BHI/Otolaryngology Faculty Candidate Seminar Children who experience persistent conductive hearing loss (CHL) early in life often display binaural hearing impairments that persist long after CHL is resolved, suggesting abnormal central auditory development. Abnormal sensitivity to interaural level differences (ILDs) is particularly likely as a CHL (such as an ear infection) can attenuate sound in the …

BHI-RUCARES Autism Faculty Candidate: Melanie Pellecchia High-quality early intervention services are critical for improving long-term outcomes for children on the autism spectrum. Yet, implementation science research repeatedly demonstrates poor implementation of evidence-based practices (EBP) within community-based early intervention. This research-to-practice gap is especially evident in large under-resourced service systems. Given the established benefit of early …

The BHI and CAHBIR are pleased to announce the availability of pilot grants for Rutgers-New Brunswick faculty to facilitate research at the Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research. In addition to scanning on CAHBIRs state-of-the-art Siemens Prisma 3T magnet, researchers can propose studies that utilize CAHBIR’s new transcranial magnetic stimulator and EEG facilities, which …

Applied Neuroscience Seminar: Instrumentation for Early Detection of Emotions Join us on Wednesday, November 1 at 12:15 p.m. in Richard Weeks Hall room 105 for a seminar by Hugo Posada-Quintero, our upcoming speaker in the Biomedical Engineering seminar series for Fall 2023.

The Ninth Annual Rutgers Brain Health Institute Symposium will be held on Thursday, November 30, 2023 at the Douglass Student Center in New Brunswick, NJ. It will feature talks by Rutgers faculty presenting their cutting-edge research. The afternoon session includes student/post-doc poster presentations with cash awards to the top three best posters. CLICK HERE to register. The student/post-doc poster …

Two Addiction Seminars: Nov. 6th & 7th - RARC Treatment & Recovery Talks (virtual)   Join Zoom Meeting: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/92119251620?pwd=NlEyOXRVbWowR1F1SFN0akZVbTZrUT09 Meeting ID: 921 1925 1620; Password: 007673 Join by phone: +1 646 - 558 - 8656

Two Addiction Seminars: RARC Treatment & Recovery Talks (Nov. 6th and 7th)   Join Zoom Meeting: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/97702618525?pwd=ZVcyS1Z4VHdUME1KSXBhdHlKMC9tZz09 Meeting ID: 977 0261 8525 ; Password: 860246 Join by phone: +1 646 - 558 - 8656

Andrew Westbrook Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Rutgers University   Neuromodulation and cognitive effort  Cognitive control is effortful, causing people to avoid demanding tasks, and undermining their goal-directed behavior. Yet the nature of effort costs, and the systems biasing decisions to exert or withhold effort are largely unknown. Striatal dopamine promotes physical effort for reward, …

“Promoting Healthy Aging and Dementia Prevention: From Intervention Studies to Community Engagement Research”   Zoom:  Click to Join https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/91712441878?pwd=M3VzY1FNR1ZreGZYNUt5S0lPK3pMdz09 Join by phone: 1-646-558-8656; Meeting number: 917 1244 1878 Passcode: 836902

Mathematical and Computational Modeling of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Shirley Wang Department of Psychology Yale University Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, claiming over 800,000 lives each year. Unfortunately, whereas scientific advances have led to declines in other leading causes of death over time, the current suicide rate is nearly identical to what …

Please join the RWJMS Institute for Neurological Therapeutics for this special seminar hosted by Dr. M. Maral Mouradian.   Zoom link: https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/96575642698?pwd=Ylc4OGNtcXljYjIwek56MERDcUE1dz09 Meeting ID: 965 7564 2698, Password: 437568

“Early predictive cognitive measures of dementia: from traditional neuropsychology to intraindividual, digital and momentary assessment”   Zoom:  Click to Join https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/97976833937?pwd=by9JbVU5cGJDV3kwVnBCN2ZtYTVKZz09 Join by phone: 1-646-558-8656; Meeting number: 979 7683 3937 Passcode: 401123