Center for Brain and Mind Health, 2025 Pilot Award Symposium

Pilot Award Symposium

May 28, 2025

Anlyan Center (TAC) Auditorium

Presentations: 4:00–6:00 PM

Refreshments & Networking: 6:00–7:00 PM

This event offers an opportunity to explore new cross-disciplinary science, engage with colleagues, share ideas, and participate in interactive voting for the finalists of the Center for Brain & Mind Health Pilot Grant program.

1. Chronic Pain in Parkinson’s Disease: Exploring Nociceptin Receptor Dysregulation with PET Imaging
2. Defining the Elusive Latent Auto-Reactive Disease Targets of Immune Cells in Human Brain
3. Graph Neural Network Targeted Brain Stimulation
4. Leveraging Whole-Brain Networks to Characterize Preclinical White Matter Injury
5. Manipulating Charge Interactions Between Bacterial Type-IV Pili and Host Cells to Treat Brain Infections
6. Neurobehavioral Dyadic Synchrony in Parent-Youth Facial Interactions: A Multi-Modal Suicide Prevention Target
7. Targeting Emotion Circuit Maturation as a Neurodevelopmental Mechanism to Reduce Post-Traumatic Psychiatric Symptoms in Youth
8. The Impact of Semaglutide on a Brain Biomarker of Craving