Brain Awareness Day has been organized by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The event was held on October 1, 2016.
Talks:
Ronals Cowan, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Psychiatry; Vice Chair for Education; Director, Residency Training Program; Director, Psychiatric Neuroimaging Program. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine): The Drug Ecstasy Damages the Brain.
Mary Torregrossa, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh): Long Term Effects of Adolescent Marijuana Use Evaluated in an Animal Model.
Hao Chen, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center): Social Learning Promotes Nicotine Intake.
Graduate students prepared hands-on demonstrations.