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Neuroscience Lecture Series

The Neuroscience Program and Club presents a series of lectures every spring and fall semester, exploring current neuroscience research, applications and career opportunities. Weber State faculty also offer workshops on graduate school preparation. Lectures are free and open to all.

The Neuroscience Lecture Series is held in partnership with the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, the College of Science and the Dr. Ezekiel R. Dumke College of Health Professions.

2024 Spring Neuroscience Lecture Series

SPECIAL BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK LECTURE!

Friday, March 15, 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lindquist Hall 202 or Zoom

 

How Air Pollution Affects our Brains

Dr. Courtney Henley

Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment

Dr. Henley will briefly discuss the main types of criteria air pollutants that are measured and reported in our communities.   She will then take a deep dive into how air pollution gets to our brains and what it does to our brains when it gets there. She will conclude the presentation with some tips about protecting ourselves from the harmful health effects of air pollution

Bio: Dr. Courtney Henley serves on the Board of Directors of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment.  Born and raised in Tallahassee, Florida, she then attended Boston College and the University of Florida School of Medicine.  During these years she spent a few glorious months snowboarding at Snowbird when the prophet's words moved her, “This is the place.”  After completing anesthesiology residency at the University of Utah, Dr. Henley entered private practice in Salt Lake City.  In 2006, Dr. Henley started her own family and discovered the truth about the outsized effects of Wasatch Front air pollution on young kids.  She has been a contributor to UPHE and an advocate for the positive health effects of a healthy environment ever since.

All Majors Welcome!  Pizza will be served!

 


 ARCHIVED SPRING 2024 LECTURES

 

Using Psychophysiology to Explore Cognitive Processes within Psychopathology - Dr. Jacob Kraft

2/15/2024

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Creating Your Future - How to make opportunities with undergraduate research - Madisyn Carrington

1/24/24

Recording available HERE

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Fall 2023 Lectures

 

Moving beyond the dark arts of mu opioid receptors: Targeting the opioid system for depression, cocaine addiction, and pain. 

11/17/23

Dr. Todd Hillhouse

Recording will be available soon

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Music, Microbes, and the Modern Era

10/26/23

Dr. Lynn White, Professor of Psychology, SUU

Recording will be available soon

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Tips and Tricks for Applying to Grad School

9/25/23

Dr. Timothy Black & Dr. Xin Zhao

Recording will be available soon

 

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