Douglas Institute: Neuroscience for Mental Health Winter/Spring Calendar
Mondays, 11:00 am, Bowerman Room, Dobell Pavilion of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute:
February 18:
Dr. Sylvia Villeneuve, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University)
“Risk factors for Alzheimer`s disease pathology across multiple cohorts”
February 25:
Dr. Arjun Krishnaswamy, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology & CIS, McGill University)
“The Assembly and Function of Motion Selective Circuits in the Retina”
March 11:
Dr. Carl Ernst, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University)
“TBD”
March 18:
Dr. Patricia Conrod, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Montreal)
“TBD”
March 25:
Dr. Mohammad Herzallah, M.D. (Palestinian Neuroscience Initiative (PNI, Center for Molecular and Behavioral
Neuroscience, Rutgers University)
“The Cognitive Mechanism of Action of SSRI Antidepressants in Responder and Non-Responder Patients with
Major Depressive Disorder”
April 8 :
Dr. Mark Brandon, PhD. (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University)
“Memory circuits in health and disease”
April 29:
Dr. Karun Singh, PhD. (Associate Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster
University)
“Developing a framework to identify Autism spectrum disorder signaling networks”
May 6:
Dr. Phil Corlett, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine)
“Predictive coding & psychosis: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities”
May 27:
Dr. Takao Hensch, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine)
“TBD”