Mini-Symposium on Educational Neuroscience
Neuroscience for Educators: Toward the Science of Learning A Mini-symposium on Educational Neuroscience...
Mini-Symposium on Educational Neuroscience
Neuroscience for Educators: Toward the Science of Learning
A Mini-symposium on Educational Neuroscience
Friday, April 19, 2013
This Mini-symposium is a six-hour in-depth introduction and review of current and future directions in the Science of Learning. Recent developments in Educational Neuroscience and the Science of Learning have demonstrated how teaching and learning can be informed by scientific, technological, and educational cognitive research initiatives. Distinguished thought leaders in Education and Neuroscience will provide insights into the scientific, structural, and teaching practices needed for the advancement of this emergent field.
08:00- 08:30 Continental Breakfast and Poster Board Session
08:30- 08:40 Welcoming Remarks – Mark Moss, PhD
08:40- 09:15 State of Science of Learning and Educational Science – Carl Franzblau, PhD
09:15- 10:00 Advances in Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning – Peter Bergethon, MD
10:00- 10:30 The Role of Computational Neuroscience in the Science of Learning –
Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, PhD
10:30- 10:45 Break
10:45- 11:15 The Graduate Educational Challenges of the Science of Learning –
Kurt Fischer, PhD
11:15- 11:45 Advances in the Discipline of the Science of Learning and Educational
Neuroscience – Bruce McCandliss, PhD
11:45- 12:45 Moderated Thought Leadership Roundtable
Moderator – Mark Moss, PhD
Panel Members – Carl Franzblau, Peter Bergethon, Kurt Fischer,
Bruce McCandliss
12:45- 12:50 Closing Remarks – Mark Moss, PhD
1:00- 1:45 Reception and Poster Board Viewing
- Four Hours of Continuing Education credits are available
- Objectives: Participants completing this symposium should be able to
- Understand the interrelationship of cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and teaching
- Describe the Science of Learning
- Understand the role of Educational Neuroscience in the Science of Learning
- Understand the role of Neuropsychology in the Science of Learning
- Understand the role of Educational Psychology in the Science of Learning
Location
- Where: 670 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
- Main Auditorium, First Floor
Parking
- Parking is located at 710 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
Registration
- Cost to attend $45.00 (early registration $25.00 – by March 15th 2013) (Students, General admission, non-Continuing Education credits is free)
- Website to register: http://sites.bu.edu/neuro-ed/
- Please mail checks to
- Ms. Patty Jones, 650 Albany Street, Suite X-140, , MA 02118
IRB 101 for Graduate Students
IRB 101 for BUMC Graduate Student IRB Submissions
Wednesday April 17; 4 – 5:20pm, Keefer auditorium
Pre-registration required. There is no cost to attend the session.
Do you need to submit a research study to the BUMC IRB to be able to move forward with your student research project? If so, come attend this presentation by Clinical Research Resources Office (CRRO) Director Mary-Tara Roth. The presentation will provide some basic background on the human subjects research regulations, as well as provide practical advice and specific do’s and don’ts in working with the IRB and completing your IRB application within INSPIR (the online IRB submissions system). This presentation will focus on typical graduate student research IRB submissions, such as research using existing data and survey studies.
Sarcoma Awareness Week 4/8-4/12
Sarcoma Awareness Week April 8th-April 12th
April 8th, 10th, and 11th @ 11am-2pm:
Stop by our table in the main lobby to learn about sarcoma research and the Sonia Sethi Foundation.
April 10th:
Go to Andres Café as 5% of all proceeds will be donated to the Sonia Sethi Foundation.
April 11th @ 11:30am-12:30pm, Baskt Auditorium:
Join us for a presentation by Dr. David D’Adamo, Clinical Director at the Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, to learn more about sarcomas, current research trials, and case studies. A reception is to follow.
STEM Graduate Student Challenge
A new program offered by the Division of Graduate Education at the NSF:
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/gradchallenge/index.jsp
From the NSF site:
Our world is changing faster than ever before–technology is developing at an unprecedented rate and the world faces extraordinary challenges with solutions based in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). What is needed to prepare STEM graduate students to meet these modern day challenges? Fundamental changes are also occurring in the career options for STEM professionals. What is necessary to navigate the career pathways of the future?
The Division of Graduate Education at the National Science Foundation challenges STEM graduate students across the nation to submit innovative ideas to prepare them for tomorrow’s opportunities and challenges. Entries are solicited for ideas with the potential to improve graduate education and professional development. Ideas can be directed toward, for example, students, faculty, departments, institutions, professional societies, and/or federal agencies. Make your voice heard on STEM graduate education!
Be sure to include the following elements in your submission:
- The title of your submission (150 characters or less)
- The issue in graduate education you wish to address
- Your solution or idea
- How your idea will change graduate education
- Who: Currently enrolled STEM graduate students (see additional eligibility criteria)
- What: A 1000 to 1500 word submission responding to this challenge
- Where: Submission made to https://production.skild.com/skild2/NSF-EdChallenge/loginPage.action
- When: Entries must be submitted by 11:59PM Pacific Time on April 15, 2013
John McCahan Education Day – Abstract Due April 19
The 2013 John McCahan Medical Campus Education Day will be held on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. BUMC faculty, fellow, residents, students and staff are invited to submit proposals for workshops and abstracts of ongoing or completed education projects. Abstracts must be submitted by Friday April 19, 2013. Cash prizes awarded for top abstracts. For more information please see flyer or link.
