The Neuroscience of the Healthy Brain

Welcome

Paul DiCorleto, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs

Introduction of Keynote Speaker

James L. Blank, Ph.D., Dean, College of Arts and Sciences and
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

Keynote Address
“A Gut (Microbiome) Feeling About the Brain”

John F. Cryan, PhD
Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience, University College Cork (Ireland)

Reception and Poster Session

Check-in and continental breakfast

Welcome

John Gunstad, Ph.D., Director, Applied Psychology Center, co-Director, Brain Health Research Institute and Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences

Overview

Ernest Freeman, Ph.D., Director, School of Biomedical Sciences, co-Director, Brain Health Research Institute and Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

"Brain Outcomes in Severe Obesity"

John Gunstad, Ph.D.
Director, Applied Psychology Center, co-Director, Brain Health Research Institute and Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University

Introduced by Aaron Jasnow, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences

"Healthy Body, Healthy Brain:
Physical Exercise and Healthy Cognitive Aging"

Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Ph.D., PT
Director, Aging, Mobility and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory and Canada Research Chair, Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia

Introduced by Doug Delahanty, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Research and Faculty Development and Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences

Coffee Break

"Food, Mood, and Metabolism"

Simon Evans, Ph.D.
Senior Program Manager, Molecular and Nutritional Sciences, Institute for Systems Biology

Introduced by Colleen Novak, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

"Social Microbes: Regulation of the Social Brain and Behavior by the Microbiota"

John F. Cryan, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience, University College Cork (Ireland)

Introduced by Gemma Casadesus-Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

Lunch Break

"Can Lifestyle Activities Prevent and/or Delay Alzheimer’s Dementia in Elderly?"

P. Hemachandra Reddy, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Garrison Institute on Aging and Professor, Departments of Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Pharmacology & Neuroscience and Neurology,
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Introduced by Jennifer McDonough, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

"Inflammation 'Hijacks' the Healthy Brain Causing
Depressed Mood and Impaired Cognitive Function"

John D. Johnson, Ph.D.
Chair, Biomedical Sciences-Neuroscience Program and Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University

Introduced by Eric Mintz, Ph.D., Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences and Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

Final Comments

Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., Symposium Chair,
Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences

Poster Session