Each year the CNS Public Talk Series highlights an issue or theme. The 2024-25 Public Talk series theme is the Brain in Socioeconomic Context.

Growing up in poverty puts children at risk for adverse outcomes, from academic failure to emotional distress. This year’s talk series will explore the links between socioeconomic status, brain and life outcomes.

Lectures run 4:30-5:30 PM EST, followed by a brief audience Q&A and reception with light refreshments. Due to limited seating, RSVP is required at the appropriate Event Brite link below each talk. 

Oct. 3
12th Annual GVR Khodadad Lecture – Mechanisms linking disadvantage to antisocial behavior: parents, neighborhoods, and the developing brain

Luke Hyde, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
Location: Goddard Labs, room 200, 3710 Hamilton Walk

RSVP for in-person attendance here.

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Nov. 7
Charting the impacts of socioeconomic disadvantage: Bridging brain, behavior, and mental health

Jamie Hanson, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Location: Goddard Labs, room 200, 3710 Hamilton Walk

RSVP for in-person attendance here.

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Dec. 5
Socioeconomic inequity and child brain development

Kimberly Noble, Departments of Neuroscience and Education, Teacher’s College, Columbia University
Location: Goddard Labs, room 200, 3710 Hamilton Walk

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Feb. 6
Deprivation and threat: Neural pathways of risk

Margaret Sheridan, Departments of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Location: Goddard Labs, room 200, 3710 Hamilton Walk

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Mar. 6
Socioeconomic influences on language development: Neural mechanisms of risk and resilience

Rachel Romeo, Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodologies, University of Maryland, College of Education
Location: Goddard Labs, room 200, 3710 Hamilton Walk

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Apr. 3
Brain development and socioeconomic disparities in neighborhood context

Daniel Hackman, Department of Social Work, USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California
Location: Goddard Labs, room 200, 3710 Hamilton Walk

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