We established the UI Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation to provide the infrastructure for achieving our vision of:

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Clinical Care

providing state-of-the-art clinical care

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Research

cutting-edge research

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Education

rich educational opportunities to train the next generation of clinicians and providers

Brain waves

2016

UI established TMS Clinical Program; 1st in the world to combine TMS and intracranial EEG

Bailee Kamerzell with brain stimulation

2008

TMS was FDA-cleared for treating depression

Dr. Dlouhy SUDEP patient close up

1982

Iowa Neurological Patient Registry was established

Iowa Neurosciences Institute Events

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Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar: Serena Dudek, PhD

Tuesday, September 9, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am
Medical Education Research Facility
Insights into hippocampal function from studies on synaptic plasticity in area CA2Serena M. Dudek, PhDSenior Investigator and Acting Chief, Neurobiology LaboratoryNational Institute of Environmental Health, NIH
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Talman Lecture, Department of Neurology

Friday, September 12, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
General Hospital
"Developing gene-modifying therapies for SCN1A- and SCN1B-linked developmental and epileptic encephalopathy"Lori Isom, PhDChair of Department of PharmacologyProfessor of Molecular and Integrative PhysiologyProfessor of NeurologyUniversity of MichiganMichigan Neuroscience InstituteDr. William Talman retired from the University of Iowa in March 2017, after 33 years as a faculty member in the Department of Neurology. His clinical specialty was autonomic disorders. The annual “William Talman, MD...
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Nancy Andreasen Lecture in Psychiatry presented by Sophia Vinogradov, MD

Friday, October 3, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility
Sophia Vinogradov, MDProfessor and Department HeadDonald W. Hastings Endowed ChairDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioral ScienceUniversity of Minnesota Medical SchoolLecture title to comeThe annual Andreasen lecture, established by the UI Department of Psychiatry in 2018, honors Nancy C. Andreasen, MD, PhD, UI professor of psychiatry, an internationally recognized neuroscientist and a leader in the field of schizophrenia research.
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Psychological and Brain Sciences Colloquium: Ulrich Mayr

Friday, October 31, 2025 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building
The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is excited to welcome Dr. Ulrich Mayr for this colloquium event. Ulrich is a Lewis Professor and Department Head of the Psychology Department at the University of Oregon. Dr. Mayr's primary research focus is on the relationship between memory, attention, and cognitive control, both from a general and a developmental/life-span perspective. His research methods include behavioral experiments, eye-tracking, and EEG or fMRI neuroimaging. As a...
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Iowa Neuroscience Institute Seminar: Michael Yassa, PhD

Friday, December 5, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building
Seminar Title TBDMichael Yassa, PhDProfessor, Neurobiology and BehaviorJames L. McGaugh Endowed Chair in the Neurobiology of Learning and MemoryProfessor, Psychiatry and Human BehaviorProfessor, NeurologyDirector, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and MemoryAssociate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Charlie Dunlop School of Biological SciencesUniversity of California, IrvineIowa Neuroscience Institute seminars feature top neuroscientists from around the country sharing their latest...

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