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Mind and Matter: Ethical Challenges of Deep Brain Stimulation

November 13, 2008 | Dana Center, Washington, DC
At this event, co-sponsored by the Dana Alliance and the Neuroethics Society, experts discussed ethical considerations of depression, surgical experimentation, consciousness, technology, and public policy. Judy Illes, Ph.D., (far right) Canada Research Chair in Neuroethics, moderated. Speakers were, from left to right, Philip Campbell, Ph.D., Nature and Nature Publications; Jonathan Moreno, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; Helen Mayberg, M.D., Emory University; and Joseph Fins, M.D., Weill Cornell Medical College.

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Understanding Childhood Brain Disorders

October 22, 2008

Understanding Childhood Brain Disorders

Martha Denckla, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Jerome Kagan, Ph.D., Emeritus professor, Harvard University, discuss “Understanding Childhood Brain Disorders” at the Dana Center. Noel Gunther, Learning Media WETA-TV was moderator.
Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome

September 24, 2008

Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome

Dana Center, Washington, DC
Dennis Charney, M.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Steven Hyman, M.D., Harvard University, and Jordan Grafman, Ph.D., National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke discussed the latest research in traumatic brain injury and post traumatic stress syndrome. The event was held at the Dana Center in Washington, DC and moderated by William Safire, chairman of the Dana Foundation.
Music and the Brain: From Perception to Emotion

Jul 13, 2008

Music and the Brain: From Perception to Emotion

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), Geneva
Music and the Brain: From Perception to Emotion was held during the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) in Geneva. Participants included, EDAB vice chairman, Pierre Magistretti, Federal Institute of Technology and Lausanne University Hospital; Francois Ansermet, Geneva University Hospital; Gary Magby, Lausanne Music Conservatory; Solenn’ Lavanant, opera singer; Ioanna Bentoiu, opera singer; Richard Rentsch (www.richard-rentsch.com), composer and Orazio Sciortino (www.oraziosciortino.com).
Speaking of Science: The Teen Brain

May 27, 2008

Speaking of Science: The Teen Brain

Dana Center, Washington, DC
Jay N. Giedd, M.D., National Institute of Mental Health, discussing The Teen Brain at the Dana Center. Other panelists were Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, and Stephen A. Maistro, Ph.D., Syracuse University. The Teen Brain is part of the Speaking of Science Series, co-sponsored by the Dana Foundation and Syracuse University.
Baseball and the Brain

April 24, 2008

Baseball and the Brain

Dana Center, Washington, DC
Dan Gordon, editor of Your Brain on Cubs, moderated a panel about baseball and the brain with former Giant baseball great, Bobby Thomson; Hillary R. Rodman, Ph.D., Emory University; and Jordan Grafman, Ph.D., National Institute of Neurological Disorders.
Learning, Arts, and the Brain: the Dana Consortium Report on Arts and Cognition

March 04, 2008

Learning, Arts, and the Brain: the Dana Consortium Report on Arts and Cognition

Dana Center, Washington, DC
Brian Wandell, Ph.D., Stanford University, giving a presentation at the Learning, Arts, and the Brain news conference at the Dana Center. Wandell and colleagues Michael Gazzaniga, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, Michael Posner, Ph.D., University of Oregon, and Elizabeth Spelke, Ph.D., Harvard University, reported on findings from a three-year Dana study on arts learning and cognitive development.
Neuroscience Meets Psychoanalysis

November 14, 2007

Neuroscience Meets Psychoanalysis

Dana Center, Washington, DC
Dr. Pierre Magistretti and Dr. Francois Ansermet spoke with Dana Foundation Chairman William Safire about their new book, Biology of Freedom: Neural Plasticity, Experience, and the Unconscious, and the bridge between neuroscience and psychoanalysis.

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Events From Other Organizations

Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008 2 PM

Dendritic Cells: A Key Target for Vaccine Science

National Institutes of Health
Ralph Steinman, M.D., head of the Rockefeller University Laboratory of Cellular Physiology and Immunology in New York City, will deliver the 2008 Kinyoun Lecture at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. in the Masur auditorium. His talk, “Dendritic Cells: A Key Target for Vaccine Science,” focuses on a career-changing finding he was part of three decades ago, and its implications for vaccine development. Dr. Steinman serves as a science advisor to the Dana Foundation.

Friday, Nov. 7, 2008, and other dates

Music and the Brain Lecture Series

Library of Congress
With fascinating explorations into music’s relationship to human evolution, language and communication, social behavior, culture and education, the Library of Congress and the Dana Foundation present a thought-provoking two-year cycle of lectures and special presentations that highlight an explosion of new research in the rapidly expanding field of "neuromusic."

Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008 1PM-4:45 PM

Science and the Law: A Tale of Two Cultures

American Association for the Advancement of Science
The prevalence and importance of scientific issues in the courtroom is not only challenging to judges and juries, but verdicts that are rendered in such cases can have enormous ramifications for society as a whole. The challenges facing the courts in three areas of science and technology will be explored at a meeting co-sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Washington Academy of Sciences: neuroscience, digital technologies, and forensic sciences. The meeting will be held in the AAAS auditorium (entrance at 12th and H St., NW). The meeting is free and open to the public.