Neurofutures2019 Public Lecture

Child’s Play: How Brain Science Can Promote Optimal Development in Early Childhood.

Dr. Phil Fisher PhD.

Dr. Fisher is a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Translational Neuroscience at the University of Oregon. He is an internationally recognized expert in the effects of early stressful experience on neurobiological and psychological development, and in prevention and therapeutics. Dr. Fisher also directs the Translational Science Initiative and is the Science Director for the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs, based at Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child.

Dr. Fisher is also interested in the brain's plasticity in the context of therapeutic interventions. Dr. Fisher is the director of the UO Center for Translational Neuroscience. His laboratory, the Stress Neurobiology and Prevention (SNAP) lab, includes graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and other researchers with similar interests. Dr. Fisher also directs the Translational Science Initiative and is the Science Director for the National Forum on Early Childhood Policy and Programs, both based at Harvard University's Center on the Developing Child. He is Co-Principal Investigator, with Patti Chamberlain, on the NIDA-funded Translational Drug Abuse Prevention (TDAP) Center, working to increase understanding of the effects of early adversity and risk in decision-making and behavior on policy and practice in child welfare systems.

July 11^th, 7pm.

OMSI (1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214)

Reservations available at:

Neurofutures.org/2019/public-lecture

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED BUT SEATS ARE STILL AVAILABLE, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED.

This is a free lecture, but reservations are required.