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2009 Events

January 28, 2009: Monthly Meeting Tania Giovannetti,  Ph.D. Assistant Prof, Dept. of Psychology, Temple University

Topic: "Neuropsychology & Everyday Action: Current Research & Clinical Implications"

February 25, 2009: Monthly Meeting: Daniel  Weintraub, M.D.
Assistant Prof,  Psychiatry, Hosp. of the Univ. of  Pennsylvania
Topic: "Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease and Related  Disorders"

March 25,
2009: Monthly  Meeting: Evangelia G. Chrysikou, Ph.D. Univ.  Pennsylvania, Dept.
of  Psychology, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Topic: "Dynamic Categorizations in Semantic Memory for Goal-oriented Action: Evidence
from Neuroimaging"

April 24, 2009: 23rd
Annual Spring Colloquium (4 CE credits) 8:30 AM - 1PM
William B. Barr, Ph.D., ABPP, Chief  of Neuropsychology NYU  Comprehensive Epilepsy Center

Topic: "Sports Concussion: Separating Fact from Fiction"


May 27, 2009: PNS 
Awards and Presentations by Student Award Winners

1)  President’s Award Winner:  Colette Seter, M.A., Temple University
"Characterizing Planning Behavior in  Schizophrenia: An Analysis of Everyday Action"

2) Francis Fields Memorial Award
Winner: Kevin  Manning, Drexel University
"Virtual Reality Driving: Can New Measures Help Inform Driving Capacity in Traumatic Brain Injury?"

June 24 2009:
Networking Meeting/Neuropsychology Happy Hour World  Cafe Live (Click  here for  more info.)

September 11th, 2009: Co-Sponsored Event with the  Eleanor M. Saffran Center for Cognitive
Neuroscience and Temple University Department of Communication Sciences  (5 CE credits)
Topic: “Cognitive and neural bases of semantic processing: Implications for Rehabilitation”  Download the brochure here.pdf

October 3, 2009: 23rd Annual Fall Colloquium (3 CE  credits) 9 AM - 1PM
Samuel Knapp, Ed.D., Deputy Executive Officer, Director of  Professional  Affairs, 
Pennsylvania Psychological Association
Topic: "Positive Ethics" PNSethicsINFO.doc

October 28, 2009: Monthly Meeting
Catherine A. Fiorello, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Coordinator of School Psychology
Psychological Studies in Education, Temple University
Topic: "Learning  Disabilities: Clinical  Diagnosis versus Educational  Identification"

November 18, 2009: Monthly
Meeting: Douglas L. Chute, Ph.D., C. Psych, Professor
Department of Psychology/Neuropsychology, Drexel University
Topic: Consciousness and Future Directions in Neuropsychology