Sascha Purmann, Ph.D. cand., University of Heidelberg, Germany; Visiting pre-doctoral fellow, Joint Program for MR Imaging and Cognitive Sciences, and Division of Brain Stimulation and Therapeutic Modulation, Columbia University

Talk title TBA

Ruth Fischbach, Ph.D., M.P.E., Professor of Bioethics, Director, Center for Bioethics, Columbia University, College of P&S
Neurotechnology Content of a new Columbia University Neuroethics Web Course

Recently Dr. Fischbach’s Center received funding from the Dana Foundation to create an online course in Neuroethics at the college level, Neuroethics: Implications of Advances in Neuroscience.  Members of the Division of Brain Stimulation and Therapeutic Modulation gave comments on the Neurotechnology section content.  The website will continue to be added to as this important area in brain science develops. Go to: http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/neuroethics/index.html

To Be Confirmed

Alexandra L. Sporn, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Brain Stimulation and Therapeutic Modulation, Columbia University - New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Brain stimulation modalities in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
with Dr. Gerald Fischbach  
Gerald Fischbach, MD is the Scientific Director of The Simons Foundation. Dr. Fischbach joined the Simons Foundation in early 2006 to oversee the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative. He is formerly Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences at Columbia University, and former Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the N.I.H. from 1998-2001.  Throughout his career, Dr. Fischbach has studied the formation and maintenance of synapses, the contacts between nerve cells and their targets through which information is transferred in the nervous system. He pioneered the use of nerve cell cultures to study the electrophysiology, morphology, and biochemistry of developing nerve – muscle and inter-neuronal synapses. His current research is focused on roles that neurotrophic factors play in determination of neural precursor fate, synapse formation, and neuronal survival.

Salomao Segal, M.D.,Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University
Preclinical Studies of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)

Kevin Ochsner, PhD, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Psychology, Columbia University
Provisional Title: Brain stimulation in social cognitive neuroscience: Possible studies

Papers for Journal Club - TBA