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December 5

Prefrontal Gamma Oscillations in Cognitive Flexibility and Schizophrenia

Vikaas Sohal, MD, PhD Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Institute for Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco
December 11

Harnessing Neuromodulation to Investigate Amygdala Encoding of Affect

Sean Piantadosi, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington
December 18

Research Equity and Community Health (REACH) Health Equity Seminar

Krithika Prakash, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
December 19

Melanin-Concentrating Hormone: A REM Sleep Mechanism Regulating Emotion and Motivation

Yanhua Huang, PhD Pittsburgh Foundation Endowed Professor in Brain and Behavior Research and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
January 9

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: From Research to Treatment

Susanne Ahmari, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Robert Hudak, MD Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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