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All-Star Lineup of Neuroscience Alumni to Speak at Symposium

黑料网鈥檚 Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) will be welcoming a bevy of accomplished alumni back to the Kent Campus when it hosts the 10th Annual Neuroscience Symposium on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 27 and 28. 

The two-day program will celebrate 黑料网鈥檚 unique contributions to our understanding of the brain and nervous system and to solving the puzzle of brain disease. 

Most of the featured presenters are distinguished 黑料网 alumni and faculty 鈥 leaders in the field of neuroscience 鈥 who will share their research and talk with students about their career paths and how the choices they made contributed to their success. 

 

Michael Lehman, Ph.D., director of 黑料网's Brain Health Research Institute

黑料网 alumni have made tremendous contributions to brain health research and the symposium was designed to display their accomplishments, said Michael Lehman, Ph.D., director of the Brain Health Research Institute. 

鈥淚t is amazing to see how successful our alumni are once they leave 黑料网, and how the education they received here really prepared them to achieve so much in their respective fields,鈥 said Doug Delahanty, Ph.D., interim vice president for Research and Sponsored Programs.

Douglas Delahanty, Ph.D., interim vice president for Research and Sponsored Programs

 

Delahanty said he was excited that current students would be able to network with such an all-star lineup of alumni and faculty speakers and meet these role models in person.  

Lehman said highlighting 黑料网鈥檚 vast alumni resources not only showcases 黑料网鈥檚 many contributions to the field of neuroscience but also shows current students the power of a 黑料网 education. 

Scientists and researchers who are now top in their fields were once 黑料网 students, too, he said. 

The list includes Earl Miller, Ph.D., a leading cognitive neuroscientist whose research focuses on neural mechanisms of cognitive, or executive, control, who is the Picower Professor of Neuroscience with the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  

Miller, who is a generous supporter of the Brain Health Research Institute, was a first-generation college student when he attended 黑料网, graduating with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in psychology in 1985. Miller later earned master's and doctorate degrees in psychology and neuroscience from Princeton University.  

 

arl K. Miller, Ph.D. 鈥85: Picower Professor of Neuroscience in the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also is the chief scientist and co-founder of SplitSage.

鈥淢any of these alums were actually first-generation students like Earl. Being at 黑料网 was the transformative experience of their lives,鈥 Lehman said, noting how their experience at 黑料网 and the success that followed is important to show current students, particularly first-generation students.  

Lehman will kick off the symposium with a special announcement that BHRI is forming an Alumni Advisory Board to offer advice to the institute and to serve as a ready network for students. 

鈥淭he Alumni Advisory Board comes from our recognition that we have a commitment to our students that extends just beyond the four years they study here,鈥 he said. 鈥淲e are committed to supporting them with mentoring and career guidance. For us, alumni are the extension of our current students.鈥 

鈥淭hey come with what the perspective is like to be a student here, that I don鈥檛 have,鈥 Lehman said. 鈥淭hey can advise us and give us a window into what that鈥檚 like and afterward, they can be a network for our current students to help them in their careers, provide guidance, mentorship and insight into all the variety of career paths they can pursue. We want to tap into their knowledge.鈥 

In addition to presenting their research, speakers at the symposium will take part in career development sessions for students to talk about the choices they made in their careers to get them to where they are today. 鈥淭his is something of real value for our students,鈥 he said. 

Lehman said the alumni speakers span multiple generations and work in a variety of fields, including academia, medicine and the military. 

Phoenix Green, a second-year doctoral student from Valdosta, Georgia, said she attended last year鈥檚 symposium online and was excited for its return to in-person speakers, particularly since most of them are 黑料网 alumni.  

 鈥淚 think it鈥檚 really nice that we can see how they got where they are,鈥 Green said, 鈥淲e can kind of see our future, the possibilities of what our future can be, and they can give us real-life tips.鈥  

黑料网 doctoral student Phoenix Green is looking forward to the 10th Annual Neuroscience Symposium.

Green, who is studying integrated physiology and neurobiology in Biological Sciences, said she was particularly interested in hearing the talk by Allison Brager, who has a career in the military because so much research work is only focused on work in academia.  

 鈥淎 lot of career paths are mainly academic, and she is from a different background, and I think it鈥檚 important to see the non-academic possibilities,鈥 Green said.  

