2025 Eleventh Annual Rutgers Brain Health Institute Symposium
The 2025 Eleventh Annual Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) Symposium will be held on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at the Busch Student Center in Piscataway, NJ. Highlights include a keynote lecture by Moses V. Chao, PhD, talks by BHI faculty on their cutting-edge research programs, two-minute flash talks by trainees, an update on the federal funding landscape from Lewis Burke, a Brain Art Exhibition, and a trainee poster session.
Registration is now open, with an early registration deadline of November 1, 2025.
Keynote Speaker
Moses V. Chao, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology, Neuroscience & Physiology, and Psychiatry, NYU Langone Medical Center
Research areas: metabolism, molecular, cellular, & translational neuroscience, molecular mechanisms of trophic factor action
Seminar title: “Mysteries of Neurotrophic Factors”
Trainee Poster Session
Please submit your poster title, author names, PI name, and abstract (250-word limit) to bhi@bhi.rutgers.edu. Only one poster submission per lab will be accepted. Due to limited space, only first 50 poster abstract submissions will be accepted.
Poster Abstract Submission Deadline: November 1, 2025.
Brain Art Exhibition
Agenda
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 8.15 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 8.45 – 9.00 AM | Welcome Remarks- Dr. Brian Strom | Chancellor of Rutgers Health |
| 9.00 – 9.15 AM | BHI Updates- Gary Aston-Jones | Director of BHI |
| 9.20 – 9.30 AM | Detlev Boison | RWJMS- Neurosurgery |
| 9.35 – 9.45 AM | David Barker | RU-NB- Psychology |
| 9.50 – 10.00 AM | Juan Mena Segovia | RU-Newark- CMBN |
| 10.05 – 10.15 AM | Ioana Carcea | NJMS- Pharm, Phys, Neuro |
| 10.20 – 10.35 AM | Coffee/Tea Break | |
| 10.40 – 10.50 AM | Luciana Fonseca | RWJMS-Psychiatry |
| 10.55 – 11.05 AM | Suchismita Ray | SHP- Health Informatics |
| 11.10 – 11.20 AM | Morgan Firestein | RWJMS-Pediatrics/CHI |
| 11.30 – 12.30 PM | Keynote- Moses Chao: “Mysteries of Neurotrophic Factors” | NYU Langone Medical Center |
| 12.30 – 1.30 PM | Hot Buffet Lunch | |
| 1.30 – 1.40 PM | Hyung Jin Ahn | NJMS- Pharm, Phys, Neuro |
| 1.45 – 1.55 PM | Pabitra Sahoo | RU-Newark- Biology |
| 2.00 – 2.10 PM | Miriam Bocarsly | NJMS- Pharm, Phys, Neuro |
| 2.15 – 3.00 PM | Special presentation: “Current Federal Funding Landscape” | Lewis Burke |
| 3.15 – 4.15 PM | Two-Minute Trainee Flash Talks | Top 25 poster submissions |
| 4.15 – 5.30 PM | Trainee Poster Session | |
| 4:00 – 5.30 PM | Wine and Cheese & Reception Awards Ceremony |
Pictures from the 2024 Tenth Annual BHI Symposium
The 2024 BHI Symposium marked the 10th anniversary of the Rutgers Brain Health Institute, a milestone for celebrating a decade of innovation, collaboration, and groundbreaking advancements in neuroscience. Held on November 14–15 at the Douglass Student Center, the two-day event brought together more than 300 academic leaders, researchers, trainees, and industry professionals. Learn more
