 
Supported by an educational grant from Eli Lilly and Company
Presentations & Guest Faculty:
"The Creative Brain: The Neuroscience of Genius"
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Dr. Nancy Andreasen, Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry and Director of both the Mental Health Clinical Research Center (MHCRC) and the Psychiatric Iowa Neuroimaging Consortium (PINC) at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
"A Return from Seizures: The Story of an Astonishing Musician"
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Martha Curtis, Violinist and Lecturer, profiled by “60 Minutes”, “Today Show”, “Fantastico”, "Globo TV" - Brazil. Visit
www.marthacurtis.com
"The Arts and Mental Health"
Jacques d'Amboise, Founder, National Dance Institute, New York; Former Principal, New York City Ballet; HONORS: The Heinz Award, 2001; Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, The Julliard School, 2000; National Medal of Arts 1998, America’s highest national honor for cultural contribution; The Kennedy Center Honors, 1995; The Award for Distinguished Service to the Art from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, 1993; The MacArthur Fellowship, 1990 and many others. Jacques’ belief: the Arts have a unique power to motivate individuals toward excellence. Visit
www.nationaldance.org
"Some Kind Of Genius: The Extraordinary Journey of a Musical Savant"
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Tony DeBlois, Pianist, featured on “The Today Show”, “Entertainment Tonight”, ”Journey of the Heart”, in “Extraordinary People" by Darold Treffert; Graduate, Berklee College of Music; plays 22 instruments; appears in concert halls from Dublin to Taipei to Washington DC’s Kennedy Center. Visit
www.tonydeblois.com
"KEYNOTE: The Roots of Mental Illness Stigma and the Road Toward Destigmatization"
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Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin, Former Head, National Institute of Mental Health; Director, Center on Neuroscience, Medical Progress and Society, George Washington University Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
"Enhancing Cognitive and Brain Plasticity of Older Adults"
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Dr. Arthur Kramer, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, the Campus Neuroscience Program, and the Institute of Aviation; fulltime faculty member, the Beckman Institute Human Perception and Performance Group. Visit
www.beckman.uiuc.edu/profiles/faculty/a-kramer.html
"Understanding the Brain's Role in Mental Illness"
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Dr. Joseph LeDoux, Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science, New York University Center for Neural Science.
"Autism Spectrum Disorders"
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Dr. Bennett Leventhal, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Illinois Medical Center; Director, The Center for Child Mental Health and Developmental Neuroscience, Institute for Juvenile Research. Visit
www.psych.uic.edu/faculty/leventhal.htm
"Societal Progress in Recognizing and Accepting Bipolar Disorder: A Personal Perspective of Living with Recovery"
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Bill Lichtenstein, President, Lichtenstein Creative Media (LCM); Senior Producer, The Infinite Mind; West 47th Street, Juveniles in Crisis; Honors: Peabody Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, the United Nations Media Award; Honors for dedication and commitment to mental health: National Mental Health Association, National Alliance of the Mentally Ill(NAMI), American Psychiatric Association, and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Public Service Award. Visit
www.theinfinitemind.com and www.lcmedia.com
"The Art of Recovery: A Personal Perspective"
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Todd and Linda Logan, Todd Logan is a playwright and Board Member of NAMI-CCNS; Linda Logan, PhD, is an artist and also editor of the NAMI-CCNS newsletter, "Newsline". Visit
www.toddlogansdesk.com
"Stress, Brain and Mental Illness"
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Dr. Bruce McEwen, Head, Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at Rockefeller University, New York City
"The Effects of Early Experience on Brain and Behavioral Development: the Bucharest Early Intervention Project"
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Dr. Charles Nelson, Richard David Scott Chair in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Director of Research, The Developmental Medicine Center Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Boston Children’s Hospital. Visit
www.childrenshospital.org
"Symposium Summary: Exploring Bridges Between Neuroscience and Personal Experience"
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Dr. Stephen W. Porges, PhD, Director, Brain-Body Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago. Visit
www.psych.uic.edu/faculty/porges.htm
"Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning"
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Dr. Roger Weissberg, Professor of Psychology and Education, University of Illinois at Chicago; President, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). Visit
www.casel.org
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