Date: 4/22/2008
Location: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Register for the MARI Scientific Symposium here.
At no point is the interaction between genes and
environment more critical than during development, where even minor chemical
disturbances can have profound, long-term effects on the brain. With over
80,000 compounds registered for use in the US, and complex
genetics, interdisciplinary efforts are needed to address the gene-environment
puzzle in autism. This symposium will provide a platform to discuss the role of
environment in increasing autism risk and impacting the diversity of behavioral
and medical symptoms. Basic scientists, clinicians and trainees are encouraged
to attend.
Participants include:
- Michael Aschner,
Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics; Professor of Pharmacology; Gray E. B. Stahlman
Professor of Neuroscience; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Investigator, Vanderbilt
University
- Darryl B. Hood,
Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Neurotoxicology, Meharry Medical College
- Pat Levitt, Ph.D.,
Annette Schaffer Eskind Chair; Professor of Pharmacology; Director, Vanderbilt
Kennedy Center; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Investigator, Vanderbilt
University
- Peter Mundy, Ph.D.,
Professor of Psychology, University of
California, Davis
- Craig J.
Newschaffer, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University
- Mark Noble, Ph.D.,
Professor of Genetics, University of Rochester Medical Center
- Isaac N. Pessah,
Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biosciences; Director, Children's Center for
Environmental Health and Disease Prevention, University of California, Davis
- Irva
Hertz-Picciotto, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor of Epidemiology and
Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis
- Theodore Slotkin, Ph.D., Professor of
Pharmacology and Cancer Biology; Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences; Professor in Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center
- James Sutcliffe,
Ph.D., Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics;
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Investigator, Vanderbilt University
Founded in 2005, The Marino Autism Research Institute
(MARI) is a virtual institute, which fosters innovative collaborative research
endeavors between investigators.
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