2026 Speakers
Contemplative Sciences & Psychedelics
Judson Brewer, MD, PhD
May 19, 2026 | 10:30am
Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University
Kim Penberthy, PhD
May 19, 2026 | 10:30am
Chester F. Carlson Professor of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia
Cassandra Vieten, PhD
May 19, 2026 | 10:30am
Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, University of California San Diego
Stephanie Knatz Peck, PhD
May 19, 2026 | 10:30am
Founder & Clinical Director, BrightMind Therapy
Associate Clinical Professor, of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego
Systems Neuroscience
C. Daniel Meliza, PhD
May 19, 2026 | 2:45pm
Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia
Mary Kay Lobo, PhD
May 19, 2026 | 2:45pm
Professor of Neurobiology and Psychiatry, University of Maryland
Special Topics Presentations
David Seminowicz, PhD
Pain is Cognition
May 20, 2026 | 11:45am
Professor of Medical Biophysics,
Western University
George Bloom, PhD
Amyloid-β and Tau: Functionally Coupled Co-Conspirators in Seminal Steps of Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis
May 19, 2026 | 1:45pm
Professor of Biology,
University of Virginia
Maternal Mental Health & Brain Development
Jamie Maguire, PhD
May 20, 2026 | 9:00am
Kenneth and JoAnn G Wellner Professor of Neuroscience, Tufts University
Roxann Roberson-Nay, PhD
May 20, 2026 | 9:00am
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia
Lauren Osborne, MD
May 20, 2026 | 9:00am
Vice Chair of Clinical Research in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine
UVA’s Brain Challengers: Big Ideas for Big Problems
Neuroscience TED-Style Talks
Neurodegeneration
Wei Cao, PhD
May 21, 2026 | 9:00am
Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Scott Zeitlin, PhD
May 21, 2026 | 9:00am
Associate Professor of Neuroscience, University of Virginia
Timothy Miller, MD, PhD
May 21, 2026 | 9:00am
David Clayson Professor of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis
Stephen Strittmatter, MD, PhD
May 21, 2026 | 9:00am
Vincent Coates Professor of Neurology and Professor of Neuroscience, Yale University