Sackler Institute _{for Developmental Psychobiology}

The eighth annual Summer Institute on the Biology of Developmental Disabilities will be held at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York during the week of June 22-27, 2008. The course will feature experts examining sensitive periods of development and how genetic and environmental (e.g., toxins, stress, nutrition) factors influence development and may put some children at greater risk for poor outcomes. A list of invited lectures follows. Students will benefit from lectures given by internationally renowned scientists and participate in didactic interactions with the speakers on each methodology described. The institute is geared toward graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and provides travel stipends, room, and partial board for attendees. The summer institute originated with funding from The John Merck Fund and is a collaborative effort of the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology of Weill Cornell Medical College and the Cognitive Science Program at Cornell University as part of a joint campus training initiative (IMAGINE) and joint campus Center for Brain Genes, and Behavior research across development (CBGB). ALL CONTACT REGARDING THE COURSE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO JULIE SIMMONS-LYNCH BY BOTH PHONE (607) 255-6431 AND BY EMAIL.

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Deadline: April 15, 2008