Selected Presentations & Appearances
Neural-glial interactions in opioid abuse: modulation by early-life experience.
· December 1, 2013
Lecture
Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies at the University of North Carolina
Neural-Glial interactions in opioid abuse: modulation by early-life experience.
· December 1, 2013
Lecture
Center for Addiction and Behavioral Change, Duke University
Participation in Duke Forward Campaign
· November 1, 2013
Lecture
Chicago, IL
Neural-glial interactions shape brain development and cognition throughout the lifespan.
· November 1, 2013
Lecture
University of New Mexico Department of Neuroscience Colloquium
Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society, Title “Microglial colonization of developing brain: Implications for long-term neural function
· November 1, 2013
Lecture
San Diego, CA
Early-life programming of adult neural function and Behavior: Spotlight on Microglia
· October 1, 2013
Lecture
Ocular immunology and inflammation group seminar, Duke University
Duke University Department of Neurobiology Annual Retreat
· October 1, 2013
Lecture
Wilmington, NC
Duke University Department of Immunology Annual Retreat
· October 1, 2013
Lecture
Wrightsville Beach, NC
European Meeting on Glial Cells in Health and Disease, Symposium Chair on “Glial Cells in Memory, Neural Plasticity and Neurogenesis”, Title: “Early-Life Infection, Microglia, and Cognition Throughout the Lifespan”
· July 1, 2013
Lecture
Berlin, Germany
Development, brain and behavior: Interactions of Diet and the Neuroimmune Link
· May 1, 2013
Lecture
UNC Chapel Hill Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Neural-Glial Interactions in the Reward Circuitry of The Brain: Modification by Early-Life Experienc
· April 1, 2013
Lecture
University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Neuroscience Colloquium
Neural-Glial Interactions in the Reward Circuitry of The Brain: Modification by Early-Life Experienc
· March 1, 2013
Lecture
West Virginia University, Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy Colloquium
UC Riverside Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions Annual Symposium Speaker on “Glial- Neuronal Interactions in Health and Disease”, Title: Neural-Glial Interactions within the Reward Circuitry”
· January 1, 2013
Lecture
UC Riverside
Department of Neuroscience, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Title: "Programming innate immunity: Implications for Neural and Behavioral Development"
· November 1, 2012
Lecture
Vanderbilt University
Department of Biology, Title: "Programming innate immunity: Implications for Neural and Behavioral Development"
· November 1, 2012
Lecture
NC State University
Department of Neuroscience, Title: "Programming innate immunity: Implications for Neural and Behavioral Development"
· November 1, 2012
Lecture
University of Virginia
Mini-Symposium on “Brain Immunology: Peripheral Triggers of CNS Disease”. Title: “Development, Brain, and Behavior: Interactions of Diet and the Neuroimmune Link”
· October 1, 2012
Lecture
Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA
Symposium on “Brain-Body Communication: Function and Dysfunction and the Critical Role of the Immune System”; Title: “Early Immune Activation and Adult Cognitive Dysfunction”
· October 1, 2012
Lecture
Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA
Symposium on “Central Nervous System Immune Signaling and Addiction”, Title: “Early-Life Experience Modulates Glial Function and the Risk of Relapse in a Model of Drug Addiction”
· October 1, 2012
Lecture
NIDA Mini-Convention, Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA
School of Medicine and Dentistry, Title: Early-Life Experience Modulates Glial Function and the Risk of Relapse in a Model of Drug Addiction
· September 1, 2012
Lecture
New Jersey Medical School
Department of Physiology, Title: Early-Life Experience Modulates Glial Function and the Risk of Relapse in a Model of Drug Addiction
· September 1, 2012
Lecture
Emory University
Invited Address, Presidential Symposium on Neuroendocrine-Immune Interactions, Title: Programming innate immunity by the early life environment.
· June 1, 2012
Lecture
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Annual Meeting, Madison, WI
Symposium on “Neuroinflammatory Mechanisms in Autism”, Title: "Programming innate immunity: Implications for Neural and Behavioral Development".
· June 1, 2012
Lecture
International Behavioral Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Kona, HI
Symposium on "Sex, Stress, and Environmental Modulation of Neurodevelopment and Adult Behavioral Susceptibilities", Title: “Sex differences in early-life programming of neuroinflammation and behavioral abnormalities by high fat diet.”
· May 1, 2012
Lecture
Society of Biological Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
Department of Pharmacology, Title: Early-Life Experience Modulates Glial Function and the Risk of Relapse in a Model of Drug Addiction
· May 1, 2012
Lecture
University of Pennsylvania
7th Annual Women’s Health Research Day, “Does Mom Matter? Mechanisms of Maternal Contributions to Offspring Health”, Title: "Maternal stress and maternal care: programming neuroendocrine-immune interactions in offspring".
· May 1, 2012
Lecture
Wake Forest University
Environmental Health Sciences Seminar Series, Title: "Programming innate immunity: Implications for brain and behavior throughout the lifespan"
· March 1, 2012
Lecture
NIEHS
Department of Psychology, Title: Glia, brain development, and programming innate immunity: Implications for cognition throughout the lifespan.
· March 1, 2012
Lecture
Rutgers University
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Title: Programming innate immunity: Implications for brain and behavior
· February 1, 2012
Lecture
The Johns Hopkins University
Duke University Integrated Toxicology Spring Symposium, “The Social Context of Environmental Exposures in Children”, Title: Maternal stress may mediate the impact of environmental pollutants on brain and behavioral outcomes”.
