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How Can Research Inform Better Public Policy Towards Addiction? , home
Oct. 2, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Keith Humphreys, OBE, Ph.D., Esther Ting Memorial Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Health Behaviors Research
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Exercise, the Fountain of Youth? , home
Oct. 15, 2026, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Zhen Yan, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Center for Exercise Medicine Research, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture
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Data-Driven Discovery of Secreted Proteins as Cancer Immunotherapies , home
Oct. 16, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Peng Jiang, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Cancer Research Center — D.C.
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Mapping Different Excitatory and Inhibitory Input Types onto Single Cortical Pyramidal Neurons , home
Oct. 30, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Elly Nedivi, Ph.D., William R. (1964) & Linda R. Young Professor of Neuroscience, The Picower Institute for Learning & Memory, Departments of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Neurobiology Research
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Stem Cells and Genomics for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine , home
Nov. 5, 2026, 5:30 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.) | Joseph Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Director, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine | Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture
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Presenting Therapeutic Peptides Using Synthetic Polymers , home
Nov. 13, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Rachel A. Letteri, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Departments of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Vascular and Heart Research
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The Bitter Truth: Alcohol Use and Its Effects on Chemosensory Function , home
Dec. 11, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Paule V. Joseph, Ph.D., MBA, Lasker Clinical Research Scholar, NIH Distinguished Scholar, Acting Chief, Section of Sensory Science and Metabolism Unit, NIDCD; Co-Director, National Smell and Taste Center; Attending Nurse Practitioner, Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research; National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Health Behaviors Research
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Learning and Memory in the Infant Brain , home
Jan. 29, 2026, 11:00 a.m. | Nicholas B. Turk-Browne, Ph.D., Susan Nolen-Hoeksema Professor of Psychology; Director, Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University | Co-Sponsored by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and the Center for Human Neuroscience Research