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Neuroscience of Disease Forum

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Who: Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows, Clinicians, Medical Students

When: Fridays, 12:15-1:45 p.m. EST

Where: AS7-2072 and via Zoom (link information to be provided later)

new dates and topics for 2024 - 2025 will be shared soon

Date	Topic	Speakers

Sponsored by the Departments of Neurology and Neurobiology and the NeuroNexus Institute

May 2024 Neuroscience of Disease Seminar Series

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Past, Present and Future

Roberto Caricchio, MD, Professor, Chief of Rheumatology

Roberto Caricchio, MD

Professor of Rheumatology
Myles J. McDonough Chair in Rheumatology
UMass Chan Medical School

Jillian Richmond, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology and Dermatology

Jillian Richmond, PhD

Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Neurology
UMass Chan Medical School

April 2024 Neuroscience of Disease Seminar Series

Multiple Sclerosis

Carolina Ionete, MD, PhD, Director of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis

Carolina Ionete, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology
Director, Neuroimmunology and MS Center
UMass Chan Medical School

Christopher Hemond, MD

Christopher C. Hemond, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Associate Research Director
Neuroimmunology and MS Center
UMass Chan Medical School

Dori Schafer, PhD

Dorothy (Dori) Schafer, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Neurobiology
Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Institute
UMass Chan Medical School

March 2024 Neuroscience of Disease Seminar Series

“Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Mutated Gliomas; an Update on Pathophysiology and Treatment”

David Cachia, MD

David Cachia, MD, associate professor
Division of Hematology and Oncology
Director, Neuro-Oncology Program

Michelle Monje, MD, PhD

Michelle Monje, MD, PhD
Milan Gambhir Professor of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Stanford University

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February 2024 Neuroscience of Disease Seminar Series

Understanding Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Johanna Seddon, MD

Johanna Seddon, MD, chair and professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, UMass Chan

Claudio Punzo, PhD

Claudio Punzo, PhD, associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, UMass Chan

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January 2024 Neuroscience of Disease Seminar Series

Zika Virus: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Aspects

Soniza Vieira Alves-Leon, MD, PhD

Soniza Vieira Alves-Leon, MD, PhD, professor
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Jean Pierre Schatzmann Peron, PhD

Jean Pierre Schatzmann Peron, PhD, associate professor
UMass Chan Medical School

Neuroimmune Interactions Laboratory

December 2023 - Neuroscience of Disease Program

“The Advent of Disease-Modifying Therapies for Alzheimer's Disease”


Brian Silver, MD	Michael Heneka, MD	Dennis Selkoe, MD

Brian Silver, MD, professor of neurology, Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, UMass Chan Medical School, UMass Memorial Medical Center

Michael Heneka, MD, director, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg,
adjunct professor of medicine, UMass Chan Medical School

Dennis Selkoe, MD, co-director, Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Vincent and Stella Coates professor of neurologic diseases, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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July 2023 - Neuroscience of Disease Program

Tracy Kramer Seckler, Co-Founder and CEO, Charley's Fund

Brenda Wong, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, Clinic Director of The Duchenne Program

Elizabeth Woelfel Harvey, Executive Director, JB's Keys to DMD

Coordinated, Comprehensive Care in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Model for Complex, Multi-System Disease and the 5th Anniversary Celebration of the Duchenne Program by guest speaker Tracy Kramer Seckler, co-founder and CEO, Charley's Fund; our own Brenda Wong, MD, professor of pediatrics and neurology, clinical director, Duchenne Program, at UMass Chan Medical School, and Elizabeth Woelfel Harvey, executive director, JB's Keys to DMD.

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May 2023 - Neuroscience of Disease Program

Brain Injury – Navigating the Continuum of Care

Michael Young, MD, PhD, assistant director of the MGH Neurorecovery Clinic, at Mass General Hospital, and

Andrew Galica, MD, assistant professor of neurology, at UMass Chan Medical School.

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April 2023 - Neuroscience of Disease Program

Opioid Use Disorder – A Neurobiological and Clinical Overview

Caridad Ponce Martinez, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry at UMass Chan, and the University of California, San Francisco;

Michael R. Bruchas, PhD, professor of anesthesiology, pharmacology and BioE, Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain, and Emotion, at the University of Washington, School of Medicine.

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March 2023 - Neuroscience of Disease Program

Molecular and Circuit Mechanisms of Altered Social Behaviors in Frontotemporal Dementia

Bruce Miller, MD, A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen distinguished professor in neurology, director of Memory and Aging Center, director of Global Brain Health Institute, at the University of California, San Francisco;

Fen-Biao Gao, PhD, professor of neurology, Governor Paul Cellucci Chair in Neuroscience Research, at UMass Chan Medical School.

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Sponsored by the Departments of Neurology and Neurobiology and the NeuroNexus Institute

Accreditation Statement: The UMass Chan Medical School is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement: The UMass Chan Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Statement on Faculty Disclosure: It is the policy of UMass Chan Medical School to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all activities. All faculty participating in CME activities sponsored by UMass Chan are required to present evidence-based data, identify, and reference off-label product use and disclose all relevant financial relationships with those supporting the activity or others whose products or services are discussed. Faculty disclosure will be provided in the activity materials.

June 2023 Neuroscience of Disease event flyer