Webinar: The ABCs of BAW
Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public understanding of neuroscience and advocate for science funding. Every March, BAW unites neuroscientists around the world in planning events and activities about brain research for people of all ages.
In this webinar, first-timers and dedicated supporters alike will get ideas for new activities and learn best practices for planning and running successful events. Get inspired to bring BAW into your community!
Running Time: 60 minutes
Webinar Speakers
Nick Spitzer | UCSD Kavli Institute
For more than 40 years, Nick Spitzer has worked to educate others about neuroscience. As the inaugural BrainFacts.org editor-in-chief, he is enthusiastic about new opportunities to reach people. A distinguished professor of biology at the University of California, San Diego, and director of the UCSD Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, his research focuses on the ways in which neurons take on specialized functions to enable signaling in the brain. He is also an outdoorsman who enjoys ice climbing, rock climbing, and backcountry skiing in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.
Heather McKellar | NYU Neuroscience Institute
Heather McKellar, PhD, is a program coordinator at the NYU Neuroscience Institute and founder of NOGN, the Neuroscience Outreach Group at NYU. Dr. McKellar studied with Dr. Joseph Gogos at Columbia University and brings her background in cellular and molecular neuroscience as well as over five years of experience developing educational programs to the Neuroscience Institute. She was honored for her work as a member of Columbia University Neuroscience Outreach with the 2011 Next Generation Award from SfN. She is an educator at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and is the NYU representative to the Greater New York City Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience. Through her work with NOGN and "braiNY", the outreach arm of the Greater NYC Chapter, Dr. McKellar continues to visit schools, to create events that target diverse audiences and to organize "braiNY" programs that rely upon volunteers from multiple institutions.
Kathleen Roina | The Dana Foundation
Kathleen Roina is the Brain Awareness Week campaign director at the Dana Foundation.
