Did you miss yesterday’s Open Mind program, Hello Cruel World! with award-winning science journalist and author, Melinda Wenner Moyer and Robin Berman, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA? Good news - You can watch that program, and all past Open Mind events, on The Friends of Semel's YouTube Channel.
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We look forward to seeing you for our final Open Mind program of the 2025 season!Join us on Tuesday, December 16 at 5PM PT/8PM ET when our special guest will be Nicole C. Rust, PhD, author of Elusive Cures – Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders-and How We Can Change. Lucina Uddin, PhD the director of the Brain Connectivity and Cognition Laboratory at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Analysis Core at the Semel Institute will join in discussion. Register for this program here HERE.
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We wish you and your families a peaceful and meaningful holiday season.
