This fall, a slew of neurology and brain-related events are happening at Duke, in our Department, on the University side, and within the School of Medicine and health system. Highlights of these events include our own Grand Rounds in Clinical Neuroscience every week, the Duke Comprehensive Epilepsy Center’s (DCEC) quarterly research symposium, a joint translational research and resident poster session, and lectures on blood biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases, living with Parkinson’s disease, and other topics.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, these events have transitioned to Zoom and virtual formats. Read the summaries below for times, login information, and other details.
Duke Neurology Grand Rounds - Wednesdays, 8-9 a.m.
Our Clinical Neuroscience Grand Rounds will feature visiting speakers including Frances Jensen, MD (Chair, Neurology Department, Penn Medicine), Salvador Cruz-Flores MD (Professor of Neurology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso), and speakers from our own Department. Our full schedule of speakers is available on our Department’s intranet page.
Join us via Zoom at https://duke.zoom.us/j/9406012755 from 8-9 a.m. on Wednesdays.
Duke Comprehensive Epilepsy Center Fall Research Symposium - September 9, 5-6 p.m.
On September 9, the DCEC’s next quarterly research symposium will bring together clinical and basic research faculty to discuss research related to epilepsy, with presentations from faculty of various different departments including Neurology, Neurosurgery, Bioengineering, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Radiology, and others. These meetings represent a unique opportunity to foster collaborative multidisciplinary approaches for understanding and treating epilepsy. Click here for more information or to register.
Brain Aneurysm Symposium September 24, 5-6:45 p.m.
Duke Neurosurgery will host its second annual Brain Aneurysm Symposium on September 24, from 5-6:45 p.m. This free event, hosted over Zoom, is geared toward survivors, loved ones and care providers, with a focus on survivorship and recovery. Our own Wayne Feng, MD, MS, and Scott Le, DO, will join neurosurgeons, survivors, and leading experts. Read more about it, or register, here.
Tsein, Hausser, and Aponte to headline Neurobiology Broad Seminars (Tuesdays, noon-1 p.m., September and October)
Duke Neurobiology’s Ruth K. Broad seminars begin again this fall on Tuesdays at noon with Richard Tsein, PhD (Chair of New York University's Department of Neuroscience and Physiology), Michael Hausser, FRS (Professor of Neuroscience, University College London), and Yeka Aponte, PhD (Johns Hopkins University Neuroscience) delivering lectures virtually over Zoom. Visit Duke Neurobiology’s webpage https://www.neuro.duke.edu/seminar-programs/neurobiology-seminar-program or email dierdre.shipman@duke.edu for login information.
Blennow to discuss Blood Biomarkers for Neurodegenerative Diseases - September 21 - 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m.
For the 2020 Karen Wrenn Trust Lecture, Kaj Blennow, MD, PhD, will deliver a lecture on blood biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases on Monday, September 21, from 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Blennow is a pioneer in the development of blood based biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases. His team has lead groundbreaking advances in biomarker discovery for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS, TBI, MCI and post surgical cognitive decline. Prof. Blennow is dual certified in General Psychiatry and Clinical Chemistry. He has published more than 1200 original research papers and received the Henry Wisniewski Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer's Disease Research. Join the Zoom meeting at: https://duke.zoom.us/j/93628728417?pwd=d1pYb1lPNHFPMFY0T0dURURaNGMyZz09
Translational Brain Science & Neurology Resident Joint Virtual Poster Session - October 1
The Neurology Department’s second translational brain sciences and neurology resident joint poster session will be held via zoom on the evening of October 1. Register here if you'd like to attend or present a poster. This event will build on our first poster session, which brought together more than 30 different projects, with collaborations across disciplines and our basic, translational, and clinical research wings.
Duke-CZI Neurodegeneration Challenge Network: Bench to Bedside Virtual Speaker Series (October 8, 15, 22, 29)
Duke University and the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) Neurodegeneration Challenge Network are coming together to host a series of guest speakers on Thursdays in October who represent neurodegeneration research in Biotech, the clinic, academia, or patients. After the speaker’s talk, there will be discussions about the intersectionality between these branches and how they can rely on each other to more efficiently identify therapies for neurodegenerative diseases.
The current speakers list is:
- John Didsbury, MD (October 8th, 3pm): President & CEO, Chairman of the Board, at T3D therapeutics at North Carolina Research Triangle Park.
- Benjamin Stecher (October 15th, 3pm) : Ben was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease at 29. He is now a leader in patient advocacy, the Founder of Tomorrow Edition, and co-author of the newly released book from Cambridge University Press, Brain Fables.
- Sneha Mantri, MD, MS (October 22nd, 3pm): Duke Medical Humanities Program Director, movement disorders neurologist, Mantri is a leader on imaginative formation of physicians, particularly the use of creative writing to improve physician understanding of patient experience.
- Kenneth Fischbeck, MD (October 29th, 3pm): NIH Distinguished Investigator at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Register for this free event at:https://sites.duke.edu/czicommunityproject/