Attend Education Day to:
- Network with other creative educators in the BUMC community
- Showcase your innovations and ideas in classroom, clinical and lab teaching
- Cultivate your teaching skills
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
BUMC faculty, fellows, residents, students and staff are invited to submit proposals for workshops and abstracts of ongoing or completed education projects.
**Cash prizes awarded to top abstracts**
Abstracts must be submitted by Friday, April 19
Information can be found here.
Commencement 2013 – Attendance Form Extended Deadline April 8th
All PhD, MA and MS students completing their degree in May 2013 should visit the GMS Commencement page for important information regarding ordering your regalia, choosing your faculty hooder and signing up to attend the MA/MS (May 17) or the PhD/MD-PhD (May 18th) ceremonies.
Arts Days 2013 -April 1st and 2nd
Location: Hiebert Lounge
All students, faculty and staff from all schools are encouraged to submit artwork of any medium to the TWENTY-THIRD annual Boston University Medical School gallery for the arts. “Art Days” was begun by then Dean Chobanian to foster the support and growth of the creative arts at BUMC. It has been very successful and has shown work from students, faculty and staff and family members. The exhibition is mounted by the Creative Arts Society.
NEW FACET–KEYWORD: This is the second year of a university-wide arts initiative with an annual Keyword to be used as a thematic organizer for various courses and events. The Keyword for this year is RESILIENCE. (“Resilience is marked by flexibility, elasticity, and vivacity in the face of adversity.” See http://www.bu.edu/cfa/about/initiatives/keyword/.) Therefore, there may be a special section at Art Days for display of works addressing Resilience. However, it is also fine to submit work not related to the Keyword.
To be placed on the “submit list” or if you have any questions please contact:
Dr. Keith Tornheim 8-8296 email: tornheim@bu.edu
On March 29 (or perhaps March 28), we will accept paintings, photos, poetry, sculpture, needlework, etc. Pieces should be framed if possible. Security will be provided. Works will be returned April 3. Specific instructions will be sent at a later date to those who respond to this announcement.
ASBMB Science Policy Fellowship Program: Applications due March 29
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is proud to announce its Science Policy Fellowship program is accepting applications. The program is entering its seventh year and offers recently graduated PhDs exposure to a range of activities regarding science policy and congressional and government relations. The fellow will work closely with the ASBMB Director of Public Affairs, Benjamin Corb, and participate in a range of communication, policy and advocacy activities. ASBMB fellows have gone onto successful careers in federal agencies, congressional offices, and science advocacy organizations.
Applications are due March 29. More information can be found on our website. Feel free to contact Ben Corb or current fellow Chris Pickett with any questions about the fellowship.
Forensic Anthropology student receives the Malmberg Scholarship
Emily Peschel, a first year student in our MS in Forensic Anthropology program, is the recipient of the Malmberg Scholarship from the American Swedish Institute for Scholars. You can read more about Emily’s research here or the MS degree in Forensic Anthropology on their website.
Congratulations Emily!
BU Awarded Addiction Training Grant from Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Congratulations to Dr. Lindsay Farrer and Dr. Timothy Heeren, as well as their colleagues at Boston University, on receiving a five year training grant on addiction from Burroughs Wellcome Fund to support specialized later stage PhD training “Transformative Training Program in Addiction Science (TTPAS)”.
“Addictions to smoking, alcohol, and illicit drugs are among the nation’s most critical public health and societal problems. The genetic vulnerability, environmental exposures, and individual behaviors that contribute to the brain dysfunction and compulsive tendencies that mark addiction make it one of the most complicated diseases to study and treat. Some researchers, especially at Boston University, have developed multi-disciplinary collaborations, but training addiction scientists still proceeds in disciplinary silos, preventing emergence of the broad skill set needed for genuine breakthroughs. TTPAS will prepare investigators to apply diverse approaches to addiction research using tools from bench science, medicine, population studies, statistics, and computational biology.
Three core components anchor TTPAS: a biweekly joint seminar focusing on how different disciplines approach a similar issue in addiction; multiple mentors from different disciplines for each trainee and multi-disciplinary dissertation committees; and a clinical module enabling trainees to experience people in addiction treatment/recovery. The program includes a concentrated effort to achieve student diversity and to assure that all trainees have a thorough understanding of the intellectual bases, techniques, and the languages of reporting in all the disciplines to facilitate effective communication across lay and professional audiences.
Professors Lindsay Farrer (an addiction genetics researcher) and Timothy Heeren (a senior biostatistician with 25 years of addiction research experience) will lead TTPAS. Dr. Farrer co-directs the nation’s largest genetics study of addiction to cocaine, opiates, alcohol, and nicotine among Caucasians and African Americans. Dr. Heeren is currently studying the effects of maternal cocaine use on child development and the impact of alcohol addiction on HIV treatment outcomes.
The co-leaders are supported by a unique and large group of established Boston University addiction scientists in medicine, psychology, neuroscience, pharmacology, biology, psychiatry, social work, engineering, biostatistics, informatics, health services research and public health who already are linked together through multi-disciplinary faculty seminars. Boston University faculty investigators currently direct more than 50 funded addiction-related research projects including pharmacological and neurocognitive mechanisms regulating drug withdrawal and relapse in animal models; the relationship between long-term alcohol abuse and decrements in brain structure and cognitive-emotional functioning among adult alcoholic men and women; and the efficacy of pharmacological treatments for alcoholism in a clinic population.”
