We are excited to announce that our 2024 Keynote Addresses will be given by Dr. Angeline Dukes and Dr. Kelly Lambert!
Dr. Angeline Dukes is a daughter of Haitian and Trinidadian immigrants and a first-generation college graduate from a low-income background. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with her Bachelor's degree in biology from the Historically Black College/University, Fisk University in 2017. Then she earned her Masters and PhD in neuroscience from the University of California, Irvine. Immediately after earning her PhD in 2022, she became the first Black woman faculty member in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota. In her unique role as an Assistant Professor, Dr. Dukes splits her time between teaching neuroscience courses and leading her own diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. As part of these DEI initiatives, she serves as the co-director of three NIH-funded programs that actively support historically marginalized researchers across career stages. Furthermore, Dr. Dukes has been invited to give more than 80 talks nationally and internationally relating to her academic journey, DEI work, and Black In Neuro, a non-profit organization that supports Black scholars in neuroscience-related fields worldwide, of which she is the Founding President.
Dr. Kelly Lambert is the Trawick Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Richmond where she investigates experience-based neuroplasticity and teaches multiple neuroscience courses. She has approximately 80 scholarly publications and has written two neuroscience textbooks and three mainstream books including Lifting Depression, The Lab Rat Chronicles, and Well-Grounded. She is currently writing Wild Brains: Translating Optimal mental health strategies from the bush to bedside. Lambert was awarded the Virginia Professor of the Year award in 2008 and, more recently, was recognized as one of three national finalists for Baylor University’s Robert Cherry Award for Great Teaching. In 2018, Lambert was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award given by the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society. Her research targeting connections between physical effort and emotional resilience was featured on CBS Sunday Morning and her rat-driving research has been featured in over 1500 news stories across the world, including the Netflix series The Hidden Lives of Pets and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Rat City. In 2019, Lambert described her behaviorceuticals research perspective in a TEDx Bermuda talk. In 2023, she received the Society for Neuroscience’s Science Educator Award for her scientific outreach endeavors.
Dr. Kelly Lambert is the Trawick Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Richmond where she investigates experience-based neuroplasticity and teaches multiple neuroscience courses. She has approximately 80 scholarly publications and has written two neuroscience textbooks and three mainstream books including Lifting Depression, The Lab Rat Chronicles, and Well-Grounded. She is currently writing Wild Brains: Translating Optimal mental health strategies from the bush to bedside. Lambert was awarded the Virginia Professor of the Year award in 2008 and, more recently, was recognized as one of three national finalists for Baylor University’s Robert Cherry Award for Great Teaching. In 2018, Lambert was the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award given by the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society. Her research targeting connections between physical effort and emotional resilience was featured on CBS Sunday Morning and her rat-driving research has been featured in over 1500 news stories across the world, including the Netflix series The Hidden Lives of Pets and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Rat City. In 2019, Lambert described her behaviorceuticals research perspective in a TEDx Bermuda talk. In 2023, she received the Society for Neuroscience’s Science Educator Award for her scientific outreach endeavors.
Wednesday, July 17th
Interactive afternoon preconference workshop
Welcome reception at Foothills Brewing Company
Interactive afternoon preconference workshop
Welcome reception at Foothills Brewing Company
Thursday, July 18th
Breakfast and check-in opens @8am in the Wake Downtown Atrium
All day programming, including presentations, roundtable discussions,
and a keynote address. Lunch is included for all registrants
Thursday concludes with a poster session and wine and cheese reception
Breakfast and check-in opens @8am in the Wake Downtown Atrium
All day programming, including presentations, roundtable discussions,
and a keynote address. Lunch is included for all registrants
Thursday concludes with a poster session and wine and cheese reception
Friday, July 19th
Breakfast @8am
All day programming including presentations, networking events, and a keynote address. Lunch is included for all registrants.
After the conclusion of the conference, we plan to socialize at Wiseman Brewing Co.
Breakfast @8am
All day programming including presentations, networking events, and a keynote address. Lunch is included for all registrants.
After the conclusion of the conference, we plan to socialize at Wiseman Brewing Co.
Download the full schedule below.