Tune in to The College Neuro Network’s first University of Chicago episode where we chat with Jillyn Turunen, a University of Chicago undergraduate student studying Neuroscience on the pre-med track. The College Neuro Network seeks to gain insight into the neuroscience department and opportunities at the most prestigious universities in the nation by talking with both current undergraduate students as well as professors of neuroscience and psychology. In today’s episode, learn about neuroscience at UChicago directly from an undergraduate student! 

Tune in to The College Neuro Network’s third Brown University episode where we chat with Dr. Diane Lipscombe, a Professor of Neuroscience at Brown University and Director of Brown University’s Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science. Dr. Lipscombe also conducts research on cellular mechanisms behind the optimization of calcium ion channel function. 

The College Neuro Network seeks to gain insight into the neuroscience and psychology departments and opportunities at the most prestigious universities in the nation by talking with both undergraduate students as well as professors. In today’s episode, learn about neuroscience at Brown directly from a Brown professor! 

Tune in to The College Neuro Network’s fourth Columbia University episode where we chat with Dr. Nim Tottenham, a Professor of Psychology at Columbia University and Director of the Developmental Affective Neuroscience Laboratory. Dr. Tottenham also conducts research to characterize normative human brain development as well as how it is affected by early-life stress. 

The College Neuro Network seeks to gain insight into the neuroscience and psychology departments and opportunities at the most prestigious universities in the nation by talking with both undergraduate students as well as professors. In today’s episode, learn about psychology at Columbia directly from a Columbia professor! 

Welcome to The Mind-fullness Series, where we invite experts in the field to explore various interdisciplinary fields of psychology and neuroscience to learn more about ourselves and the world we live in today!

Today's guest is Dr. Padmini Parthasarathi, a PGY-3 at St. George’s in Tooting in the UK. She graduated in 2015 from Queens University, Belfast. She was part of the research team that is working on developing a vaccine for Covid-19 in Oxford. 

Join us as we explore the possibility of the vaccine, discuss our thoughts on the "new normal" and ponder over the 'failure resume'.

Hosts: Brandon Yu & Inchara A U Athreya

Abigail Romero is a sophomore at Harvard College studying Sociology and Statistics, passionate about understanding the current financial system and figuring out how the system can better serve society. She hopes to be a positive force for change by fostering mentorship between college students and underpriviledged high school students. In this conversation, Daewon and Serene sat down with Abigail in a Zoom call to talk about her journey in figuring out her interests and also the approach she takes to pursuing her interests. We hope that this conversation is just as inspiring to you as it was for us! 

Abigail's email: [email protected] 

The Mentorship Project: http://www.mentorshipproject.xyz/

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Guest: Abigail Romero

Hosts: Daewon Kwon and Serene Feng

Editor: Serene Feng

Today's guest is Mr. Stuart Ogawa, who is the Founder and CTO of Forsent Health, the company that developed Eva, the world’s first Alzheimer’s AI caregiver assistant. Be sure check out the app Eva Moments on Google Play and hop onto forsenthealth.ai for more details. Join us to find out the story behind this tool that is helping 50M plus dementia patients, their caregivers and families.

Host: Inchara A U Athreya

Tune in to The College Neuro Network’s third Columbia episode where we chat with Chinmayi Balusu, an undergraduate student at Columbia and the Founder and CEO of Simply Neuroscience! The College Neuro Network seeks to gain insight into the neuroscience department and opportunities at the most prestigious universities in the nation by talking with both current undergraduate students as well as professors of neuroscience and psychology. In today’s episode, learn about neuroscience at Columbia directly from our very own CEO! 

Tune in to The College Neuro Network’s second Columbia University episode where we chat with Jacqueline Erler, a Columbia undergraduate student studying Neuroscience. The College Neuro Network seeks to gain insight into the neuroscience department and opportunities at the most prestigious universities in the nation by talking with both current undergraduate students as well as professors of neuroscience and psychology. In today’s episode, learn about neuroscience at Columbia directly from an undergraduate student! 

Tune in to The College Neuro Network’s first Columbia University episode where we chat with Dr. Mariam Aly, an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Columbia University who also researches the interaction between attention, perception, and memory, and how they jointly influence our goal-directed behavior. The College Neuro Network seeks to gain insight into the neuroscience department and opportunities at the most prestigious universities in the nation by talking with both undergraduate students as well as professors of neuroscience. In today’s episode, learn about neuroscience at Columbia directly from a Columbia professor! 

We’re ready to spill the tea. Tune in with Chandni and I as we chat with Dr. Jared Horvath (PhD, MEd), an expert in the field of Educational Neuroscience with a focus on enhancing teaching and learning practices. We'll be talking about the neurological and psychological effects of stress on the brain and body, as well as how we can change our perspective on stress to tackle life's challenges. 

You can watch Dr. Horvath's amazing Ted Talk, "Your Brain, Your Life," here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NilvW_ACG9M and connect with him on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jared-cooney-horvath-730704b2/. 

This episode is a part of the Tea Talk Series, where we discuss and destigmatize interdisciplinary neuroscience/psychology topics with experts in the field, mental health professionals, and all-around cool people. Listen while sipping on tea (or coffee, no judgment here).

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