FNNDSC Weekly Newsletter - Week 19
Happy Friday!
Upcoming Events:
ISMRM & ISMRT | 2023 Annual Meeting & Exhibition Toronto, ON, Canada June 3-8, 2023
OHBM 2023 Annual Meeting: July 22, 2023 - July 26, 2023
https://www.humanbrainmapping.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4114
Flux 2023 | Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country
September 6, 2023 – Pre-Conference Workshops & Trainee Sessions
September 6-9, 2023 – Flux Congress
https://fluxsociety.org/2023-santa-rosa/
52nd Annual Child Neurology Society Meeting | Vancouver, BC, Canada on Wednesday, October 4- Saturday, October 7, 2023
https://www.childneurologysociety.org/colleagues/network/cns-annual-meeting/
SIIM23 Annual Meeting + InformaticsTECH Expo | Austin, TX on June 14-16
https://siim.org/page/22m_overview
Various Dates: Newborn Brain Society - Fetal Neurology Webinar Series
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FNNDSC Updates
We want to take a moment to say thank you to Taylor Vadset, Rachel Lippman, and Jee Won Kang for their hard work and time here at the FNNDSC. This week is their last week at the center. Their contributions have been invaluable, and presence will be deeply missed. We wish you all the best of luck as you move forward in your careers and we're confident that you'll continue to thrive and excel in all that you do.
Honors/Awards/Achievements
Congratulations to Dr. Ajay Rajaram who won the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Award and ranked in the top 7% of submissions. Also, Dr. Ajay Rajaram got married in Toronto at the end of April!
Congratulations to Dr. Esra Abaci Turk on receiving a prestigious and competitive Office of Faculty Development Award for her project titled, “Assessment of Placental Function before and after laser treatment in twin to twin transfusion syndrome”.
Congratulations to Dr. Ai Wern Chung on receiving a prestigious and competitive Office of Faculty Development Award for her project titled, “In congenital heart disease does altered brain connectivity correlate with neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants and executive function in adults”.
FNNDSC Studies Currently Recruiting
HBCD: Are you pregnant or have an infant 0-9 months?
You may be eligible to participate in the pilot study of the Healthy Brain and Child Development Study! The pilot study involves 1-2 visits to give feedback on study activities about child development. Study activities include questionnaires, biological sampling, parent-child play tasks, and child brain assessments. All study assessments and procedures will be provided free of charge. You will be compensated for your time spent participating in the study and for transportation costs. Please email hbcd@childrens.harvard.edu or call 617-919-1726 for more information.
For more information: HBCD Flyer
FNNDSC Wellness Club
Upcoming events:
Boston Run to Remember | May 28
The Color Run | June 11
Brain Games 🧠 📝
HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE?
If you have something that you would like to see featured in the next newsletter, please contact Winona Bruce-Baiden at: winona.bruce-baiden@childrens.harvard.edu