2016 - 2017 Seminars
May 24, 2017
Robert G. Davis, Ph.D., FIES,
Senior Staff Lighting Engineer, Advanced Lighting Team,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,Portland, OR
Title: "Bridging research and practice: Collaborating to better understand the effects of architectural lighting systems on occupant health"
Host: Matt Butler, PhD
May 15, 2017
Janna Mantua,
PhD Candidate in Neuroscience,
UMass Amherst
Title: "Sleep-dependent memory consolidation following mild tbi"
Host: Miranda Lim
May 10, 2017
Jackilen Shannon, PhD
Professor, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health,
Director, Integrated Program in Community Research,
Director, OCTRI Community and Collaboration Core,
Director, Knight Community Engaged Research, OHSU
Title: "Let’s get healthy in Thailand: a collaboration to support a healthy workforce in SE Asia"
Host: Ryan Olson
April 26, 2017
Christopher Sean Lee, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, FHFSA
Carol A. Lindeman Distinguished Professor,
Associate Professor,
Assistant PhD Program Director,
School of Nursing, OHSU
Title: "Integrative biobehavioral research in heart failure"
Host: Matt Butler
April 12, 2017
Henryk Urbanski, PH.D., DsC
Professor, Division of Neuroscience and Division of Reproductive & Developmental Sciences,
Oregon National Primate Research Center
Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology and Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU
Title: "Neuroendocrine rhythms in reproduction and aging"
Host Matt Butler
April 5, 2017
Matthew P. Buman, PhD, FACSM
Assistant Professor, Exercise Science and Health Promotion Program,
School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, Arizona State University
Title: "Smartphones & wearables: health promotion across the 24 hours"
Host: Ryan Olson
March 29, 2017
Nephi Stella, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Co-Director, Institute for Targeted Therapeutics (IT2),
University of Washington, Seattle (WA),
Founder and CEO Stella Therapeutics, Inc.
Title: "Optimizing cannabis for therapeutic benefit: from concept to proof-of-principal in epilepsy"
Host: Chuck Allen
February 8, 2017
Jeanne M link, PhD,
Professor, Diagnostic Radiology Director, Radiochemistry Research Center OHSU
Title: "Using pet imaging to study receptor distributions and transporter function"
Host: Steven A. Shea
December 14, 2016
Elinor Sullivan, PhD,
Assistant Professor Department of Biology,
University of Portland,
Assistant Scientist: Divisions of Neuroscience and Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism,
Oregon National Primate Research Center
Title: "Early environmental influences of maternal nutrition on offspring mental health"
Host: Matt Butler
November 30, 2016
Claudia Wiese, PhD, Assistant Professor,
Radiation Cancer Biology and Oncology Colorado State University
Title: "New regulators of homologous recombination dnd repair"
Host: Mitch Turker
November 9, 2016
Jonathan Emens, MD,
Associate Professor,
Departments of Psychiatry & Medicine,
Sleep Fellowship Program Director,
Oregon Health & Science University,
Staff Physician, Portland VA Medical Center
Title: "Impact of shift work and other forms of circadian misalignment on mental health"
Host: Steven A. Shea
October 26, 2016
Ilia Karatsoreos PhD,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience,
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Title: "Failure to adapt: neurobehavioral and metabolic consequences of disrupted homeostatic systems"
Host: Matt Butler