Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

For Current Students

Psychology and Neuroscience Seminar Series

Overview

Each year, the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience hosts a seminar series in which experts in the field of Psychology and/or Neuroscience present their research. Seminars are typically 50 minutes and are followed by a brief discussion. Coffee and snacks are available before the seminar, and afterward there is a light reception.

The series is organized by the Colloquium Committee consisting of departmental faculty and staff, and student societies: Dalhousie Student Union (DSU), Undergraduate Neuroscience Society (UNS), and Dalhousie Association of Psychology Students (DAPS).

Below you will find confirmed dates for the upcoming year, 2025-2026:

Date	Speaker	Title
All seminars will be held on Thursdays in the Life Sciences Centre (LSC), Room P4260 at 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Fall 2025
October 16 *JACOB HAMILTON MEMORIAL LECTURE*	Dr. Laura Lambe, Assistant Professor of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University	Bullying and youth mental health: Supporting healthy relationships for healthy development Find more info on Dal Events
November 13 *TERRY ANDERS MEMORIAL LECTURE*	Dr. Katherine Birnie, Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary	Mobilizing Pain Science in Psychology: From Lab Research to Health Systems Change Find out more on Dal Events.
Winter 2026
January 22 BRUCE EARHARD MEMORIAL LECTURE (UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS DAY)	Dr. Ralph Redden, Assistant Professor of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University	On the Understanding of Attention in the Lab and the Real World Find out more on Dal Events.
February 5 DALHOUSIE ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS LECTURE	Dr. Gabriela Ilie, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University	The Power of Purpose: From Psychology to Transforming Cancer Care
March 5 *GRAHAM GODDARD LECTURE*	Dr. Sara Hart, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo	The how and why of learning differences
March 19 DONALD O. HEBB MEMORIAL LECTURE	Dr. Gyorgi Buszaki, Biggs Professor of Neuroscience, New York University School of Medicine	Hippocampal mechanisms of memory selection and consolidation

Date

Speaker

Title

All seminars will be held on Thursdays in the Life Sciences Centre (LSC), Room P4260 at 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Fall 2025

October 16

JACOB HAMILTON MEMORIAL LECTURE

Dr. Laura Lambe, Assistant Professor of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University

Bullying and youth mental health: Supporting healthy relationships for healthy development

Find more info on Dal Events

November 13

TERRY ANDERS MEMORIAL LECTURE

Dr. Katherine Birnie, Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Mobilizing Pain Science in Psychology: From Lab Research to Health Systems Change

Find out more on Dal Events.

Winter 2026

January 22

BRUCE EARHARD MEMORIAL LECTURE (UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS DAY)

Dr. Ralph Redden, Assistant Professor of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University

On the Understanding of Attention in the Lab and the Real World

Find out more on Dal Events.

February 5

DALHOUSIE ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS LECTURE

Dr. Gabriela Ilie, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University

The Power of Purpose: From Psychology to Transforming Cancer Care

March 5

GRAHAM GODDARD LECTURE

Dr. Sara Hart, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo

The how and why of learning differences

March 19

DONALD O. HEBB MEMORIAL LECTURE

Dr. Gyorgi Buszaki, Biggs Professor of Neuroscience, New York University School of Medicine

Hippocampal mechanisms of memory selection and consolidation