The BRAIN Building seminar series is focused on developing and illustrating collaborations within the neuro community at UF. It pairs researchers and clinicians to give preclinical and clinical perspectives on various topics regarding brain injury and neuroresilience as well as invites groups to give an overview of their research and opportunities for collaboration. Click on the images below to learn more about specific sessions.
June 17, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
“Connecting Brain Injury and Addiction: Insights from Bench to Bedside”
Guest Speaker
Sara Jo Nixon, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology
Guest Speaker
Servio H Ramirez, PhD
Mary and Bryan Whisenant Distinguished Professor of Pathology
June 17, 2025, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
“Leveraging Opportunities to Advance Sleep and Other Neurosciences in The Villages®, Fl: A Collaborative Case Study in Glymphatic Function” & “Sleep Disruption in Acquired Neuropsychiatric Conditions and Intervention”
Guest Speaker
Carla Vandeweerd, PhD
Associate Professor of Health Outcomes and Bioinformatics
Guest Speaker
John Williamson, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
March 12, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Understanding Brain Aging and Neurodegeneration: Exploring the Pathways of Body-to-Brain Communication” &“Preventing and Managing Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders through UF’s Perioperative Cognitive Anesthesia Network (PeCAN)
Guest Speaker PARAMITA CHAKRABARTY, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, and BENJAMIN CHAPIN, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
October 28, 2024, 3:00 pm – 4:00 PM
BLOCK-SAH: A Novel Approach to Address Headaches in Patients with Acute Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Guest Speaker
CAROLINA MACIEL, MD, MSCR
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Divisions of Neurocritical Care and Epilepsy
Guest Speaker
KATHARINA BUSL, MD, MS
James E. Rooks, Jr., Professor of Neurology & Neurosurgery; Chief of the Division of Neurocritical Care
June 6, 2024, from 11:00AM to 12:00PM
The Function of Ascending Sensory and Descending Motor Pathways in Hyperreflexia and Hypertonia in Spastic Hemiplegic Stroke
Guest Speaker
Shahab Vahdat, PH.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Physiology & Kinesiology
jULY 11, 2024, FROM 3:00PM TO 4:00PM
In Vivo Measurements of Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability in a Mouse Model of Traumatic Brain Injury
Guest Speaker
Michael A Pizzi, DO, PhD, FCCM
Associate Professor Departments Of Neurology And Neurosurgery, Division Of Neurocritical Care; Affiliate Clinical Associate Professor Department Of Neuroscience
july 19, 2024, From 3:00pm to 4:00PM
Stroke Recovery and Resilience of the Spiny Mouse Model of Enhanced Tissue Regeneration
Guest Speaker
Maurice S Swanson,
Professor And Associate Program Director
DEPARTMENT: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024, FROM 3:00pm TO 4:00pm
Acute Intermittent Hypoxia to Improve Swallowing Function Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Guest Speaker
Alicia K. Vose Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
DEPARTMENT: Department of Neurology
BRAIN Building: Williams & Abisambra
BRAIN Building: Kraus & Snyder
BRAIN Building Returns: Brooks Rehabilitation
