Neurobehavioral Teratology Society Distinguished Speakers

2011 Elsevier Distinguished Lecturer
Isaac Pessah
University of California Davis, Davis, CA
Tipping the Balance of Neural Networks: Environmental Chemicals and Autism Risk

2011 Elsevier Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Isaac Pessah with Ms. Liz Perrill, Publisher, Toxicology, Elsevier

2010 Elsevier Distinguished Lecturer
Neil MacLusky
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Bisphenol-A Impacts on Sex Differences in Neural Processes

2009 Elsevier Distinguished Lecturer
Jane Adams
University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
Domestic Issues in Maternal and Child Health: Minority-Based Disparities

2008 Elsevier Distinguished Lecturer
David Bellinger
Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Interpreting Epidemiologic Studies of Neurotoxicity: Conceptual and Analytic Issues

2007 – Elsevier, Neurotoxicology and Teratology Sponsored Distinguished Lecturer
Theodore Slotkin
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
If Nicotine is a Developmental Neurotoxicant in Animal Studies, Dare We Recommend Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnant Women and Adolescents?

2006 – No distinguished speaker

2005 Charles River Distinguished Speaker
Peter J. Snyder
Pfizer, Groton, CT
Assessment of Cognitive Function: Bridging the Gap from Preclinical Animal Studies to the Human Condition

2004 – No distinguished speaker

2003 Decade of Behavior Distinguished Lecturer
Sponsored by NBTS/TS/BTS/OTIS
Ann Streissguth
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
30-year Perspective on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Research

2003 Charles River Distinguished Speaker
Raymond Kesner
Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
A Behavioral Analysis of Hippocampal Function Based on Subregional, Attribute, and Process Specificity

2002 NBTS Distinguished Lecture
Carol A. Barnes
ARL Division of Neural Systems, Memory and Aging, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Neurobiological Changes in the Aged Rat Hippocampus: Implications for Age-Related Deficits in Spatial Cognition

2001 Inaugural NBTS Distinguished Lecture
Michael J. Meaney
Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Associate Director, Douglas Hospital Research Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Maternal Care, Neural Gene Expression, and Stress Reactivity