Neuroscience Insights to Navigate Stress and Trauma: A Harvard Neuroscience & Society Conversation with Leading Experts

🔍 Join Us for an Insightful Conversation!
Discover how neuroscience is changing our understanding of stress and trauma at this interdisciplinary event at Harvard Law School! 🏛️

🗓 Date & Time:
March 30, 17:30 - 19:30
📍 Location:
Wasserstein Hall, Room 1023, Harvard Law School

👥 Featured Panelists:

• Dr. Nathaniel Harnett: Director of the Neurobiology of Affective and Traumatic Experience Lab at McLean Hospital.
• Dr. David Silbersweig: Stanley Cobb Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
• Dr. Theresa Williamson: Neurosurgeon at Brown University and Co-Director of the Neurotech Justice Accelerator.
• Judge (Ret.) Nancy Gertner: Senior Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School.

📋 Agenda:

• 17:30 – Refreshments available ☕
• 18:00 – Panel discussion 💬
• 19:00 – Reception & networking 🎉

About the Event:
This event will explore how stress and trauma influence our brains and societal systems, from clinical practices to legal frameworks. 🚀 Dr. Harnett will reveal groundbreaking research on vulnerability to stress-related disorders and how issues like inequity shape neural pathways. The panel will delve into how these findings are reshaping psychiatric care, neurosurgery, and the judicial system.

💡 Join Us to:

• Network with experts in neuroscience and law.
• Engage in discussions on the intersection of neuroethics, law, and mental health.
• Help shape future programming in neuroscience at Harvard!

✨ About Our Sponsors:

• Harvard Brain Science Initiative (HBI): Advancing interdisciplinary brain research across Harvard and its hospitals.
• Neurotech Justice Accelerator (NJAM): Promoting equitable access to neurotechnology in communities.
• Center for Law, Brain & Behavior (CLBB): Strengthening the fairness of our legal system with accurate neuroscience.
• Petrie-Flom Center: Dedicated to scholarship at the intersection of health law and biomedicine.

🌍 Be a part of leading the conversation on neuroscience's impact in our lives.
🔗 RSVP Here!

For inquiries, contact: info@harvard.edu