George Smith, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Neural Sciences; Interim Director, Shriner’s Children Hospitals Pediatric Research Center; Professor of Bioengineering, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University will present “Rehabilitation Induces Adaptation of Motor Control Pathways after SCI” on Wednesday, April 28 at 4:00 p.m. in DLR 131 and via Zoom as part of the Seminar for Neurotrauma and Diseases series.

Schafer Boeder, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, will speak on “Combination Insulin Adjunctive Therapy to Address Unmet Needs in Type 1 Diabetes” on Monday, April 22 at 12:00 noon in R4-101 (Indianapolis) and via Zoom.

Alexander L. Francis, Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Science will present the SLHS Seminar on Thursday, April 18 at 12:00 noon in Nelson Hall, Room 1215.

Sherita Golden, MD, MHS, Hugh P. McCormick Family Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Johns Hopkins Medicine will speak on “Approaching Health Equity with a Research Lens” as part of the National NIH-K12 DiabDocs Career Development Series at 3:00 p.m. via Zoom.

David Stockwell, MD, FAANS, Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery, Medical Director, Spine Surgery, IU Health Medical Center; Methodist Neurosurgery Section Chief will speak on “Clinical Management of Spinal Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury” at 4:00 p.m. on April 17 in DLR 131 (Indianapolis) and via Zoom as part of the Seminar for Neurotrauma and Diseases.

Brian D.O. Anderson, Emeritus Professor, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, will speak on “Applications Delivered by Control Theory.”

Kim “Avrama” Blackwell, VMD, PhD, Professor and DEO of Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, will present “Control of Synaptic Plasticity by Estradiol and Calcium” on Wednesday, April 17th at 9:30 a.m. in MRGN 121 and via Zoom.

The Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student Association (BMEGSA) is excited to announce the 2024 BME Research Symposium to be held on April 16th, 2024 in the Hall for Discovery Learning Research (DLR) in Room 131.

Maureen Gannon, PhD, Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine will present “Modulating prostaglandin E2 signaling to enhance functional beta cell mass” on Monday, April 15 at 12:00 noon in R4-101 (Indianapolis) and via Zoom.

Jeff Dean, Chief Scientist, Google DeepMind and Google Research will present “Some Exciting Trends in Machine Learning” at 12:00 p.m. in the ARMS Atrium on Wednesday, April 10.