Newswise — Stony Brook, NY – October 14, 2015 – The Stony Brook Neurosciences Institute will hold its 6th Annual Meeting of the Minds Symposium on October 30, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, in the Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University. The symposium will bring nationally recognized neuroscience researchers and clinicians together to explore novel therapeutics and other issues related to autism spectrum disorders.
The symposium features lectures by renowned neuroscience experts and the ongoing achievements of Stony Brook Medicine faculty in the field that, in turn, lead to “real world” applications that ultimately benefit patients. The symposium is open to the public and attracts physicians, nurses, researchers, students and other healthcare professionals with an interest in the field of neuroscience.
For more information and to register by October 21, please see this webpage.
For the Full Agenda, see below:
8:00 Registration and Breakfast8:20 Welcome
Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, Senior Vice President, Health Sciences; Dean, Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Dennis W. Choi, MD, PhD, Director, Stony Brook University Neurosciences Institute; Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, Stony Brook Medicine
Morning Session Moderator: Ramin Parsey, MD, PhD, Co-Director, Stony Brook University Neurosciences Institute; Della Pietra Family Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook Medicine
8:35 Modeling Social Brain Development in Autism Spectrum Disorder James McPartland, PhD, Associate Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, Yale Child Study Center; Director, Yale Developmental Disabilities Clinic, Yale School of Medicine
9:35 Conceptual Evolution of Psychiatric Syndromes in Autism Spectrum Disorder Ken Gadow, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook Medicine
10:20 Comparison of Fecal Microflora in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Their Neurotypical Siblings in the Simons Simplex Collection
Ellen Li, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine; Division Chief, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stony Brook Medicine
11:05 Development of a High Throughput Model for Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Howard Sirotkin, PhD, Associate Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook Medicine
11:30 Group Discussion 11:45 Lunch and Posters
Afternoon Session
Moderator: Lorna Role, PhD, Co-Director, Stony Brook University Neurosciences Institute;Professor and Chair, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior; Stony Brook Medicine
1:15 Keynote Speaker Genes to Novel Therapeutics in Autism
Joseph Buxbaum, PhD, G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, and Vice Chair, Research, Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Director, Seaver Autism Center, Mount Sinai Hospital
2:15 Catch Me If You Can: Novel Mechanisms of Social Functioning and Intervention in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Matthew Lerner, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University
3:00 Using Animal Models to Determine the Contribution of Non-Genetic Maternal Environmental Factors to the Autism Spectrum
Patricia Whitaker-Azmitia, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University
3:45 Group Discussion
4:00 Closing Remarks Dennis Choi, MD, PhD, Director, Stony Brook University Neurosciences Institute; Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, Stony Brook Medicine
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