Upcoming Events
Due to the COVID-19 situation, all events at Duke are either canceled or moving to a virtual platform. This notice supersedes any announcements below.
Elliot Berkman is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon. His research is about the motivational and cognitive factors that contribute to success and failure real-world goals, as well as the neural systems that support goal pursuit. In addition to studying how goal pursuit works, Dr... read more about Dr. Elliot Berkman - "The Will and the Way: Intersecting Routes to Behavior Change" »
Duke Neurobiology welcomes Yasmin Hurd, PhD, Director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai, and Professor of Pharmacological Sciences, Neuroscience, and Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai For connection info to her Zoom seminar, email d.shipman@duke.edu. Abstract: The... read more about Cannabis: Neurobiological Pathways of Psychiatric Risk and Therapeutic Potential »
Our Grand Rounds are now being held virtually via Zoom. https://duke.zoom.us/j/9406012755?pwd=MkxQSGtybGw1aitmVE04QStTaktpUT09 Vascular Division - Case presentation by Michael Reynolds, MD Check out our schedule for speakers and links at our intranet site. https://wiki.duke.edu/display/DON/... read more about Neurology Grand Rounds - Vascular neurology lecture »
Dr. Staci Bilbo is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University whose research is broadly focused on the mechanisms by which the immune and endocrine systems interact with the brain to impact health and behavior, particularly during critical developmental windows. Her research... read more about Neural-glial interactions in substance use disorders »
People become academic scientists based on their technical excellence, research productivity, and knowledge of the field. Yet there is almost no preparation for a research career that draws upon scientific studies of what makes effective leadership in getting the work done. This session will... read more about Enhancing Leadership Behaviors for Efficiency & Effectiveness in the Lab »
People become academic scientists based on their technical excellence, research productivity, and knowledge of the field. Yet there is almost no preparation for a research career that draws upon scientific studies of what makes effective leadership in getting the work done. This session will focus... read more about Enhancing Leadership Behaviors for Efficiency & Effectiveness in the Lab »
A foundational pillar to the Truth, Racial Healing, & Transformation movement in the U.S. is narrative change; changing the narrative is essential in changing the research conducted with those who have been raced/racialized in the U.S. Unfortunately, the dominant narrative on those who have... read more about Transforming Deficit Language to Highlight Strengths and Assets »
Duke's Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience Research Group welcomes Julijana Gjorgjieva, Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, and Assistant Professor for Computational Neuroscience at the Technical University of Munich. Dr. Gjorgjieva will present "The emergence of... read more about The emergence of organization and computation in neural circuits »
Andrada Neacsiu, PhD is a clinical psychologist with a primary interest in outpatient interventions for difficulties managing emotional experiences that interfere with well-being. As a clinician, she specializes in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for adults... read more about Towards a Transdiagnostic Treatment for Emotional Dysregulation: How Neuroscience, Technology, and Behavioral Therapy Can Change Mental Health »
This talk will address current theories of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and present recent work using novel eye tracking analyses, language production, perception, and survey studies in support of shifting perspectives on the connections between social attention and language development in ASD... read more about Social attention and language development in autism spectrum disorder »