Brain Awareness Week: Brain School
Brain School Speakers (6-7 p.m.)
An Introduction to Focused Ultrasound and Brain Modulation
Using Focused Ultrasound to Improve Drug Delivery for Brain Cancer
Precision Treatments for Childhood Brain Cancer with Focused Ultrasound
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Wynn Legon, Ph.D. , homeAssistant Professor
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Jenny Munson, Ph.D. , homeProfessor, Director, Cancer Research Center – Roanoke
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Cheng-Chia "Fred" Wu, M.D., Ph.D. , homeAssistant Professor
Expo Presenters
Brain Injury Solutions
Melissa Barnes
Food and the Brain
The DiFeliceantonio Lab
Into the Brain with Technology
The Legon Lab
ACQUIRE Therapy Building Neural Connections
Neuromotor Research Clinic
Studying Brain Development in See-through Zebrafish
The Pan Lab
Investigating Origins of Psychiatric Conditions in the Human Brain
The Purcell Lab
Brain Anatomy 101: Real Brains
Kristofer Rau
The Power of Sound
Jason Raymond
Measurements in the Brain
The Van der Heijden Lab
Capturing Images of the Brain
Maosen Wang
Unlocking the Power of Exercise: How Mitochondria in Your Brain Boost Memory and Learning
The Yan lab
Share brain science with your students
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Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. , homeVirginia Tech Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology and Executive Director of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute
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Warren K. Bickel, Ph.D. (b. 1956, d. 2024) , homeVirginia Tech Carilion Research Professor; Founding Director of the Addiction Recovery Research Center and the Center for Health Behaviors Research
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Alex DiFeliceantonio, Ph.D. , homeAssistant Professor and Associate Director, Center for Health Behaviors Research
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Brain School events planned for March, 2020 were cancelled.
2015
- Understanding the Cerebral Cortex: The Legacy of Roanoke's Vernon Mountcastle
Mar. 16, 2015 | Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. - Food for Thought: Chefs Celebrate Brain Awareness Week
Mar. 16, 2015 | Restaurants and Specialty Stores throughout Roanoke
- At the Crossroads: Art, Science, Research
Mar. 17, 2015 | Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. and Liz Lerman
- Development of the Social Brain
Mar. 18, 2015 | Pearl Chiu, Ph.D. - The Developing Brain: Conception to Birth
Mar. 23, 2015 | Michael Fox, Ph.D. - How the Earliest Experiences in Life Affect a Baby's Brain and Behavior
Mar. 25, 2015 | Craig Ramey, Ph.D.
2014
- Mapping Depression Circuits: Foundation for New Treatment Strategies Using Deep Brain Stimulation
Mar. 6, 2014 | Helen Mayberg, M.D. - Your Brain on Advertising
Mar. 12, 2014 | Ann Harvey Tanner, Ph.D. - Brain Assembly: Making the Right Connections Through Genes and Experience
Mar. 13, 2014 | Michael Fox, Ph.D. - How Social Relationships Help Build (and Rehabilitate) Our Brains
Mar. 20, 2014 | Sharon Ramey, Ph.D. - The Biological Basis of How We Learn, Remember, and Use Information
Mar. 27, 2014 | Michael Friedlander, Ph.D.
2013
- Food for Thought: Chefs Celebrate Brain Awareness Week
Mar. 11, 2013 | Restaurants and Specialty Stores throughout Roanoke - Mythbusters: The Truth About Your Brain
Mar. 11, 2013 | Audra Van Wart, Ph.D.
- The Stuff of Brains and How They Process Information
Mar. 11, 2013 | Michael Fox, Ph.D. and Rosalyn Moran, Ph.D.
- How Brains Make Sense of the World
Mar. 12, 2013 | Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. and Jamie Tyler, Ph.D. - Brain Power: The Role of Exercise and Diet in Maintaining Healthy Synapses
Mar. 12, 2013 | Gregorio Valdez, Ph.D. - When Brains Do Things We Would Rather They Didn't
Mar. 13, 2013 | Warren Bickel, Ph.D. and Pearl Chiu, Ph.D. - Willpower and Addiction
Mar. 13, 2013 | Warren Bickel, Ph.D. - How Brains Grow and Age
Mar. 14, 2013 | Sharon Ramey, Ph.D., Michael Friedlander, Ph.D., and Gregorio Valdez, Ph.D. - Reading Your Mind: How to Decode the Brain Mid-Thought
Mar. 21, 2013 | Stephen LaConte, Ph.D.