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Feb. 6, 2023
‘The right place’: Sisters with rare disorder find help
When Emily Burkhart's second daughter was born, she knew. The newborn had a noticeably small head that announced what tests would later confirm - a rare genetic disorder. Burkhart knew what she was seeing because she’d seen this before – in her first daughter. And because of that, she knew exactly where to find help: the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC Neuromotor Research Clinic.
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‘The right place’: Sisters with rare disorder find help , article Date: Feb 03, 2023 -
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Seminar: Molecular Targets of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure During Early Brain Development , homeFeb. 8, 2023, 2 p.m. | Karen Boschen, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina School of Medicine | Seminar
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In Person Lecture: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience in the Era of Big Data , homeFeb. 9, 2023, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Damien Fair, PA-C, Ph.D., Professor, Institute of Child Development, Department of Pediatrics, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota Medical School | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture
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In Person Seminar: Pathogenic Mechanisms and Novel Therapies for Immune Neoplasms , homeFeb. 10, 2023, 11 a.m. | Ari Melnick, M.D., Gebroe Family Professor of Hematology/Oncology, and Director, Sackler Center for Biomedical and Physical Sciences, Weill Medical College, Cornell University | Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Cancer Research Group
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In Person Event: Research in Progress Seminar , homeFeb. 14, 2023, 4 to 5 p.m. | Karthi Sreedevi, Ph.D., and Michael Brooks, D.V.M. | Spring Research in Progress Seminar Series
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In Person Seminar: Behavioral Economic Approaches for Measuring Substance Use Severity and Motivating Change , homeFeb. 17, 2023, 11:00 am. | James G. Murphy, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Memphis | Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Addiction Recovery Research Center and Center for Health Behaviors Research
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In Person Seminar: Functional MRI of Dynamic Physiological States , homeFeb. 24 2023, 11:00 a.m. | Catherine Chang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University | Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Center for Human Neuroscience Research
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