U of Medical School Partners with NARSAD to Present Healthy Minds Across America Forum
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Healthy Minds Across America: A national day of free public forums on the progress and promise of mental health research
Topics to be discussed include the current techniques for studying serious mental illness using brain imaging, next steps in applying imaging to brain illness, and new issues and discoveries in genetic research. The National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD), in partnership with the University of Minnesota Medical School, are presenting this forum.
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Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
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Moos Health Sciences Tower, Room 2-650
515 Delaware St. S.E.
Minneapolis
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Presenters:
- Kelvin O. Lim, M.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry; Drs. T.J. and Ella M. Arenson Endowed Chair
- Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Brain Sciences Center; American Legion Brain Sciences Chair; McKnight Presidential Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience; Director, Center for Cognitive Sciences
- Irving I. Gottesman, Ph.D., Hon. FRCPsych
Emeritus Professor; Drs. Irving & Dorothy Bernstein Professorship in Adult Psychiatry; Sherrell J. Aston Professor of Psychology Emeritus, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Moderator:
- S. Charles Schulz, M.D.
Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry; Donald W. Hastings Endowed Chair
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This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited; reservations are recommended. To RSVP, email healthyminds@narsad.org or call 800-829-0091. Learn more at www.narsad.org.
The Academic Health Center is home to the University of Minnesota’s six health professional schools and colleges as well as several health-related centers and institutes. Founded in 1851, the University is one of the oldest and largest land grant institutions in the country. The AHC prepares the new health professionals who improve the health of communities, discover and deliver new treatments and cures, and strengthen the health economy.
Contact: Jenna Langer, Academic Health Center, 612-626-4784 or lang0712@umn.edu
Nick Hanson, Academic Health Center, 612-624-2449 or hans2853@umn.edu
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