Program Events
The Neuroscience Program has an active speakers program each semester. The upcoming talks are below.
FALL 2024
September 26, 12:15 pm
Life Sciences Center — Boyer Auditorium
Cristina Roman-Vendrell, PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Talk Title: Decoding Neurodegeneration: Insights from Lamprey Giant Synapses
October 3, 12:15 pm
Mather Hall – Rittenberg Lounge
Nick Crotty – Masters Thesis Proposal
Talk Title: Reward-Driven Enhancement During the Reflexive Allocation of Spatial Attention: a Temporal Assessment
October 30, 4:30 pm
Washington Room
President’s Medal for Science and Innovation Ceremony
Recipient is Kaja LeWinn, ScD
Professor, Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Q&A moderated by Professor Molly Helt
Open to all students, faculty, staff and community
Talk Title: Achieving Equity in Child Mental Health and Neurodevelopment: Integrating Insights from Epidemiology, Neuroscience, and Psychology
Livestreamed by President Berger-Sweeney’s Office
October 31, 12:15 pm
Hamlin Hall
Kaja LeWinn, ScD
Professor, Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Lunch Conversation between Dr. LeWinn and President Berger-Sweeney
Open to all students, faculty, staff and community but registration required/seating limited
Livestreamed by President Berger-Sweeney’s Office
October 31, 4:30 pm
Nu Rho Psi/Psi Chi/TriBeta Induction Ceremony
Hamlin Hall — Dining Hall
Kaja LeWinn, ScD
Professor, Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Livestreamed by President Berger-Sweeney’s Office
November 7, 12:15 pm 
Life Sciences Center — Boyer Auditorium
Emily Wertheimer, Postgraduate Associate
PhD Student, Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale School of Medicine
Talk Title: Context-Dependent and Cell-Type Specific Effects of Nutrient Stimulated Hormones on Genetic Risk for Eating Disorders
November 14, 12:15 pm
Life Sciences Center — Boyer Auditorium
Theresa Derochers, PhD
Rosenberg Assistant Professor of Brain Science, Departments of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, and Human Behavior (courtesy), Carney Institute for Brain Science, Brown University
Talk Title: Cognitive Sequences: Parallel Cross-Species Dynamics in Frontal Neocortex
November 21, 12:15 pm
Life Sciences Center — Boyer Auditorium
Busola Olukoya, Graduate Student
PhD Candidate, Goodrich Lab, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Talk Title: Glia Precursor Organization and Interaction with Neurons in Wiring the Cochlea for Sound
