Winter 2019
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Abandonment and the Brain
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Faculty First Person with Lauren Orefice, PhD, and understanding the development and function of the circuits responsible for encoding the sense of touch
Autumn 2019
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Delirium, Dementia, and the Brain
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Faculty First Person with Wade Harper, PhD, and understanding the underlying cell biology of neuron
Summer 2019
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Screen Time and the Brain
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Faculty First Person with Rick Born, MD ’88, and the study how the cerebral cortex help us see
Spring 2019
Winter 2018
Autumn 2018
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Aging and the Brain
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Faculty First Person with Lisa Goodrich, AB ’91, PhD, and the study of the highway from the ear to the brain
Summer 2018
Spring 2018
Winter 2017
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The Gut and the Brain
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Faculty First Person with Stephen Liberles, AB ’94, AM ’96, PhD ’00, and the vagus nerve
Autumn 2017
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Football and the Brain
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Faculty First Person with Isaac Chiu, AB ’02, PhD ’09, and how the gut microbiome can cause pain
Summer 2017
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Zika and the Brain
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Faculty First Person with Corey Harwell, PhD, and the study of chromatin-modifying enzymes
Spring 2017
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Addiction and the Brain
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Faculty First Person with Clifford Woolf, MD, PhD, and Bruce Palmer Bean, PhD, and pain
Winter 2016
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Holiday stress and the Brain
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Faculty First Person with Edward Kravitz, PhD, and the study of agression
Autumn 2016
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Decision-making and the Brain
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Faculty First Person with Chris Harvey, PhD, and how decision-making is implemented by neuronal circuits
Summer 2016
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Reading and the Brain
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Faculty First Person with Margaret Livingstone, PhD ’81, and how nature and nurture instruct the formation of brain domains
Spring 2016
Winter 2015
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Dancing and the Brain
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Faculty First Person with Sandeep Robert “Bob” Datta, MD ’04, PhD ’04, and the study of smell