EPIC-URM

EPIC-URM Seminar Series

(Expanded Programming for Interdisciplinary Collaboration to create Unique Research Missions)
Sponsored by the Dean of the School of Medicine

The seminar series will introduce our research community to diverse faculty from outside of WSU SOM. Learning about the research programs of this unique cohort of research scholars provides an opportunity to expand our community pool of collaborators and broaden our thinking about the topics we may consider for our own research programs.   

All Seminars occur on Tuesdays at 1pm in person and on Zoom: 
Meeting ID: 995 0118 8791
Passcode: 37427

If you are a faculty member that met with a speaker, please submit your evaluation here: https://forms.wayne.edu/63f4feae28579/

Date

Speaker

 

Title/Topic

Location
02/21/23

Kevin Jones, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

"Of Mice and Men(tal Illness): Investigating Brain Waves in Psychiatric Disease Models"

Mazurek 301/302
03/21/23

Shana Augustin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

"Synapse-Specific Interactions between Ethanol and the Endocannabinoid System"

Mazurek 242/243
04/04/23

Aisha Langford, Ph.D.    

Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health, Grossman School of Medicine, NYU

"Interprofessional partnerships in chronic disease management: from clinical trials to non-pharmacological treatment"

Stapleton Conference Room
04/18/23

Erik Garcia, Ph.D.           

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Nebraska, Omaha

"Leave No Doubt: Identification and Validation of 5-HT2 Receptors as Novel Targets for Opioid Use Disorder"

Stapleton Conference Room
05/02/23

Amanda Brown, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

"Osteopontin/Secreted Phosphoprotein-1 and the Regulation of Myeloid Cell Inflammatory Signaling in the Brain" 

Stapelton Conference Room
05/30/23

Sade Spencer, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Minnesota

"Preclinical studies of cannabinoid reward and cannabinoid dependence"

Stapleton Conference Room
06/13/23

Mercedes Paredes, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Weill Institute, University of California San Francisco

Studying cortical development to understand the molecular and cellular basis of neuropsychiatric conditions, such as epilepsy and brain malformations. 

Stapleton Conference Room
10/03/23

Michael Burton, Ph.D.

 

TBD

Stapleton Conference Room