kNOw-PAIN Meet the Team Talk

Date: November 19th, 2025. 

Location: Online.  

Description:  Drs. Jibran Khokhar and Emma Duerden.  12:00pm.

Registration Link/Info: All are welcome.  

Southwest Ontario - Parkinson's Research Day

Date: November 19th, 2025. 

Location: Hellenic Community Centre, London Ontario.  

Description: One-day conference to showcase local research iun Parkinson's healthcare.  

Registration Link/Info: Please register here.  

Neuroradiology Rounds

Date: November 19th, 2025. 

Location: University Hospital Radiology Conference Room (C2-222) or Online.   

Description:  Case Presentation.  8:00am.

Registration Link/Info: All are welcome.  

Remote Talk - Jacob Prince

Date: November 19th, 2025. 

Location: Online. 

Description: "Modeling the emergence and function of high-level representations in visual cortex"

Jacob is a senior PhD student in Talia Konkle’s lab at Harvard, working at the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence  

Registration Link/Info: All are welcome.  

Jacob will also be available for one-on-one chats - please email Dr. Marieke Mur (mmur@uwo.ca) if you’d like to meet with him.  

Stroke Rounds

Date: November 20th, 2025. 

Location: University Hospital Auditorium A or Online.   

Description:  Case Presentation.  8:00am.

Registration Link/Info: All are welcome.  

Neuroradiology Noon Rounds

Date: November 20th, 2025. 

Location: University Hospital Radiology Conference Room or Online.   

Description:  Case Presentation.  12:00pm.

Registration Link/Info: All are welcome.  

Epilepsy Rounds

Date: November 21st, 2025. 

Location: University Hospital Auditorium C or Online.   

Description:  Dr. Lysa Boisse-Lomax - Whole Exome Sequencing in Epilepsy.  8:00am.

Registration Link/Info: All are welcome.  

Methods Lunch

Date: November 24th, 2025. 

Location: Western Interdisciplinary Research Building, room 4190 or Online.  

Description: "Understanding Brain Representatinos with Representational Similarity Analysis (RSA)".  1:00pm.  

Meeting ID: 961 4122 2235
Passcode: 813808

2025-2026 Ivey Modules

Date: November 25th, 2025.

Location: Ivey Business School, Western University.  Room 1120.

Description: Innovative thinking and value preposition development - Mazi Raz.  1:00-4:00pm.  

Registration Link/Info: Register here (*Note - this opportunity is for trainees only)

Joint Mental Health Research and Innovation Day

Date: November 27^th 2025.  

Location: Best Western Lamplighter Inn and Conference Centre

Description: Joint Mental Health Research and Innovation Day.

Registration Link/Info: Register Here.  

Impact Seminars

Date: November 27th, 2025. 

Location: Dental Sciences Building Room 1002 and Online.    

Description: Dr. Liisa Galea and Ms. Kendra Loedige.  "The importance and impact of Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis Plus (SGBA+) in brain research"  Moderated by Dr. Lisa Saksida.  2:00pm.    

Registration Link/Info: Register Here.  

Methods Lunch: GLMsingle: A Practical Overview

Date: December 1st, 2025. 

Location: Western Interdisciplinary Research Building Room 4190 or Online.  

Description:  Ali Ghavampour.  1pm.  

Registration Link/Info: All are welcome.  

Center for Bioethics Launch

Date: December 4th, 2025. 

Location: Conron Hall, University College room 3110

Description: Inaugural Lecture - Dr. Francoise Baylis - "Bioethics: A play in three acts" and "Altered Inheritance: "What kind of world do we (you) want to live in?".  Followed by an introduction to Western's Centre for Bioethics. 

Registration Link/Info: All are welcome.  Please RSVP here.

Clinical Neuroscience Grand Rounds

Date: January 6th, 2026. 

Location: University Hospital Auditorium C.   

Description: Dr. Rishi Ganesan.  "Delirium - Vode Gridlock of the Brain".  8:00am

Registration Link/Info: All are welcome.

Perspectives in Neuroscience Speaker Series

Date: January 20, 2026.  

Location: North Campus Building, Western University. 

Description: Dr. Tabrez Siddiqui, University of Manitoba.  Talk title coming soon.  9:00am.  

Registration Link/Info: Neuroscience Graduate Program Website

Perspectives in Neuroscience Speaker Series

Date: January 27, 2026.  

Location: North Campus Building, Western University. 

Description: Dr. Natasha Rajah, TMU - "Viological sex and menopause status affects episodic memory and related brain function at midlife".  9:00am.    

Registration Link/Info: Neuroscience Graduate Program Website

Clinical Neuroscience Grand Rounds

Date: February 3rd, 2026. 

Location: University Hospital Auditorium C.   

Description: Drs. Michael Strong and Elizabeth Finger.  "Brain autopsy and the Brain and BioBank".  8:00am.  

Registration Link/Info: All are welcome.  

Annual Epilepsy Research Day

Date: February 6th, 2026.  

Location: Great Hall, Somerville House, Western University. 

Description: Drs. Yemi Damisah and Tugce Balci  

Registration Link/Info: Register Here.

2025-2026 Ivey Modules

Date: February 10th, 2026.  

Location: Ivey Business School, Room 1120

Description: Supply chain and operations management - Dave Barrett.  1:00-4:00pm.  

Registration Link/Info: Register here (*Note - this opportunity is for trainees only).

Perspectives in Neuroscience Speaker Series

Date: March 3, 2026.  

Location: North Campus Building, Western University.  

Description: Dr. Isaac Ming-Cheng Chiu, Harvard Medical School - "Bacteria interactions with sensory neurons in pain and itch".  9:00am.   

Registration Link/Info: Neuroscience Graduate Program Website

Perspectives in Neuroscience Speaker Series

Date: March 10, 2026.  

Location: North Campus Building, Western University. 

Description: Dr. Cory Miller, University of California, San Diego - "How monkeys 'really' see the world".  9:00am.    

Registration Link/Info: Neuroscience Graduate Program Website

2025-2026 Ivey Modules

Date: March 10, 2026.

Location: Ivey Business School, Western University.  Room 1120.

Description: Strategic management accounting - Mary Gillett. 1:00-4:00pm.  

Registration Link/Info: Register here (*Note - this opportunity is for trainees only)

2026 kNOw-PAIN Conference

Date: March 26, 2026. 

Location: Great Hall, Somerville House, Western University.  

Description:  Keynote speakers Drs. Hance Clarke and Margot Latimer, and Mr. John R. Sylliboy.       

Registration Link/Info: kNOw-PAIN website.    

Perspectives in Neuroscience Speaker Series

Date: March 31, 2026.  

Location: North Campus Building, Western University. 

Description: Dr. Elizabeth Bess, University of California, Irvine - "Finding catalysts of gut reactions: the gut microbiota in disease onset and treatment".  9:00am.  

Registration Link/Info: Neuroscience Graduate Program Website