Join us on April 26, 2024 for a Distinguished Scientist Lecture by Bruno Averbeck, PhD, Chief of the Section on Learning and Decision Making (SLDM) for the National Institute of Mental Health.
After obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1994, Dr. Averbeck worked in industry for three years, then returned to Minnesota to complete a doctorate in neuroscience under Dr. Apostolos Georgopoulos. He was awarded a PhD in 2001 with a dissertation on Neural Mechanisms of Copying Geometrical Shapes . For his postdoctoral studies, Dr. Averbeck joined the laboratory Dr. Daeyeol Lee at the University of Rochester, where he studied neural mechanisms underlying sequential learning, coding of vocalizations, and population coding. In 2006, as a Senior Lecturer at University College London, he began using neuroimaging of human study participants to investigate the role of frontal-striatal circuits in learning. Dr. Averbeck joined the NIMH Intramural Research Program as a Principal Investigator in 2009. A tenured member of the faculty since 2016, he is Chief of the Section on Learning and Decision Making.
Join us in person in the UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital auditorium or remotely using the Zoom information below:
Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/98709890853
Passcode: 412367
For More Information. Please contact Shardai Key Ward at keysj4@upmc.edu.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS. The entirety of this program will be a lecture by the speaker(s). All individuals able to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients. Registration is not required for this event. This event is free and there will be no refunds. The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Other health care professionals are awarded .15 continuing education units (CEUs), which are equal to 1.5 contact hours. In accordance with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education requirements on disclosure, information about relationships of presenters with commercial interests (if any) will be included in materials which will be distributed at the time of the conference. WPH is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. WPH maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. This program is being offered for 1.5 continuing education credits. The indicated number of clock hours of continuing education is provided through UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital’s Office of Educational Resources and Planning, a PA-approved provider of social work continuing education in accordance with all the applicable educational and professional standards of the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapist. These clock hours satisfy requirements for LSW/LCSW, LPC and LMFT renewal. For more information, call (412) 204-9085.
