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DESCRIPTION:Neurogenesis Speaker Series\n\nWednesday\, March 26\, 2025\n	4:3
 0–5:30 p.m. (with post-event reception)\n\nThe Neurogenesis Speaker Series
  is an opportunity to get to know HBHL-supported faculty recruits firsthan
 d\, learn about their research\, ask questions and network with your peers
  during the post-event reception.\n\nEach event in this series will featur
 e two HBHL faculty recruits whose research areas provide an interesting co
 ntrast or intersection for discussion.\n\nMarch Speakers: \n\n\n	Dana Small
  - The Interoceptive Origins of Reward\n	Yashar Zeighami - Fine Tuning Neur
 oimaging Analysis to Reveal Hidden Signals \n\n\nPlaces are limited. Secur
 e your spot today!\n\n\nSpeakers\n\nDana Small\n\nDana Small\, PhD is the 
 Canada Excellence Research Chair in Metabolism and Brain at Â鶹ɫÇéƬ Univers
 ity. Her research focuses on understanding how sensory\, metabolic and neu
 ral signals are integrated to determine food choices and on how the dysreg
 ulation of these systems contribute to the development of obesity\, diabet
 es and cognitive impairment. Her work combines neuroimaging with metabolic
 \, psychophysical and neuropsychological methods in humans and she has est
 ablished a translational - reverse translational program of research throu
 gh collaborations with colleagues working in mouse models.  Dr. Small has 
 served as a standing member of the HSDO study section\, on the Executive B
 oards of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) and the Soci
 ety for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB) as Secretary (AChemS)\, Pro
 gram Chair (AChemS/SSIB) and President (SSIB).  Her work has been recogniz
 ed by the Ruth Pike Award for contributions to research in nutrition\, the
  Alan Epstein Award for a specific research discovery that has advanced th
 e understanding of ingestive behavior\, the Moskowitz-Jacobs Award for res
 earch excellence in the psychophysics of taste and smell and the Ajinomoto
  Award for research in gustation. She has also served as Associate Directo
 r of Research at the John B Pierce Laboratory (2015-2018)\, Board Member f
 or the National Academy of Sciences Board on Behavioral\, Cognitive and Se
 nsory Science (2014-2020)\, Divisional Director of Nutritional Psychiatry 
 at Yale (2018-2022) and has Directed the Modern Diet and Physiology Resear
 ch Centre since 2016. She currently leads the Brain and Metabolism Initiat
 ive (BMI) at Â鶹ɫÇéƬ.\n\nYashar Zeighami\n\nYashar Zeighami\, Ph
 D\, is an FRQS Junior 1 Scholar in artificial intelligence at the Douglas 
 Research Centre\, Department of Psychiatry\, Â鶹ɫÇéƬ. He earned 
 his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Master’s degree in Bio
 medical Engineering from the University of Tehran. In 2018\, he completed 
 his PhD in Neuroscience at Â鶹ɫÇéƬ\, working in the Human Dopami
 ne Neuroimaging Lab to study Parkinson’s disease progression through brain
  network analysis. During his PhD\, Dr. Zeighami completed an internship a
 s a visiting scholar at the Allen Institute for Brain Science. He then pur
 sued a postdoctoral fellowship at the Â鶹ɫÇéƬ Centre for Integrative Neuros
 cience (MCIN) with a focus on brain aging. Since establishing his own rese
 arch group\, the AGING Lab\, his work has focused on integrating multimoda
 l neuroimaging and transcriptomics to investigate brain alterations across
  the lifespan in both health and disease. The primary goal of his research
  is to uncover the mechanisms underlying healthy brain aging and identify 
 risk factors that contribute to deviations from this trajectory in neurode
 generative disorders and obesity. His work is funded by Canadian Institute
 s of Health Research (CIHR)\, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Co
 uncil of Canada (NSERC)\, Healthy Brain Healthy Lives (HBHL)\, and Fonds d
 e recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS).\n
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LOCATION:CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2B4\, The Neuro (Montreal Neurological In
 stitute-Hospital) - de Grandpré Communications Centre\, 3801 University St
 reet
SUMMARY:Neurogenesis Speaker Series
URL:/hbhl/channels/event/neurogenesis-speaker-series-3
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