UM-MIND sponsors two seminar series, the UM-MIND Seminar Series and the Neuro Networks Seminar Series, during the academic year. We also help to publicize all other neuroscience-relevant events in a weekly email sent on Tuesday mornings to the UM-MIND community: departmental seminar series, special lectures, weekly Program in Neuroscience journal clubs, monthly Program in Neuroscience social hours, and more. To submit an event, send an email to um-mindneuroevents@som.umaryland.edu.
The UM-MIND Seminar & Workshop Series is the preeminent neuroscience forum on campus, uniting the wide array of neuroscience researchers that make up the UM-MIND community for a monthly series that typically takes place on the second Thursday of every month at 4pm in the HSF2 Auditorium and via Zoom. Esteemed neuroscientists in disciplines across the three pillars of UM-MIND are invited to campus to give a seminar and meet with trainees, faculty, and staff. Speakers for the 2025-2026 UM-MIND Seminar & Workshop Series are the following:
- Thursday, October 8, 2026: Justus Kebschull, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience and Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Alexandros Poulopoulos)
- Thursday, November 12, 2026: Guang Yang, PhD, Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University (Host: Junfang Wu)
- Friday, December 11, 2026: Jeff Iliff, PhD, Arthur J. and Marcella McCaffray Professor in Alzheimer’s Disease, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine; Associate Director for Research, VISN 20 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound (Host: Rashad Hussain)
- Thursday, January 28, 2027: Weizhe Hong, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (Host: Marco Venniro)
- Thursday, February 11, 2027: Jun Ding, PhD, Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University (Co-Hosts: Tomi Oladunni, Brian Mathur, Steffen Wolff)
- Tuesday, February 23, 2027: Christopher A. Walsh, MD, PhD, Bullard Professor of Pediatric and Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Host: Seth Ament)
- Thursday, March 11, 2027: Hongjun Song, PhD, David J. Mahoney Professor of Neurological Sciences, Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (Host: Min Yu)
- Thursday, May 20, 2027: Anna Molofsky, MD, PhD, Samuel Barondes Chair in Neurobiology and Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, Weill Institute for Neurosciences (Co-Hosts: Matthew Bruce & Peg McCarthy)
The Neuro Networks Seminar Series, hosted by the UM-MIND Neuro Networks Committee, provides a forum to support the committee’s goals of reducing barriers that limit the success of all persons in science within our neuroscience community and beyond. Speakers present on their research but are also encouraged to discuss their scientific journey that led them to where they are now. Past Neuro Networks speakers have included:
- Nii Addy, PhD, Albert E. Kent Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
- Sherilynn Black, PhD, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Medical Education and Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, Duke University
- Bryan Dewsbury, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Principal Investigator, Science Education & Society Research Program, Florida International University
- Angeline Dukes, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota
- Kale Edmiston, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UMass Chan Medical School
- Hugo Tejeda, PhD, Stadtman Investigator and Chief, Unit on Neuromodulation and Synaptic Integration, National Institute of Mental Health; Program in Neuroscience Alumnus
- Tracey Hermanstyne, PhD, Assistant Dean, Academic Pathway Programs, and Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; Program in Neuroscience Alumna
- Marguerite Matthews, PhD, Section Chief of Career Preparation, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Learn more about upcoming Neuro Networks seminars on their page of our website here!