Colloquium Series
Overview
Each year, the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience hosts a lecture series, traditionally named the Colloquium Series, whereby experts in the psychology and/or neuroscience field are welcome to inform inquisitive Dalhousie and broader community members about their research.
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).
The 2016-2017 Colloquium Series will officially launch in September 2016.
Below you will find confirmed dates for the upcoming year:
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
|---|---|---|
All talks are held in the Life Sciences Centre (LSC), Room 5260 at 3:40 pm, unless otherwise noted. |
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| Fall 2016 | ||
September 23 TERRY ANDERS MEMORIAL LECTURE |
Dr. Kathryn Murphy, McMaster University | Human Visual Cortex: A Lifetime of Changes |
| September 30 | Meet the Psychology and Neursoscience Faculty | Meet some of the Faculty and hear about their research. |
| October 14 | Nadine Wathen, University of Western Ontario | Mobilizing Research Knowledge to Effect Change: Lessons Learned in the Area of Violence and Mental Health |
October 21 Undergraduate Awards Day |
Christine Chambers, Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University | From evidence to influence: A new approach to knowledge mobilization |
| November 18 | Dr. Becky Chen, University of Toronto | TBA (Bilingual and ELL (English Language Learner) children’s language and literacy development) |
| November 25 | Dr. David Picketts, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute | Intellectual Disability and Brain Development: Role of Epigenetic Regulators |
| Winter 2017 | ||
| January 13 | Jonathan Wilbiks, McCain Postdoctoral Fellowship, Mount Allison University | Psychology of Music |
| January 20 | Kristin Hadfield | Step-Parenting |
| February 17 | Randy Flanagan, Queen's University | Sensorimotor Control and Decision Making |
March 3 Graham Goddard Memorial Lecture |
Dr. Ken Rockwood |
Alzheimer's Disease: What should we make of 100 successive failed trials |
| March 10 | Dr. Joseph DeSouza | Neurorehabilitation through Motor Learning with Music and Movement |
| March 17 | Brain Awareness Week | |
March 24 Hebb Lecture |
Margaret Fahnestock | Neurotrophic factors - their role in nervous system development, emergency of neuropsychiatric disease and treatment |
| March 31 | Lucia O'Sullivan | Problems in sexual functioning among late adolescents and young adults |
Suggest a Speaker
Would you or someone you know like to get involved with this years Colloquium Series with the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience? In particular, we are looking for speakers to present at Undergrad Awards Day (must be a Dalhousie undergraduate alumni) and the Donald O. Hebb Lecture.
Please send your speaker suggestions via email to Ian Weaver or Natalie Rosen.
In the body of the email, include:
- Your name and professional title
- Suggested title of talk
- Lecture abstract