Kessler Foundation’s Grafman to speak at Brain to Health Symposium in Dallas

2012-04-09 11:00:46 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Jordan Grafman, PhD, director of Traumatic Brain Injury Research at Kessler Foundation will discuss the neuroscience of human belief systems at the annual Reprogramming the Brain to Health Symposium at The University of Texas at Dallas on April 12.

West Orange, NJ. April 9, 2012. --- Jordan Grafman, PhD, will speak at the Reprogramming the Brain to Health Symposium at The University of Texas at Dallas on April 12. An expert on brain function and behavior,   Dr. Grafman’s topic is human belief systems in the brain.  

This research symposium is sponsored annually by The Center for Brain Health at UTexas-Dallas, in partnership with the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at The University of California, Berkeley. The Symposium convenes distinguished neuroscientists to discuss the latest advances in brain research.Among the speakers are Dr. Donald T. Stuss of the Ontario BrainInstitute,Dr. Stephen M. Rao of the Schey Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging at ClevelandClinic, Dr. Arthur Kramer of the University of Illinois Campus NeuroscienceProgram,Dr. Leah A. Krubitzer of the Center for Neuroscience at UC Davis, Dr. Earl K. Miller Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr. Michael P. Alexander at Harvard Medical School and the Rotman Research Center.

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About Kessler Foundation

Kessler Foundation, the largest public charity in the field of disability, conducts rehabilitation research in mobility and cognition that advances the care of people with multiple sclerosis, brain injury, stroke and spinal cord injury. Kessler Foundation is one of six centers in the U.S. to have NIDRR-funded model systems for traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury. Kessler Foundation Program Center fosters new approaches to the persistently high rates of unemployment among people disabled by injury or disease.