2018 Pregame HokieTalks: Women in the Sciences
Venue: Holtzman Alumni Center, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, September 8, 2018
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 AM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
Virginia Tech Alumni Relations presents the 2018 Pregame HokieTalks: Women in the Sciences on Saturday, September 8, 2018 at the Holtzman Alumni Center at Virginia Tech.
Join us during home games for a series of pregame lectures featuring faculty experts. This week hear from leading female scientists from Virginia Tech and learn about their research into the human brain, alternative energy and more. Assistant Professor Georgia Hodes will discuss how targeting the body can treat the brain. Hodes will discuss pre-clinical and clinical work demonstrating the immune system directly contributes to stress susceptibility and depression. She will also talk about how sex differences in the immune system drive a higher incidence of mood disorders in women.
Associate Professor Amanda Morris will give a talk entitled "Do Plants Hold the Key to Our Energy Future?" She will explore the finite supply of fossil fuels and how the possible environmental impact of such energy sources has garnered the scientific community’s attention for the development of alternative, overall carbon-neutral fuel sources.
Associate Professor Roseanne Foti will discuss how gender shapes women's path to leadership. Becoming a leader involves more than being put in a leadership role, acquiring new skills, and adapting one’s leadership style to the requirement of the role. It involves a fundamental identity shift. In addition, she will discuss how to promote experiences, interventions, and interactions that enhance the leadership development process for women.
The talks are free and open to the public.
Parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis in the Holtzman Alumni Center lot.
For more information, visit: https://www.alumni.vt.edu/football/pregame-hokietalks18/0908.html or https://www.facebook.com/events/298883204029693/.
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