2010 Events
January 26, 2010: Monthly Meeting, Reem Tarazi, Ph.D.,
Assistant Prof, Dept. of Psychiatry, Drexel University/St. Christopher’s
Hospital Topic: "Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood"
February 24, 2010: Monthly Meeting: Stephanie Cosentino, Ph.D., Assistant Prof, Dept. of Neurology, Columbia University
Topic: "Metacognition in Alzheimer’s Disease"
March 31, 2010: Monthly Meeting: Stephen Moelter, Ph.D., Associate Prof., Dept. of Psychology, University of the Sciences
Topic: "Cognitive and Biological Markers of Dementia: A Review and Update"
April 28, 2010: Monthly Meeting: PNS Awards and Presentations by Student Award Winners
1) President’s Award Winner: Rosemarie Manfredi, Psy.D. Widener University
"Executive Functioning in High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders: Relationship to Social and Adaptive Skills".
2) Francis Fields Memorial Award Winner: M. Meredith Gillis, M.A., Drexel University
"Neurocognitive Functioning of an Adolescent Male with Bilateral Thalamic Stroke"
PNS Mentor Award Presentation: Thomas Swirsky-Sacchetti, Ph.D.
May 22, 2010: 24th Annual Spring Colloquium (6 CE Credits) 9:00AM - 3:30PM
Thomas D. Marcotte, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center, University of California, San Diego
& J. Cobb Scott, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
"Neuropsychology of Everyday Functioning: Translating Laboratory/Clinic Performance to the Real World"
June 23, 2010: Networking Meeting/Neuropsychology Happy Hour Landmark Americana Tap and Grill
July 23-25, 2010:
Penn Conference on Clinical Neuroscience and Society.
This was not a PNS event, but PNS members will be interested in this neuroethics conference. Download the brochure here: Clinical Neurosci and Soc Conf.pdf
or visit the UPenn Center for Neuroscience and Society
website:
www.neuroethics.upenn.edu/index.php/events/clinical-conference
Friday, September 24th, 2010: Co-Sponsored Event with the Eleanor M. Saffran Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Temple University
Department of Communication Sciences (5 CE credits)
"New Directions in Sentence Processing and Rehabilitation of Sentence Processing Disorders"
October 21, 2010: Monthly Meeting: Melissa Lamar, Ph.D.
Topic: "Using Acute Tryptophan Depletion to Understand the Role of Neurochemical Alterations in Functional Brain Recruitment with Normal Aging"
December 9, 2010: Networking Meeting/Neuropsychology Happy Hour
2010 FALL SYMPOSIUM ON PEDIATRIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Recorded on Friday, November 5th, 2010
Follow this link (http://rmcp.dcollege.net/playlists/20218/html) to an online video recording of the following presentations:
1. Introduction
Douglas Chute (Drexel University,
Stein Fellow), Tania Giovannetti (Temple University), Brian Daly (Drexel University), Andrew Zabel (Kennedy Krieger Institute)
2. Dyscalculia
Stein Fellow Keynote: Avishai Henik (Ben-Gurion University)
3. The role of the neuropsychologist in special education advocacy
Felicia Hurewitz (Drexel University) & Sonja Kerr (Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia)
4. Genomics and neuropsychological assessment
Ruben Gur (University of Pennsylvania)
5. Development of ADHD In preschoolers: neuroimaging and behavioral correlates
Mark Mahone (Kennedy Krieger Institute)
6. Executive control and transition to adulthood in spina bifida
Andrew Zabel (Kennedy Krieger Institute)
7. Pediatric sickle cell disease:
Neuropsychological assessment, treatment, and transition issues
Brian Daly (Drexel University) & Reem Tarazi (Drexel University)
Assistant Prof, Dept. of Psychiatry, Drexel University/St. Christopher’s
Hospital Topic: "Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood"
February 24, 2010: Monthly Meeting: Stephanie Cosentino, Ph.D., Assistant Prof, Dept. of Neurology, Columbia University
Topic: "Metacognition in Alzheimer’s Disease"
March 31, 2010: Monthly Meeting: Stephen Moelter, Ph.D., Associate Prof., Dept. of Psychology, University of the Sciences
Topic: "Cognitive and Biological Markers of Dementia: A Review and Update"
April 28, 2010: Monthly Meeting: PNS Awards and Presentations by Student Award Winners
1) President’s Award Winner: Rosemarie Manfredi, Psy.D. Widener University
"Executive Functioning in High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders: Relationship to Social and Adaptive Skills".
2) Francis Fields Memorial Award Winner: M. Meredith Gillis, M.A., Drexel University
"Neurocognitive Functioning of an Adolescent Male with Bilateral Thalamic Stroke"
PNS Mentor Award Presentation: Thomas Swirsky-Sacchetti, Ph.D.
May 22, 2010: 24th Annual Spring Colloquium (6 CE Credits) 9:00AM - 3:30PM
Thomas D. Marcotte, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center, University of California, San Diego
& J. Cobb Scott, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
"Neuropsychology of Everyday Functioning: Translating Laboratory/Clinic Performance to the Real World"
June 23, 2010: Networking Meeting/Neuropsychology Happy Hour Landmark Americana Tap and Grill
July 23-25, 2010:
Penn Conference on Clinical Neuroscience and Society.
This was not a PNS event, but PNS members will be interested in this neuroethics conference. Download the brochure here: Clinical Neurosci and Soc Conf.pdf
or visit the UPenn Center for Neuroscience and Society
website:
www.neuroethics.upenn.edu/index.php/events/clinical-conference
Friday, September 24th, 2010: Co-Sponsored Event with the Eleanor M. Saffran Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Temple University
Department of Communication Sciences (5 CE credits)
"New Directions in Sentence Processing and Rehabilitation of Sentence Processing Disorders"
October 21, 2010: Monthly Meeting: Melissa Lamar, Ph.D.
Topic: "Using Acute Tryptophan Depletion to Understand the Role of Neurochemical Alterations in Functional Brain Recruitment with Normal Aging"
December 9, 2010: Networking Meeting/Neuropsychology Happy Hour
2010 FALL SYMPOSIUM ON PEDIATRIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Recorded on Friday, November 5th, 2010
Follow this link (http://rmcp.dcollege.net/playlists/20218/html) to an online video recording of the following presentations:
1. Introduction
Douglas Chute (Drexel University,
Stein Fellow), Tania Giovannetti (Temple University), Brian Daly (Drexel University), Andrew Zabel (Kennedy Krieger Institute)
2. Dyscalculia
Stein Fellow Keynote: Avishai Henik (Ben-Gurion University)
3. The role of the neuropsychologist in special education advocacy
Felicia Hurewitz (Drexel University) & Sonja Kerr (Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia)
4. Genomics and neuropsychological assessment
Ruben Gur (University of Pennsylvania)
5. Development of ADHD In preschoolers: neuroimaging and behavioral correlates
Mark Mahone (Kennedy Krieger Institute)
6. Executive control and transition to adulthood in spina bifida
Andrew Zabel (Kennedy Krieger Institute)
7. Pediatric sickle cell disease:
Neuropsychological assessment, treatment, and transition issues
Brian Daly (Drexel University) & Reem Tarazi (Drexel University)
