Distinguished Scholars Series
The Distinguished Scholars Series brings nationally and internationally renowned experts to Roanoke to explore such topics as memory formation, the development of childhood obesity, the mechanisms of chronic pain, and the biology of the criminal mind.
“The Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute is bringing some of the world’s leading medical researchers and scientific thought leaders to Roanoke as part of our mission to engage the community in the excitement and promise of scientific research,” says Michael Friedlander, PhD, executive director of the institute and host of the seminar series. "We’re absolutely delighted to be able to share the insights of such highly sought after experts in such a range of fascinating topics. We're also very proud to introduce these speakers to the new partnership that Virginia Tech and the Carilion Clinic have forged for bringing the future of medical science to the Roanoke region."
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Craig Ramey, PhD and Sharon Ramey, PhD
Distinguished Research Scholars, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute; Research Professors of Psychology, Virginia Tech; Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Pediatrics, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia
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Francine Benes, MD, PhD
William P. and Henry B. Test Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Director, Program in Structural and Molecular Neuroscience, McLean Hospital Director, Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center, McLean Hospital Belmont, Massachusetts
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David Eagleman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience; Director, Laboratory for Perception and Action; Director, Initiative on Neuroscience and Law, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Eileen Dolan, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology; Co-Director, Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics Program of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Chicago, Illinois
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Gottfried Schlaug, MD, PhD
Director, Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Jeffrey Noebels, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, of Neuroscience, and of Human Genetics; Cullen Trust for Health Care Endowed Chair; and Director of the Blue Bird Circle Developmental Neurogenetics Laboratory, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Mark S. George, MD
Distinguished University Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Brain Stimulation Laboratory; and Medical University of South Carolina Director, Brain Imaging Center of Excellence, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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Peter Kohl, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair of Cardiac Biophysics and Systems Biology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London; Visiting Professor, Department for Computer Science, Oxford University, Oxford, England
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Miguel Nicolelis, MD, PhD
Duke School of Medicine Professor in Neuroscience, Departments of Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Psychology and Neuroscience; Co-Director, Duke Center for Neuroengineering; Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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Wah Chiu, PhD
Alvin Romansky Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Director, National Center for Macromolecular Imaging; Director, Center for Protein Folding Machinery; Co-Director, W. M. Keck Center for Computational Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
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Elizabeth Phelps, PhD
Silver Professor of Psychology and Neural Science; Laboratory Director, Department of Psychology; New York University, New York, New York
