of the … Read More

This year’s final OHSU Brain Awareness presenter, Nora Volkov, M.D., director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse, has regretfully informed OHSU officials that, due to personal circumstances beyond her control, she must cancel her September 15 lecture in Portland. OHSU and Dr. Volkow sincerely apologize to ticket buyers for any inconvenience. Those who purchased tickets can get refunds from the outlet where they purchased the tickets. OHSU Brain Awareness Season officials are working to … Read More

Best known for their popular Brain Awareness Lecture Series, the OHSU Brain Institute has a brand new website. The website includes a “Research & Training” section, which includes a list of disorders that OHSU researchers are currently investigating and a compilation of the Brain Institute’s most notable scientific breakthroughs. Visit the OHSU Brain Institute website.

Everyone at OHSU as well as members of the local community are invited to the Department of Psychiatry Research Forum on Friday, June 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Doernbecher Vey Conference Center. This event is a unique opportunity to learn about the variety of research being performed within OHSU’s Department of Psychiatry. The forum will include a large poster reception and a number of oral presentation sessions throughout the afternoon, including: Roger … Read More

The Department of Behavioral Neuroscience invites you their 50th anniversary celebration on Friday, May 20 from 12:45 to 5:30 p.m. in the Doernbecher Vey Auditorium. Speakers from OHSU include: Bob Hitzemann, PhD, Joe Robertson, MD, MBA, Dan Dorsa, PhD, Joe Matarazzo, PhD, Ruth Matarazzo, PhD, Arthur Wiens, PhD, Chris Cunningham, PhD, Tamara Phillips, PhD, Matt Lattal, PhD, and Suzanne Mitchell, PhD. The event also includes a presentation by R. Adron Harris, director of the Waggoner … Read More

Robert Hitzmann, PhD, professor and chair of behavioral neuroscience at OHSU, will be presenting “Forty Years in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research: A Personal History,” as a special Brain Awareness Marquam Hill Lecture. The lecture will take place Monday, March 21 at 7 p.m. at the Newman Theater in downtown Portland. Tickets, available at no charge, are required to attend this event. For this Marquam Hill Lecture only, please reserve space by calling the Portland … Read More