Tuesday, July 28, 2020 4pm to 6pm
About this Event
This is a free multi-disciplinary neuroscience seminar series that is open to Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins staff only. Topics will span many subspecialties including translational modeling to better quantify brain injury and repair.
Who Would Benefit:
Those who would benefit in the participation of this seminar series are those with an interest in brain injury across the lifespan. Clinicians, Scientists and trainees from Neurology, Developmental Medicine, Neuropsychology, Psychiatry, Rehab Medicine, Anesthesia & Critical Care, Neonatology, Neurosurgery, Neuropathology, Pediatrics and Neuroscience across KKI and JHU are regular participants in this seminar series.
Topics and Presenters:
“Somatic Mosaicism in Disease” - Jonathan Pevsner, Ph.D., Professor, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Director, Bioinformatics Lab, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
“Novel Therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy” - Kathryn Wagner, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Director of the Center of Genetic Muscle Disorders, Kennedy Krieger Institute; Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
“Multiscale Imaging of the Neurovasculature in Preclinical Models” - Arvind Pathak, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, biomedical and Electrical Engineering; The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Institute for Nano Biotechnology, Institute for Computational Medicine.
“Investigating the Neural Dynamics Underlying Social Communication: Towards Identification of Biomarkers for Autism Spectrum Disorder Risk” - Rachel Reetzke, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Speech Language Pathologist, Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Kennedy Krieger Institute; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Guest Editor:
Anne Comi, M.D., Professor, Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine; Director, Hunter Nelson Sturge-Weber Center; Kennedy Krieger Institute.
Chat Instructions:
The chat function will only be used for asking questions to the speakers and not for real-time dialogue among audience members. Specifically, the host will read the questions posed to the speaker at the end of the presentation. When you are asking a question, please write your name, affiliation and position as well as the question you have via chat. The host will then read them out to the speaker at the end.
Dial-in Information:
This free educational/training seminar is open to Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins staff only. Register for this event and screen share and dial-in information will be sent to you as part of your confirmation email.
Questions:
Please contact Peggy Squirewell, Squirewell@kennedykrieger.org, 443-923-9312.