Vol.25 Num(6) - Program in Neuroscience, University of Toronto

UPCOMING PIN DISTINGUISHED LECTURESPlease check http://www.utoronto.ca/neurosci for updates.RESCHEDULED - Wednesday, February 25, 2009 1pmMAIKEN NEDERGAARD, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY"Astrocytes Alive!"Medical Sciences Building, Rm 3153Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Time: TBAERIC NESTLER, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NYTitle: TBALocation: TBAThe Eighth Sackler Distinguished Visiting NeuroscientistThursday, April 2, 2009 Time: TBAERWIN NEHER, Max Planck Institute, Göttingen Germany, 1991Nobel Prize Winner In Physiology and MedicineTitle: TBALocation: TBAThursday, April 16, 2009 Time: TBACHRIS McBAIN, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MDTitle: TBALocation: TBAThursday, May 7, 2009 Time: TBAMAY-BRITT MOSER, Norwegian University of Science andTechnology, Trondheim, NorwayTitle: TBALocation: TBAWednesday, June 24, 2009 Time: TBABITA MOGHADDAM, University of PittsburghTitle: TBALocation: TBANOTICE TO GRADUATING STUDENTSPlease notify the PIN office upon your graduation to ensure that youwill receive the notation "completed Collaborative Program inNeuroscience" on your degree transcript as well as a separatecertificate suitable for framing from the PIN office to indicate that youhave completed the program's requirements. Please let the officeknow the address you wish your certificate sent to and please also sendus your thesis title. If you have transferred from a Master’s degree toa Ph.D., please notify the PIN office.Neurosciences & Mental Health (NMH) ResearchProgram at The Hospital for Sick Children presents:Nurturing the Developing BrainFriday, February 6th, 2009Hollywood Theatre (SickKids Auditorium)Rm 1246 – Elm Wing, 555 University Ave8:30 am – 8:55 amRegistration & Coffee in the Rotunda8:55 am – 9:00 amWelcome by Michael Salter, MD, PhD & Elizabeth Pang, PhD9:00 am – 9:50 am“Beyond early attachment: Issues in the design and dissemination ofrelationship building programs for parents of children andadolescents with mental health problems.”Charles E. Cunningham, PhD Psychologist, McMaster Children’sHospital, Offord Centre for Child Studies, Jack Laidlaw Chair &Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences,McMaster University, Hamilton9:50 am – 10:20 am“Maternal early adversity and the parenting of siblings: shared andnon-shared risks in development”Jennifer Jenkins, PhD, CPsych Human Development & AppliedPsychology, OISE, University of Toronto10:20 am – 10:40 amCoffee Break in the Rotunda10:40 am – 11:10 am“Infant-caregiver attachment and later behaviour problems: Areview and meta-analysis.”Sheri Madigan, PhD Neurosciences & Mental Health11:10 am – 11:40 am“Current parenting stress moderates maternal maltreatment historyto influence cortisol reactivity in the infant.”Leslie Atkinson, PhD Department of Psychology, RyersonUniversity, Toronto11:40 am – 12:30 pmOTHER NEUROSCIENCE NEWS“Maternal programming of neuroendocrine systems throughepigenetic mechanisms.”Michael J. Meaney, PhD, CQ, FRSC Associate Director, DouglasInstitute Research Centre, James McGill Professor, Depts of- 2 -