The Knight Center for Specialized Journalism is offering fellowships to journalists for this in-depth seminar on brain science and health. Speakers will be experts from top research institutions, government, business and the media. You'll gain valuable sources and engage in thought-provoking discussions with other reporters, editors and opinion writers from around the country.

Knight Center fellowships cover all seminar costs, including reference materials, hotel lodging, meals and a travel subsidy. The travel subsidy is a reimbursement of half the cost of travel up to a maximum subsidy of $300.

The deadline for receipt of applications is September 15.

Topics

Keynote speaker

Rick Weiss, science reporter, The Washington Post

Overview, The Brain Then and Now

Thomas R. Insel, M.D., director, National Institute of Mental Health

Understanding Emotions

C. Sue Carter, professor of psychiatry, co-director of the Brain-Body Center, University of Illinois at Chicago

Thoughts Into Actions

Philip R. Kennedy, M.D., chief scientist, Neural Signals, Inc.

Neuroeconomics, Business Strategies and Decision-Making

Paul Zak, associate professor and co-chair, department of economics, Claremont Graduate University

Justine Meaux, strategist and research scientist, BrightHouse Neurostrategies Group

Neuroscience and Moral Judgement

William Casebeer, associate professor of philosophy, U.S. Air Force Academy

Memory

Elliott Hirschman, chair, department of psychology, George Washington University

David Huber, assistant professor, department of psychology, neuroscience and cognitive science program, University of Maryland

Other Possible Topics

Spectrum Disorders, From Shyness to Auti
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Contact: Peggy DeBona
knight@umd.edu
301-405-4817
Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, University of Maryland
9-Sep-2004


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