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February 14

The Adaptive Stress Response and the Pathophysiology of Addiction: Risk, Relapse and Treatment Outcomes

Rajita Sinha, PhD Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center and of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine
February 20

Exploding the Exposome: Advancing Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research in a Globalized World

Ganesh Babulal, PhD, OTD Associate Professor of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis
February 21

The Tertiary, Secondary, and Primary Prevention of Childhood Trauma

Paula Powe, MD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Medical Director for the Theiss Center for Trauma and Early Childhood Behavioral Health, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital
February 24

Alzheimer's Association International Conference - Neuroscience Next

featuring the latest research from the next generation of Alzheimer's and dementia researchers and clinicians
February 28

Thalamic Control of Prefrontal Development: Insights from the Marmoset

James Bourne, PhD Chief, Section on Cellular and Cognitive Neurodevelopment, National Institute of Mental Health
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