Nov 14, 2018  |  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.