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
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*).
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
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*).