Graduate students are welcome to apply to help lead MBB’s 2017-2018 undergraduate thesis workshops.

Our thesis program brings together seniors from all MBB tracks who are doing thesis research, to discuss their projects and eventually their findings as well as larger issues of communicating science to various audiences, with an interdisciplinary set of colleagues. MBB has undergraduate tracks in computer science, history and science, human evolutionary biology, linguistics, neurobiology, philosophy, and psychology....

Austin Hall 100, Harvard Law School
1515 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge

Poverty, we often hear it discussed as a societal concern, but how well do we really understand the implications. Is all poverty the same or are there subcultures of which we should be aware? What are the effects of poverty on brain development and long-term outcomes? Where is our best hope for intervention? Join us as we take a deep dive into the cultural and psychological impacts of poverty.

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5:15-6:45 PM, William James Hall, B1

Presentations

Jerome Kagan, PhD
John Gabrieli, PhD
John Quackenbush, PhD
Judith Edersheim, JD, MD

Each speaker will give a brief presentation and then participate in a panel discussion moderated by Joshua Buckholtz, PhD. A reception will follow the event.

HELEN MAYBERG, M.D.

5:00 PM Tuesday, 5 April
WHAT HAS DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION TAUGHT US ABOUT THE NEUROCIRCUITRY OF DEPRESSION?
Introduction by David Silbersweig, M.D.
Post-Talk Commentary by Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D., Ph.D.

5:00 PM Thursday, 7 April
FIRST PERSON PERSPECTIVES ON DEPRESSION RECOVERY WITH DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION
Introduction by Richard McNally, Ph.D.
Post-Talk Commentary by Steven Hyman, M.D.

B103 Northwest Building (52 Oxford Street, Cambridge)