November 2009
Seminars and Lectures
Monday, 2
Neurology Grand Rounds – BCM
Stelios Manolis Smirnakis, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurology and Neuroscience
“A Brief Introduction To In Vivo 2-Photon Imaging Methods for Dissecting Cortical Circuit Function and Its Emerging Applications in Health and Disease”
12 Noon Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137, Neurosensory Center
Wednesday, 4
Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Jair C. Soares, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UTMSH
“Neuroimaging and Neurocognitive Studies of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder”
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112
Topics in Neurobiology of Disease: The Developing Brain – UTMSH
Nehal Parikh, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics, UTMSH
“Encephalopathy of Prematurity: Early Diagnosis and Outcome Prediction”
12 Noon, MSB 7.037
Sponsored by the Neuroscience Research Center and GSBS
Psychiatry CME Grand Rounds – UTMSH
George Santos, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UTMSH
12 Noon, MSI Auditorium
Thursday, 5
Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – UTMSH
7:30 a.m., MSB G100
Friday, 6
Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Jennifer Morgan, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Texas at Austin
“Restoring Synapse Function after Spinal Cord Injury”
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315
Neurology Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Teepu Siddique, M.D.
Division of Neuromuscular Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
“Scapulo-peroneal Muscular Atrophy and CMT2C are Allelic Disorders Caused by Mutations in TRPV4”
12 Noon, MSB 2.135
Networks Cluster Seminar – UH
Jeff Beck
Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, University College London
“Bayesian Inference with Probabilistic Population Codes”
1 p.m., 105 SEC University of Houston
Reception to follow: 201 SEC
Monday, 9
Neurosurgery M&M Conference – UTMSH
7:30 a.m., MSB G.100
Neurology Grand Rounds – BCM
Joseph Jankovic, M.D.
Department of Neurology, BCM
“Treatment of Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders”
12 Noon Blue Bird Auditorium, NB-137, Neurosensory Center
Wednesday, 11
Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Laurel L. Williams, D.O.
Psychiatry Residency Training, BCM
Carla Sharp, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology, UH
“Mentalization Framework for Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Assessment and Treatment”
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112
Topics in Neurobiology of Disease: The Developing Brain – UTMSH
Pauline Filipek, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics, UTMSH
“Autistic Spectrum Disorders 101”
12 Noon, MSB 7.037
Sponsored by the Neuroscience Research Center and GSBS
Psychiatry CME Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Rakesh Jain, M.D., MPH
Director of Psychiatric Drug Research for R/D Clinical Research
12 Noon, HCPC Auditorium
Department of Biology and Biochemistry Seminar Series – UH
John Huguenard, Ph.D.
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University SOM
“Recruitment of Inhibition as an Epileptogenic Mechanism”
4:00 p.m., University of Houston, HSC 102
Thursday, 12
Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series – UTMSH
Greg DeAngelis, Ph.D.
Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
“Neural Mechanisms Of Multi-Sensory Cue Integration For Self-Motion Perception”
4:00 p.m., MSB 2.135
Friday, 13
Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Krishnankutty (Krish) Sathian, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurology, Emory University
“Multisensory Cortical Processing of Touch”
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315
Department of Neurology Fields Lecture – UTMSH
John W. Griffin M.D.
Department of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Pathology
“Topic to be announced”
12 Noon, MSB 2.135
4th Annual Peggy and Gary Edwards Distinguished ALS Lecture – Methodist Neurological Institute
Jean-Pierre Julien, Ph.D.
Department of Neurology, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
“ALS: Damaging Secretion and Development of Immunotherapy”
12 Noon, Neurosensory Center Bluebird Auditorium
Networks Cluster Seminar – UH
Sheila Nirenberg, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Biophysics Weill Medical College of Cornell University
“Testing hypotheses about coding and computation in the visual system”
1 p.m., 105 SEC University of Houston
Reception to follow: 201 SEC
Wednesday, 18
The Schoolar Lecture in Psychopharmacology – BCM
David A. Lewis, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience,
University of Pittsburgh
“Translating Neural Circuits into Novel Therapeutics of Schizophrenia”
10:30 a.m.,
N-315, Alkek Towers (note room change)
Topics in Neurobiology of Disease: The Developing Brain – UTMSH
Linda Ewing-Cobbs, Ph.D.
Department of Pediatrics, UTMSH
“Acquired Brain Injury in Children: Neuropsychological and Neuroimaging Findings”
12 Noon, MSB 7.037
Sponsored by the Neuroscience Research Center and GSBS
Psychiatry CME Grand Rounds – UTMSH
James McCracken, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles
12 Noon, MSI Auditorium
Dean's Lecture Series – UTMSH
Mitchell Lazar, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Institute Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania
“How Obesity Causes Diabetes”
4:00 p.m., MSB 3.001
Thursday, 19
Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – UTMSH
7:30 a.m., MSB G100
Friday, 20
Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Tirin Moore, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology, Stanford School of Medicine
“Neural Mechanisms and Control of Visual Attention”
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315
Neurology Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Jack Antel M.D.
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
“Basis of Tissue Injury and Repair in MS”
12Noon, MSB 2.135
PM&R Alliance Grand Rounds – UTMSH/BCM
Claire Hulsebosch, Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience, UTMB-Galveston
“Neuronal/Glial Intracellular Signaling in SCI”
12 Noon at UT Medical School Building, Room B.605
Monday, 23
Neurosurgery M&M Conference – UTMSH
7:30 a.m., MSB G.100
