Upcoming Seminars
GeroFit National Visit Topic: "Overview of the VA GeroFit Program: Past, Present, and Future"
Katherine S. Hall, PhD, MS
Associate Professor-Geriatrics
Duke University
Associate Director of Research
Director, Gerofit Clinical Exercise Program for Older Veterans
July 24, 2024, 8:30 a.m.
Pete Wheeler Auditorium, Atlanta VA Ground Floor
Interhospital Transfer among Rural-dwelling Older Adults: Balancing risks, benefits and goal-concordance
Rachel A. Hadler, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Sept. 4, 2024, 8:30 a.m.
Virtual event via Zoom
Contextualizing trauma-focused therapies for PTSD in community settings
Duane D. Booysen, PhD
Clinical Psychologist and Senior Lecturer
Coordinator: MA in Clinical Psychology Programme
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Humanities
Rhodes University, Department of Psychology
Oct. 2, 2024, 8:30 a.m.
Virtual event via Zoom
Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces to restore communication and movement abilities
Chethan Pandarinath, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Neurosurgery
Emory University & Georgia Institute of Technology
Nov. 6, 2024, 8:30 a.m.
Virtual event via Zoom
TBA
Binu Tharakan, Ph.D., F.A.H.A
Associate Professor & Vice Chair of Research
Department of Surgery
Morehouse School of Medicine
Dec. 4, 2024, 8:30 a.m.
Virtual event via Zoom
TBA
Paula Bickford, PHD
Distinguished Professor, Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair
Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology
University of South Florida
Feb. 5, 2025, 8:30 a.m.
Virtual event via Zoom
TBA
Walter D. Conwell, MD, MBA
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Academic Development
Morehouse School of Medicine
March 5, 2025, 8:30 a.m.
Virtual event via Zoom
Investigating the role of visual cortical disinhibition in posttraumatic stress symptoms: implications for mechanistic models and therapeutic interventions
Kevin J. Clancy, Ph.D.
Instructor in Psychiatry
Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders Laboratory
Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research, McLean Hospital
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
April 2, 2025, 8:30 a.m.
Virtual event via Zoom
Please reserve the 1st Wednesday of each month at 8:30 am for exciting talks in which distinguished thought-leaders provide innovative eye and brain scientific and translational presentations on topics relevant to the CVNR's mission and focus.
Seminars are intended for educational purposes only. Researchers and clinicians from the VA and affiliate universities are welcome.
For more information contact Erica Watkins at erica.watkins@va.gov.