Green came to 黑料网 specifically to work in Dr. Lique Coolen鈥檚 research lab. 鈥淚 really enjoy 黑料网,鈥 she said. 鈥淚t is very progressive. We are always working on new stuff, finding new ways to present it, and constantly working on ways to get our research out there.鈥 

More than 200 are expected to attend the symposium, including students, alumni, and members of the BHRI from other university and institution partners. 鈥淭he joy of being able to hold this symposium in person after COVID-19 is particularly satisfying,鈥 Delahanty said.  

 

Tracey L. Bale, Ph.D., is keynote speaker for the 10th Annual Neuroscience Symposium at 黑料网.

The keynote speaker for the symposium is Tracy L. Bale, Ph.D., who will speak on the topic, "The biology of trauma: Understanding risk and resilience." 

Bale is the Anschutz Foundation Endowed Chair in Women's Integrated Mental and Physical Health Research at the Ludeman Center and Professor and Director for InterGenerational Stress and Health and the Director for Sex Differences Research in the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus. 

Lehman said he was excited to bring in a keynote speaker who 鈥渨orks in an area that is reflective of one of our strengths: understanding the long-term effects of trauma and stress on brain health.鈥 

Bale, specifically, studies how stress on a person, and in-utero stress on an unborn child, can lead to an increased risk of mental illness and a variety of other disorders, which can be passed on from generation to generation. 

Her research looks at vulnerable populations, including the long-term effects of racism, and its implications for the mental health of current and future generations. 鈥淎ll mental illnesses are based in the brain, and hence, are also brain diseases,鈥 Lehman said. 

Other presenters include: 

Allison Brager, Ph.D. 鈥11: deputy chief science officer, John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (see 黑料网 Magazine profile). 

 

Allison Brager, Ph.D. 鈥11: deputy chief science officer, John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ya鈥檈l C. Courtney, B.S. 鈥19: fourth-year doctoral candidate in the Program in Neuroscience at Harvard University.

 

Ya鈥檈l C. Courtney, B.S. 鈥19: Fourth year doctoral candidate in the Program in Neuroscience at Harvard University.

 

 

 

 

 

    Lique Coolen, Ph.D.: 黑料网 assistant to the provost for special projects, Office of Postdoctoral Studies Director; program lead Choose Ohio First at 黑料网 in the Division of Academic Affairs; assistant director of the Brain Health Research Institute; and professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at 黑料网.

     

    Lique Coolen, Ph.D.: assistant to the provost for special projects, Office of Postdoctoral Studies Director, program lead Choose Ohio First at 黑料网 in the Division of Academic Affairs, assistant director of the BHRI.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Suzanne N. Haber, Ph.D. 鈥68: dean's professor and professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology in the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester.

     

    Suzanne N. Haber, Ph.D. 鈥68: dean's professor and professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology in the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    John E. Hall Ph.D. 鈥68: Arthur C. Guyton Professor and chair of Physiology and Biophysics, founding director of the Mississippi Center for Obesity Research and director of the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Cardiorenal and Metabolic Diseases at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

     

    John E. Hall Ph.D. 鈥68: Arthur C. Guyton Professor and chair of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Ashley D. Nemes-Baran, Ph.D. 鈥16: assistant professor of Neuroscience at Case Western Reserve University.

     

    Ashley D. Nemes-Baran, Ph.D. 鈥16: assistant professor of Neuroscience at Case Western Reserve University.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Angela Ridgel, Ph.D., ACSM-EP, FACSM: 黑料网 professor in the School of Health Sciences and Associate Director of 黑料网鈥檚 Brain Health Research Institute.

     

    Angela Ridgel, Ph.D., ACSM-EP, FACSM: 黑料网 professor in the School of Health Sciences and Associate Director of 黑料网鈥檚 Brain Health Research Institute.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Meenakshi Rozenstrauch, M.S. 鈥11: consultant, Yuzu Labs.

     

    Meenakshi Rozenstrauch, M.S. '11: Consultant, Yuzu Labs.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Jason Tait Sanchez, Ph.D. 鈥06, CCC-A, FAAA: associate professor and director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northwestern University.

     

    Jason Tait Sanchez, Ph.D. 鈥06, CCC-A, FAAA: associate professor and director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northwestern University.

     

     

     

     

     

    Andrew J. Schoenfeld, M.D., MSc, 鈥99: associate professor and clinician scientist in the Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, at Brigham and Women鈥檚 Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

     

    Andrew J. Schoenfeld, M.D., MSc, 鈥99: associate professor and clinician scientist in the Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Brigham and Women鈥檚 Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

     

    POSTED: Monday, October 24, 2022 02:20 PM
    Updated: Monday, December 12, 2022 01:55 PM
    WRITTEN BY:
    Lisa Abraham