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Seminar Series

Every semester we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers.  Seminars will be held at 9:00 AM in the following rooms. 

Fall 2022 - BSB Auditorium 2 (Spivey) unless otherwise noted
Spring 2023 - 1117 MERF unless otherwise noted

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Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 Seminar Schedule

Spring 2023

Date        Speaker Event Title

Wed.
Jan 18
9:00 AM

Micah Johnson (Hultman lab)
Graduate Student
Dept of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
University of Iowa
Work-in-Progress

Local field potential patterns underlying migraine and the effect of early life stress on migraine

Wed.
Jan 25
9:00 AM

Zoom
Andrea Nackley, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Duke University School of Medicine
Visiting Spkr

Host: Kathleen Sluka

Peripheral mechanisms driving centrally-maintained primary pain

Wed.
Feb 1
9:00 AM

Zoom
Fan Wang, PhD
Professor of Barin and Cognitive Sciences
Investigator of McGovern Institute for Brain Research
MIT
NIH/NICCIH
Bethesda, MD
Visiting Spkr

Host:
Central Pain Processing Circuits
Wed.
Feb 8
9:00 AM
Barbara St. Marie, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Nursing
University of Iowa
Work-in-Progress  
Wed.
Mar 1
9:00 AM
Alex Keyes (Usachev lab)
Graduate Student
Dept. of Neuroscience and Pharmacology

Karley Monaghan (Benson lab)
Graduate Student
Dept. of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Work-in-Progress  

Wed.
Mar 8
9:00 AM

Thomas Duong (Russo lab)
Undergraduate Student
Dept of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Alex Glebov-McCloud (Strack lab)
Graduate Student
Dept. of Neuroscience and Pharmacology

Work-in-Progress  
Wed.
Mar 15
SPRING BREAK
Wed.
Mar 22
9:00 AM
Louis Kolling, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Catherine Marcinkiewcz Lab
Dept of Neuroscience & Pharmacology
Work-in-Progress  
Wed.
Mar 29
9:00 AM

Kiley Christopher (Usachev lab)
Undergraduate Student
Dept of Neuroscience & Pharmacology

Yaroslav Andrianov (Usachev lab)
Visiting Scholar
Dept of Neuroscience & Pharmacology

Work-in-Progress  
Wed.
Apr 5
9:00 AM

2189 MERF
Diana Burgess, PhD
Core Investigator, Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis VA
Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Minnesota

Visiting Speaker

Host:

 
Wed.
Apr. 19
9:00 AM
M. Bridget Zimmerman, PhD
Clinical Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Director, Biostatistics Consulting Center
University of Iowa
Work-in-Progress Special Lecture Series - Part I
Wed.
Apr. 26
9:00 AM
M. Bridget Zimmerman, PhD
Clinical Professor
Department of Biostatistics
Director, Biostatistics Consulting Center
University of Iowa
Work-in-Progress Special Lecture Series - Part II
Wed.
May 3
9:00 AM

2189 MERF

Andrew Post (Chimenti lab)
Graduate Student
Dept Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science

Angela Smith (Sluka lab)
Graduate Student
Dept Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science

Work-in-Progress  

Fall 2022

Date        Speaker Event Title
Wed.
Aug 31
9:00 AM
Co-Chairs
Drs. Kathleen Sluka and Yuriy Usachev
Work-in-Progress Introduction
Wed.
Sept 7
9:00 AM

Zoom
Vitaly Napadow, PhD LicAc
Professor, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Integrative Pain NeuroImaging
Director, Scott Schoen and Nancy Adams
   Discovery Center for Recovery from Chronic
   Pain at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Visiting Spkr

Host:

 
Wed.
Sept 28
9:00 AM
Ashley Plumb (Sluka lab)
Graduate Research Assistant (Neuroscience Program)
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
University of Iowa
Work-in-Progress  
Wed.
Oct. 5
9:00 AM

Zoom
Edgar Alfonso Romero-Sandoval, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston Salem, NC

Visiting Speaker
 

Host:

 
Wed.
Oct. 12
9:00 AM
Giovanni Berardi, PhD (Sluka lab)
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Kathleen Sluka Lab
Dept Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Work-in-Progress  
Wed.
Oct. 19
9:00 AM
Ruth Chimenti, DPT, PhD
Assistant Professor
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
University of Iowa
Work-in-Progress  
Wed.
Oct. 26
9:00 AM
Michael Huebner (Russo lab)
Graduate Student
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Erik Zorillo (Russo lab)
Graduate Student
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Work-in-Progress  
Wed.
Nov 2
9:00 AM
Emine Bayman, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics
College of Public Health
University of Iowa
Work-in-Progress Bias in Clinical Research

Wed.
Nov. 9
9:00 AM

Adam Janowski, PhD (Sluka lab)
Graduate Student
Dept of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science


Kazuhiro, Hayashi, PhD (Sluka lab)
Visiting Scholar
Dept of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science

Work-in-Progress


 

 
Wed.
Nov. 16
Society for Neursocience Annual Meeting    
Wed.
Nov. 30
9:00 AM
Levi Sowers, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Iowa
Work-in-Progress  
Wed.
Dec. 7
9:00 AM
Joseph Lesnak (Sluka lab)
Graduate Student
Dept of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Work-in-Progress