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InstitutesUniversity of Maryland - Medicine Institute for Neuroscience Discovery (UM-MIND)Seminars and Events

Seminars and Events

UM-MIND sponsors two seminar series, the UM-MIND Seminar Series and the IDEAS Seminar Series, during the academic year. We also help to publicize all other neuroscience-relevant events in a weekly email sent on Tuesday mornings to the UM-MIND community: departmental seminar series, special lectures, weekly Program in Neuroscience journal clubs, monthly Program in Neuroscience social hours, and more. These events are also included in the Google calendar at the bottom of this page, which you can subscribe to such that they are automatically added to your personal calendar. To submit an event, send an email to um-mindneuroevents@som.umaryland.edu.

UM-MIND logoThe UM-MIND Seminar Series is the preeminent neuroscience forum on campus, uniting the wide array of neuroscience researchers that make up the UM-MIND community for a monthly series that takes place on the second Thursday of every month during the academic year. Esteemed neuroscientists in disciplines across the three pillars of UM-MIND are invited to campus to give a seminar and meet with trainees, faculty, and staff. Speakers for the 2023-2024 UM-MIND Seminar Series included:

  • David Olson, PhD, Director, Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics; Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis (Host: Dr. Todd Gould)
  • George Uhl, MD, PhD, Professor, Neurology & Pharmacology, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Chief, Neurology, VA Maryland Healthcare System; Adjunct Professor, Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Host: Dr. Les Katzel)
  • Marija Kundakovic, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University (Co-Hosts: Drs. Cali Calarco & Mary Kay Lobo)
  • Wei Cao, PhD, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (Host: Dr. Junfang Wu)
  • Li Gan, PhD, Distinguished Professor in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College (Co-Hosts: Ryan Mayers, Dr. Brian Polster)
  • Richard Simerly, PhD, Louise McGavock Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University (Host: Dr. Peg McCarthy)
  • Ziva Cooper, PhD, Director, Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, Los Angeles (Co-Hosts: Sissi Huang, Dr. Marco Venniro)
  • Byungkook Lim, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, University of California, San Diego (Co-Hosts: Drs. Rianne Campbell & Joe Cheer)
  • Conor Liston, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College (Host: Dr. Todd Gould)

Selections are currently being made for the 2024-2025 series. Check back soon!

UM-MIND IDEAS logoThe Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism in Science (IDEAS) Seminar Series, hosted by the UM-MIND IDEAS Committee, provides a forum to support the committee’s goals of reducing barriers that limit the success of marginalized groups in science within our neuroscience community and beyond. Speakers present on their research but are also encouraged to discuss their efforts in diversity, equity, and inclusion in neuroscience and/or their scientific journey that led them to where they are now. Past IDEAS speakers have included:

  • Sherilynn Black, PhD, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Medical Education and Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, Duke University 
  • Bryan Dewsbury, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Principal Investigator, Science Education & Society Research Program, Florida International University
  • Angeline Dukes, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota; Founder & President, Black in Neuro
  • Kale Edmiston, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UMass Chan Medical School; Past Co-Director, Vanderbilt University Program for LGBTQ Health
  • Hugo Tejeda, PhD, Stadtman Investigator and Chief, Unit on Neuromodulation and Synaptic Integration, National Institute of Mental Health; Program in Neuroscience Alumnus
  • Tracey Hermanstyne, PhD, Assistant Dean, Academic Pathway Programs, and Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; Program in Neuroscience Alumna
  • Marguerite Matthews, PhD, Section Chief of Career Preparation, Office of Programs to Enhance the Neuroscience Workforce, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Save the date for an upcoming IDEAS Seminar:

Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 4pm: Nii Addy, PhD, Albert E. Kent Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine 

Subscribe to the Neuroscience Events calendar by clicking the plus sign on the bottom right of the calendar above!

Submit your neuroscience-relevant events to um-mindneuroevents@som.umaryland.edu to get them added to this calendar and our weekly events roundup.