Nov 14, 2018
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8:15am - 12:15pm
Event
2018 Anne and Max Tanenbaum Symposium: Brain Development in the Face of Adversity
The Faculty of Medicine is pleased to present the 2018 Anne and Max Tanenbaum Symposium: Brain Development in the Face of Adversity.
Speakers:
- Nenad Sestan, Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Yale Univesity, "Wired to be Human: Development and Evolution of Neocortical Circuits"
- Stephen Scherer, Professor, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, "Molecular Imbalances in Autism Spectrum and Related-Disorders"
- Jessie Guo, Research Associate, Neurosciences and Mental Health Program, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, "White Matter Injury in the Developing Brain"
- Christa Martin, Professor & Director, Autism & Developmental Medicine Institute, Geisinger, "Exploring Developmental Brain Disorders in 50K Exomes from a Health System Cohort"
- Michelle Gaffey, PhD Candidate (Epidemiology), University of Toronto, "Effective Implementation of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Women and Children affected by Armed Conflict"
RSVP by November 7th at medicine.research@utoronto.ca.