June 04, 2021
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Carnegie Mellon University invites you to a Faculty Dialogues presentation and discussion: The Neuroscience of the Aging Brain
Thursday, June 17, 2021
4-5 p.m. ET
Online
As we grow older, our brains alter in crucial and life-altering ways.
Join Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, director of CMU’s Neuroscience Institute, and other faculty experts to explore what happens inside our brains as we age and how a deeper understanding of late-onset diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s can shape future research and potential treatment.
Speakers
Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, moderator
Director, Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience Institute
George A. and Helen Dunham Cowan Professor of Auditory Neuroscience
Carnegie Mellon University
Aryn Gittis
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Mellon College of Science
Andreas Pfenning (SCS 2006)
Assistant Professor of Computational Biology
School of Computer Science