Fwd: Prof Andrew Holmes Grand Challenge Seminar - School of Psychology

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Nervous System and Its Disorders Grand Challenge Talk, School of Psychology Date: Wednesday February 25, 2015 Time: 3-4pm Venue: Electrical Engineering Agilent LT (1.52) Speaker: Dr Andrew Holmes Chief, Laboratory of Behavioral & Genomic Neuroscience National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Title: The Traumatized Brain: how modern neuroscience is identifying causes and cures for anxiety Focus: Anxiety disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder are now the most common of all psychiatric conditions, but remain poorly understood and inadequately treated. Revolutionary advances in modern neuroscience are revealing key pathological brain mechanisms associated with persistent anxiety, and illuminating a path towards effective new therapeutic approaches. BioSketch: Andy did his PhD with John Rodgers at Leeds 1995-1998, following which he obtained a PostDoc Fellowship with Jacky Crawley at NIH in Bethesda. In 2004, he was appointed Section Chief with the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and, in 2011, became Chief of the Laboratory of Behavioral and Genomic Research at NIAAA. Andy has lectured the world over, and has received numerous awards and honours for his contributions to neuroscience. At the time of writing, he has published c. 150 research and/or review articles in high impact journals and has a Google Scholar h index of 56 with over 10,500 citations to his work. He is Editor-in-Chief for Genes, Brain and Behavior, serves on the Editorial Boards of Addiction Biology and Acta Neuropsychologia, and is an Associate/Advisory/Review Editor for at least half-a-dozen other major journals. Andy regularly reviews for major research funding agencies in North America and Europe, and has served as ad hoc reviewer for more than 80 scientific journals. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Ekaterini Klepousniotou Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience & Neuropsychology School of Psychology University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK Tel: +44 (0)113 3435716 Fax: +44 (0)113 3435749