Carney Conversations

Carney Conversations is a series of discussions with world-class experts on intriguing topics in brain science — from addiction to the mysteries of the adolescent brain to robotics and innovation.

Health Disparities and the Brain

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guests:

  • Monica Rivera-Mindt, Professor of Psychology, Fordham University; President of the Hispanic Neuropsychological Society
  • Diana Grigsby, Associate professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences and of Epidemiology, Brown University

The science of sleep and why slumber might rebalance your brain and behavior

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guests:

  • Mary Carskadon, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
  • Richard Millman, Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Medicine

How we decide to love

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guests:

  • Debbie Yee, Postdoctoral Fellow in Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences
  • Joey Heffner, Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology

Getting a jump on Alzheimer’s disease

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guests:

  • Yu-Wen Alvin Huang, GLF Translational Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
  • Hwamee Oh, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences

How uncertainty impacts decision-making

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guests:

  • Emily Oster, Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics
  • Amitai Shenhav, Assistant Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences

Risk, Failure, & Success: Finding the right balance

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guests:

  • Nancy Zimmerman, a 1985 Brown graduate, a trustee of the University’s Corporation, and the co-founder and managing partner of Bracebridge Capital
  • Adam Korn, a 1997 Brown graduate and chief information officer at Sixth Street Partners

 

The next generation of scientists on the future of brain science

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guests:

  • Kaitlyn Hajdarovic, Ph.D. candidate in the Neuroscience Graduate Program
  • Marc Powell, a 2021 graduate of Brown's Ph.D. in biomedical engineering and postdoctoral associate at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery
  • Jae-Young Son, Ph.D. candidate in cognitive, linguistic and psychological sciences

CRISPR and the role of gene editing in neuroscience

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guest:

  • Kate O’Connor-Giles, Provost’s Associate Professor of Brain Science, Brown University

From a Brown dorm room to a potential treatment for neurodegenerative diseases

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guests:

  • Josh Cohen, Brown alumnus and co-founder/co-CEO of Amylyx
  • Justin Klee, Brown alumnus and co-founder/co-CEO of Amylyx 

COVID-19 and the brain

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guest:

  • Dr. Karen Furie, Samuel I. Kennison, M.D., and Bertha S. Kennison Professor of Clinical Neuroscience; Chair of Neurology at Brown University

From idea inception to real-world solutions

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guest:

  • William Martin, Ph.D. ’95, Global Therapeutic Area Head of Neuroscienc, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson

How the brain gets things done

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guest:

  • David Badre, Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences, Brown University

Making advances in Alzheimer’s research from the bench to the bedside

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guests:

  • Dr. Stephen Salloway, Martin M. Zucker Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University; Director of Neurology and the Memory and Aging Program, Butler Hospital 
  • Ashley Webb, Richard and Edna Salomon Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University 

Restorative Neurotechnology

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guests:

  • Dr. Leigh Hochberg, Professor of Engineering, Brown University
  • David Borton, Assistant Professor of Engineering, Brown University

Computational approaches for EEG/MEG brain recordings

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guests:

  • Stephanie Jones, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Brown University
  • Frederike Petzschner, Carney Institute Fellow in the Center for Computational Brain Science 

How emotions can foster disease prevention behaviors during COVID-19

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guest: Oriel FeldmanHall, Manning Assistant Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences, Brown University

Resources: Perspective: Emotional appeals increase social distancing behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic

Humans to robots

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guest: Stefanie Tellex, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Brown University

What can drunk flies tell us about addiction?

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guest: Karla Kaun, Robert and Nancy Carney Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

What are they thinking? Decision making and the adolescent brain

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guest: Beatriz Luna, Staunton Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics; Professor of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh

Resources: CerebroSinFiltro, a project referenced during the discussion. 

How rule-breaking and innovation feed new knowledge

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guest: Stefan McDonough, a 1990 graduate of Brown University and executive director of genetics at Pfizer

How does SARS-CoV-2 target the sense of smell?

Moderators:

  • Diane Lipscombe, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director, Carney Institute for Brain Science
  • Christopher Moore, Associate Director, Carney Institute

Guests: