Brain Awareness Week

A Worldwide Celebration with Scientists, Families, Schools, and Communities.

The Brain Awareness Campaign is a celebration of the ongoing work to advance brain science and promote its funding. Launched by The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, the Brain Awareness Campaign annually hosts Brain Awareness Week, which serves as a launching point for year-round Brain Awareness activities.

This year, the week of March 18, we will celebrate with an open discussion Cannabis: Science and Policy organized by our undergraduate neuroscience club and a week of neuroscience demonstrations/activities at University Elementary School.

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The Brain Awareness Week is an opportunity to let people know about the progress that is being made in brain research. This year our focus is on the impact of cannabis on brain. With more and more states legalizing some form of cannabis it is important to discuss its impact.

Cannabis: Science and Policy, Wednesday March 20, 2019, 7:00 p.m., Whittenberger Auditorium

Brian O'Donnell

Clinical Psychologist Psychological and Brain Sciences

Brian F. O’Donnell is a professor at the Indiana University Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.

Alex Straiker

Cellular/Molecular Neuroscientist Program in Neuroscience

The central goal of my research has been to characterize cannabinoid signaling in the brain.

Heather McCabe, MSW, JD

Associate Professor, IUPUI School of Social Work

Professor McCabe’s research is primarily in the areas of public health, health policy, health disparities, health reform, and disability related policy.