The Impact of Mass Media-Delivered Family Planning Campaigns in Developing Countries: A Meta-analysis

Communication

Dr. Tina Tootle, PhD,
Associate Professor,
Anatomy and Cell Biology,
University of Iowa

Talk Title: “Prostaglandins: master regulators of actin in the cytoplasm and the nucleus”

Host: Dr. Jianjun Sun

Ian C. Wenker, Ph.D.
Research Associate,
Department of Anesthesiology,
University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA

Talk Title: "Central mechanisms of cardiorespiratory homeostasis in conscious rats."

Hosts: Dr. Daniel Mulkey and Dr. Anastasios Tzingounis

Judson Brewer, MD, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Thursday, September 13, 2018
12:30 – 1:30pm

"The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones, Why We Get Hooked and How Mindfulness can Help Break the Habit Cycle."

**About the speaker**

Judson Brewer MD PhD is the Chief of the Division of Mindfulness, Director of Research at the Center for Mindfulness and associate professor in medicine and psychiatry at UMass Medical School. He also is a research affiliate at MIT. A psychiatrist and internationally known expert in mindfulness training for addictions, Brewer has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for behavior change, including both in-person and app-based treatments for smoking, emotional eating, and anxiety (http://www.goeatrightnow.com, http://www.unwindinganxiety.com). He has also studied the underlying neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and real-time fMRI, and source-estimated EEG, and is currently translating these findings into clinical use. Dr. Brewer's TED Talk TED was 4th most viewed talk of 2016 with over 9.5 million views.

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It's About Time: Building Community and Visibility for our CLAS Staff. CLAS staff are invited to join their peers for lunch, ice cream, activities, and to make new connections. Hear from UConn Cultural Center Directors, and about the new CLAS Diversity, Equity & Inclusion division. If you are an individual in need of an accommodation to attend this event, please contact 860.486.3639 or Maryann.Markowski@uconn.edu by Sept. 15.

Julie A. Kauer, Ph.D.
Sidney A. Fox and Dorthea Doctors Fox Professor of Ophthalmology, Visual Sciences and Neuroscience,
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology
Brown University,
Providence, RI

Talk title: “Long lasting inhibitory synaptic changes in the reward pathway”

Host : Dr. Anastasios Tzingounis