Events

November 8, 2019, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Distinguished Scientist Lectures

Understanding Risk Factors for the Development of Psychosis: Early Findings from the Adolescent and Brain Cognitive (ABCD) Study

The Department of Psychiatry welcomes Deanna Barch, PhD from Washington University on November 8, 2019 as the featured speaker for our Distinguished Scientist Lecture series. Dr. Barch is Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Psychiatry, and Radiology and serves as Chair of the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences.

November 15, 2019, 7:30 am – 4:45 pm

Conferences

36th Annual Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference

Join us at the Sheraton Station Square on November 15, 2019 for the 36th Annual Pittsburgh Schizophrenia Conference and learn all about the latest advances in schizophrenia research from leading experts in the field. This year’s meeting will cover early identification and management of first episode psychoses based on knowledge obtained and disseminated from a NIMH funded trial.

November 18, 2019, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Temporal Changes in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Risk of Dementia Incidence and Mortality

Come and join the eBrain Journal Club discussion at their next meeting! The group will be discussing the following article:

Temporal changes in cardiorespiratory fitness and risk of dementia incidence and mortality: a population-based prospective cohort study.
Tari AR, Nauman J, Zisko N, Skjellegrind HK, Bosnes I, Bergh S, Stensvold D, Selbæk G, Wisløff U. Lancet Public Health. 2019 Nov;4(11):e565-e574. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30183-5.

November 21, 2019, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Conferences

5th Annual Sleep and Circadian Science Research Day

2019 Center for Sleep and Circadian Science Research Day

Register today and join us for the 5th Annual Sleep and Circadian Science Research Day on Thursday, November 21, 2019 from 9:00 am—5:00 pm at the University Club, 123 University Place, Oakland, Pittsburgh.

November 21, 2019, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Rural and Urban Differences in Cancer Attitudes and Screening Behaviors in Western Pennsylvania

The Biobehavioral Cancer Control Program and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center will host the next Brain, Behavior and Cancer Seminar Series on Thursday, November 21, 2019.

Join us for this seminar.

December 5, 2019, 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Imaging Proteinopathies and Neuroinflammation in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease

Dr. Victor Villemagne is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne, Australia. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship in nuclear medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Villemagne continued his research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, and University of Pittsburgh, before moving to Australia in 2013. His main research interest is the in-vivo imaging of brain pathology in aging and neurodegenerative disorders. Dr.