Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science

28th Annual Mind Brain Research Day

Thursday, March 26, 2026

The Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and the Carney Institute for Brain Science welcome you to a day of mind/brain discovery and innovation. 

 

Program

11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.                          
Poster session 

Sayles Hall, 81 Waterman Street

Poster listing
Poster abstracts

11:30 – 12:45Bag lunch (reservations only)
  
1 p.m.                          
Welcome Remarks

Salomon Center, 79 Waterman Street

Diane Lipscombe, Ph.D.
Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
Thomas J. Watson Sr. Professor of Science

 
Speaker Introduction

Audrey R. Tyrka, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair and Mary E. Zucker Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior

1:15 p.m.
Keynote

“Resilience in the Wake of Mass Violence: Evidence, Challenges and Hope”
Alyssa Rheingold, Ph.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

2:30 p.m.
Presentation of Poster Awards
 Award Categories:
Diversity research
Undergraduate students
Graduate/medical students
Research assistants/staff
Clinical psychology residents
Postdoctoral fellows
Medical residents/fellows
  
  

Thank you to our 2026 Mind Brain Research Day sponsors: Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, School of Engineering, Department of Neuroscience, Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute