10th Annual Center for Biomedical Neurosciences (CBN) Retreat

Friday, May 4th, 2012 - 8AM-4PM

North Campus GCCRI Commons and Auditorium

The Center for Biomedical Neurosciences (CBN) will hold it's tenth annual retreat on Friday, May 4th, 2012. Dr. David Morialk (pictured below, right) is again this year's event host and coordinator. Poster presentations will provide an opportunity for CBN members to discuss their research with colleagues. Over forty (40) posters are expected to be presented at this year's event. The event will begin with poster presentations and judging (a lite breakfast will be available), followed by a round of three guest speaker presentations, a second round of poster presentations and judging, a boxed lunch break, the Keynote Speaker address and the retreat will conclude with the poster presentation awards.

This year's Keynote Speaker will be Andrew H. Miller, M.D. (pictured left). Dr. Miller is the William P. Timmie Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of Psychiatric Oncology at the Winship Cancer Institute at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He is an internationally recognized leader in the area of brain-immune interactions as they relate to stress and depression. His work focuses on the mechanisms by which cytokines cause depression in humans and non-human primates using chronic administration of the innate immune cytokine, interferon-alpha, as a model of chronic immune stimulation. Dr. Miller has produced over 200 scholarly publications and edited a book entitled Depressive Disorders and Immunity.

Dr. Miller's Keynote address is titled: 'To Be Announced'.