What: Brain Awareness is a teacher workshop broadcast from OHSU to various sites around the state each spring. Sponsored by the Office of Science Education at OHSU and AHEC-SW, Brain Awareness provides participants the chance to learn about the latest research breakthroughs on the brain and practical implications of this research, as well as an opportunity to ask questions of the scientist(s) involved in these discoveries.

Participating teachers will receive 3 Professional Development Units, free teaching tools on the brain and the opportunity to explore AHEC-SW's Brain-In-A-Box curriculum.

Topic Summary for 2010 Workshop:

What is Going On with ADHD? A Science Update

Dr. Nigg explains, "My research focuses on the underlying mechanisms and causes in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) across the lifespan. Our primary focus is on cognitive and neuropsychological mechanisms. However, we also conduct studies of genetics, family dynamics, personality and temperament, environmental toxins, and neuroimaging of ADHD."

Speaker: Joel Nigg, Director, Division of Psychology, Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU Department of Psychiatry

Learn more about Dr. Nigg from the OHSU website:
http://www.ohsu.edu/psychiatry/faculty/nigg.html.

Download your registration form (PDF) here.