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COMPLETED EVENTS FOR 2018


NOVEMBER MEETING
Date: 11/28/2018
Speaker: Hasan Ayaz, PhD

Associate Professor 
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health System
Department of Psychology
Drexel University
Time: 6:00-7:00pm (1 CE*).
Topic: Observing the Brain-on-Task using Functional Optical Brain Monitoring


OCTOBER MEETING
Date: 10/24/2018
Speaker: Shana Stites, PsyD

Instructor
Penn Project on Precision Medicine for the Brain (P3MB)
Department of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine 
University of Pennsylvania 
Time: 6:00-7:00pm (1 CE*).
Topic: Psychological Assessment in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease: Emerging Issues

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MAY MEETING:  PNS Student Award Winner Research Presentations
Date: Wednesday, May 30th, 2018

Time: 6:00-7:00pm (1 CE*)
Presenters:  Katherine Hackett: Validity and utility of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery for computerized neuropsychological                                                          assessment in a memory disorders clinic
                  Rachel Mis: Heterogeneity of Informant-Reported Functional Performance in Mild Cognitive Impairment


APRIL MEETING: The Annual Spring Symposium- Assessment and Intervention for Executive Control Difficulties

Date: Saturday April 14th
Time: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm (3 CE*)
Presenter: George McCloskey, PhD, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
 
Description: This presentation will discuss a comprehensive model of executive capacities (functions and skills) and how the model can be applied to assessment for identifying executive control strengths and weaknesses and how it can be used to plan and implement interventions that target executive control difficulties.

MARCH MEETING – 3/28/2018 – Speaker: Danielle Bassett, Ph.D.

Eduardo D. Glandt Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania
Topic: Networks that learn, and the networks they learn
Time: 6:00-7:00pm (1 CE*).

FEBRUARY MEETING – 2/28/2018 – Speaker: Farzin Irani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
West Chester University 
Topic: Neuropsychology of asthma
Time:               6:00-7:00pm (1 CE*).

JANUARY MEETING – 1/31/2017– PNS Mentor Award Winner: Nancy Raitano Lee, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Director, Accelerated BS/MS and MS in Psychology Programs
Department of Psychology
Drexel University

Topic: Neuropsychology and neurodevelopmental disorders: Identifying sources of individual differences in outcomes and training the next generation of psychologists to continue this work
Time: 6:00-7:00pm (1 CE*).