3rd Annual Charity Golf Event for Emily Reid O'Connor
Dear PNS Members and Friends,
Please click here for more information about the 3rd Annual Charity Golf Outing being held in honor of Emily Reid O'Connor on Saturday, September 21, 2013. Emily was a Clinical PhD Neuropsychology student at Drexel and PNS Student Representative. Students interested in volunteering at the charity event will get to attend for free. Interested volunteers should email Frank Murray ASAP (frankmurray.ast@verizon.net).
Proceeds from the charity will benefit Drexel University's Emily Reid
Memorial Fellowship Fund. Please feel free to circulate the information to
anyone else you think may be interested in attending or contributing.
Best,
Jennifer L. Gallo, Ph.D.
President, PNS
Click here for more information and registration for 2013 PNS Spring Symposium on Friday, April 26, 2013: 9am-12:15pm (3 CE Credits*)
Grand Rounds: Mild TBI: Mark A. Rader, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cooper University Hospital
Date: March 27, 2013
Time: 6-7PM (1 CE Credit*)
Location: Disque Hall, Rm 109, Drexel University Main Campus
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Learning objectives:
1. State the expected neurocognitive outcomes from the “typical” Mild TBI
2. Explain why effort testing is important in Mild TBI assessment
3. Describe the clinical significance of specific patient complaints after Mild TBI
Title: Action News: Update on the neuropsychology of skilled action
Presenter: Laurel J. Buxbaum, PhD, Director of Cognition and Action Laboratory, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute Research
Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University
Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Time: 6-7PM
Location: Disque Hall 109, Drexel University Main Campus
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Learning Objectives:
Attendees will be able to:
1. describe the functional neuroanatomy of two cortical action systems.
2. identify the key characteristics of ideomotor apraxia.
3. Describe the neuroanatomic substrates of action recognition.
Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2013; Time: 6-7pm
Speaker: Tania Giovannetti, Ph.D., Associate Professor., Department of Psychology, Temple University
Topic: Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Importance of Everyday Functioning for
Diagnosis and Predicting Conversion to Dementia
**** CE Credits will be available****
PNS is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing
education for psychologists. PNS maintains responsibility for this program and
its content
Fall Ethics Symposium Topic: Neuroethics
Speaker: Cynthia S. Kubu, PhD, ABPP-CN
When: Friday, November 1, 2013
Time: 9:00AM-12:15PM (3 CEs*)
PNS President Jennifer Gallo, Ph.D. with September monthly speaker Laura Brennan, Ph.D.
Topic: The Interplay of Psychiatric Symptoms, Cognition, and Motor Functioning in Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders
Date: Wednesday, 9/25/13
Time: *6-7PM
Location: Disque Hall, Rm 109, Drexel University Main Campus
Learning Objectives:
1. Understanding of the interconnectedness of motor, psychiatric, and cognitive functioning, as well as ultimate impact on everyday functional abilities in Parkinson's disease.
2. Understanding of the presence of apathy in the absence of overt depression, which often occurs in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. Implications for treatment, and methods of assessment.
3. Further application to other movement disorders will be illustrated through presentation of a case of progressive supranuclear palsy.
*PNS Social Hour to Follow Lecture
Social Hour Location: Landmark Americana Bar and Grill, 3333 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 www.landmarkamericana.com
Map and Directions to Drexel University
Topic: The Interplay of Psychiatric Symptoms, Cognition, and Motor Functioning in Parkinson's Disease and Other Movement Disorders
Date: Wednesday, 9/25/13
Time: *6-7PM
Location: Disque Hall, Rm 109, Drexel University Main Campus
Learning Objectives:
1. Understanding of the interconnectedness of motor, psychiatric, and cognitive functioning, as well as ultimate impact on everyday functional abilities in Parkinson's disease.
2. Understanding of the presence of apathy in the absence of overt depression, which often occurs in Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. Implications for treatment, and methods of assessment.
3. Further application to other movement disorders will be illustrated through presentation of a case of progressive supranuclear palsy.
*PNS Social Hour to Follow Lecture
Social Hour Location: Landmark Americana Bar and Grill, 3333 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 www.landmarkamericana.com
Map and Directions to Drexel University