· December 8, 2011
Invited Talk
Duke University,
Duke University
University of Southern California, Air Pollution and Brain Health Research Group Seminar
· December 1, 2011
Lecture
Los Angeles, CA
Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities Seminar Series
· October 1, 2011
Lecture
UNC
Developmental Origins of Health & Disease 7th World Congress, Symposium on “Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, & Programming”, Title: Programming the innate immune system”
· September 1, 2011
Lecture
Portland, OR
NICHD/Wayne State University Conference on Fetal Origins of Autism
· August 1, 2011
Lecture
Detroit, MI
American Aging Association Annual Meeting, Title: “Implications of Early-life Experience for Cognitive Function throughout the Lifespan”
· June 1, 2011
Lecture
Raleigh, NC
University of Texas at Austin Toxicology Departmental Colloquium, Title: “Programming innate immunity: implications for brain & behavior throughout the lifespan”
· April 1, 2011
Lecture
University of Texas at Austin
Duke Brain Awareness Week Public Talk, “The Mind-Body Connection: The Secret Life of Your Immune System”
· March 1, 2011
Lecture
West End Wine Bar
University of North Carolina Center for Developmental Science Spring Consortium on Human Development, Seminar series “Getting the Social ‘Under the Skin:’ Developmental Perspectives on Embodiment”.
· March 1, 2011
Lecture
UNC
University of Illinois Nutritional Sciences Departmental Colloquium
· February 1, 2011
Lecture
University of Illinois
American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Symposium on "Sex, Stress, and Environmental Modulation of Neurodevelopment and Adult Behavioral Susceptibilities", Title: “Enduring consequences of maternal obesity for brain inflammation and behavior"
· December 1, 2010
Lecture
Miami, FL
Schmitt Symposium on “Neuroinflammation and Cognitive Dysfunction in Aging and Chronic Disease”, Title “Enduring consequences of early-life infection for neuroinflammation and cognition throughout the lifespan”
· October 1, 2010
Lecture
University of Rochester
Neuroscience Institute
· September 1, 2010
Lecture
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Robert Ader New Investigator Award Lecture
· June 1, 2010
Lecture
PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland.
“Brain Awareness Week” Public Symposium, Keynote Address, Title “Brain & Body: How the Immune System Makes a Smarter Brain”
· March 1, 2010
Lecture
University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the Urban Child Institute
Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, & Medical Genetics
· March 1, 2010
Lecture
The Ohio State University
Department of Psychology
· February 1, 2010
Lecture
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Symposium on “Behavioral Neuroimmunology: Linking the Immune System to Emotionality and Cognition”, Title: “Neural development and adult cognition: a critical role for the immune system”.
· October 1, 2009
Lecture
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
“Early-life programming of later-life brain and behavior: A critical role for innate immunity”.
· July 1, 2009
Lecture
Early Life Programming and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
“Neural development and adult cognition: A critical role for the immune system”.
· May 1, 2009
Lecture
Duke University, Dept. of Neurobiology Annual Retreat
Symposium on “PNI, Plasticity, and Mechanisms of Cytokine-Induced Sickness”, Title: “Learning-induced increases in immune and plasticity-related genes: modulation by cytokines and early-life infection”.
· May 1, 2009
Lecture
PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society Annual Meeting, Breckenridge, CO
“Neural development and adult cognition: A critical role for the immune system”.
· March 1, 2009
Lecture
Duke University, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar Series
Symposium on “Psychoneuroimmunology Meets Integrative Biology”, Title: “Early life environment influences on neuroimmune interactions and behavior in adulthood”.
· January 1, 2009
Lecture
The Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
Neonatal infection alters brain development and cognition in adulthood
· August 1, 2008
Lecture
American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
Rats infected early in life with bacteria exhibit exaggerated fever and lack of endotoxin tolerance in adulthood.
· May 1, 2008
Lecture
PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society Annual Meeting, Madison, WI
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Summer Neuroscience Program Mentor - Summer Neuroscience Program
· 2021
- 2022
Projects & Field Work
Brain & Society
Summer Neuroscience Program Mentor - Summer Neuroscience Program
· 2020
Projects & Field Work
Brain & Society
Bass Connections Faculty Team Member - Maternal Nutrition and the Developing Brain
· August 2014
- May 2015
Projects & Field Work
United States of America
United States of America
Bass Connections Faculty Team Member - Environmental Justice and the Early-life Origin of Health Disparities: Why Mom Matters
· August 2013
- May 2014
Projects & Field Work
United States of America
United States of America
Service to the Profession
Invited Reviews Editor : Brain Behavior and Immunity
·
December 2012
Editorial Activities
Grant Reviewer: National Institutes of Health (ad hoc)
·
December 2012
Other
Grant Reviewer: Canadian Institutes of Health (ad hoc)
·
December 2012
Other
Grant Reviewer: National Institutes of Health (ad hoc)
·
October 2011
Other
Special Issue Guest Editor : Hormones and Behavior
·
2011
- 2012
Editorial Activities
Board of Directors : Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society
·
2011
Other
Editorial Board Member : Brain Behavior and Immunity
·
2011
Editorial Activities