ON-LINE Book Raffle!

All MNS Members are eligible!!!
To participate in the book raffle is easy ~ Just complete and submit the on-line raffle ticket below by the end of each month. One entry only per book per member, please. At the end of each month, we will select a winner and send the book to you for free. Winners will be announced at the MNS Monthly Meeting and posted on the website.

June Raffle Winner
The winner of the June Book Raffle was David Nowell from Worcester, MA.  Congratulations David!!!  David won the Neuropsychology of PTSD: Biological, Cognitive, and Clinical Perspectives edited by Jennifer J. Vasterling and Chris R. Brewin.

Next Raffle
Check back in the end of the summer for our September Raffle.

ON LINE RAFFLE TICKET

Lecture Series

NEXT LECTURE: Save the Date! June 13th, 2008
MNS 20th Anniversary GALA and Science Symposium
Guest Speakers: Jane H. Bernstein, Ph.D, John Gabrielli, Ph.D, Donald T. Stuss, Ph.D
Poster Session: Nelson Butters Student Research Award
Now Accepting On Site-Registration Only for Day Program (Sorry, Dinner reservations closed-out)
Hors d'oeuvres, GALA dinner
MIT Faculty Club, 2 PM to 10 PM.
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Directions to Spaulding Rehab

2008 LECTURE SCHEDULE:
First Tuesday of each month (*except where noted).
January 8th, 2008; Kira Armstrong Ph.D.
February 5th, 2008; No lecture - INS in Hawaii.
March 4th, 2008; Nadine Gaab, Childrens Hospital. "fMRI and Mediating Therapies for Dyslexia"
April 1st, 2008; Paul A. Spiers, Ph.D. and Jim Doyle. "Prosopagnosia in the Courtroom"
May 6th, 2008; Carmen Armengol Ph. D.; Kaplan Award. "Neuropsychological Services for Alternative Populations: Cross Cultural and Ecological Perspectives"
June 13th (Friday), 2008 - ***MNS Gala and Science Symposium***
September 9th*, 2008; William Milberg, Ph.D.  "The Neuropsychology of Biological Risk for Age Related Cognitive Disorders".

PREVIOUS LECTURES:
January 10, 2006; Paul A. Spiers, Ph.D.; Neuropsychology & the Law: Assessment in Criminal Litigation.
February 1, 2006 Ken Heilman, M.D. Neglect and Attentional Disorders
March 7, 2006; David Libon, Ph.D. Executive and Working Memory Deficits Associated with the Dementias
April 4, 2006; Richard Deth, Ph.D. Autism: A Metabolic Disorder of Genetic and Environmental Origins Affecting Neural Synchronization
May 2, 2006; Joel Rosenbaum, PhD: Professional Affairs and Neuropsychology Practice Management: Coding and Billing in a Period of Change
Open Business Meeting and Professional Affairs
June 6, 2006; Symposium and Cermack Lecture: Mieke H. Verfaellie, Ph.D.;The Role of the Hippocampus in Relational Memory: Evidence from Amnesia and fMRI
September 12, 2006; Jane Holmes Bernstein. Ph.D.; Evidence-Based Practice in Neuropsychology: What constitutes "evidence"?
October 3, 2006; Aaron Nelson, Ph.D. "Treatment of Memory Problems in Normal Aging and Disease"
Nov 7, 2006; "Neuropsychological Training in New England: What is New in Research and Clinical Opportunities - Roundtable"
Dec 5, 2006; Susan Anderson, Ph.D., Director, Developmental Neuropharmacology Lab, McLean Hospital, "Sensitive Periods of Development and Exposure to Methylphenidate: Implications in Treatment of ADHD"
Jan 9, 2007; MNS Open Meeting/Professional Affairs
March 6, 2007; Ron Calvanio, Ph.D., "Electronic Tracking in Neuropsychiatric Symptom Management"
April 10, 2007; Edward A. (Ted) Peck III, PhD, ABPP-ABCN "National Practice Initiatives in Clinical Neuropsychology"
May 1, 2007; Steve Hughes, PhD, LP, ABPdN. "Development, properties, and clinical applications of the Test of Variables of Attention"
June 5, 2007; Science Symposium: Stephen Rao, PhD: "The Role of fMRI in Preclinical Detection of Neuropsychological Neurodegenerative Disorders"
September 11, 2007; Cermack Lecture and Social. Laura J. Grande, Ph.D. "Memory and Cognitive Changes in Soldiers Returning from Afghanistan and Iraq"
October 2, 2007; Jeremy D. Schmahmann, M.D: " Motor Control to Neuropsychiatry; Evolving perspectives on the cerebellar contribution to cognition and emotion"
November 6, 2007; "Introduction to NEPSY-II", Sally Kemp, PhD University of Missouri, Columbia and Peter Entwistle, PhD, The Psychological Corporation
Tuesday, December 4, 2007; Dr. Sharon Inouye, "Delirium in Older Persons: Update on a Pervasive, Costly, and Treatable Disorder"
Tuesday, January 8, 2008; Kira Armstong, PhD, ABPP; "ABPP Board Certification in Clinical Neuropsychology: Simplifying the Process"
March 4th, 2008; Nadine Gaab, Childrens Hospital. "fMRI and Mediating Therapies for Dyslexia"
April 1st, 2008; Paul A. Spiers, Ph.D. and Jim Doyle. "Prosopagnosia in the Courtroom"
May 6th, 2008; Carmen Armengol Ph. D.; Kaplan Award. "Neuropsychological Services for Alternative Populations: Cross Cultural and Ecological Perspectives"

Directions to Spaulding Rehab.

Continuing education events

***Friday, June 13th, 2008***
MNS Gala and Science Symposium
2 pm - dinner at MIT Faculty Club, Cambridge, MA  (stay tuned for details!)
Jane Bernstein, Ph.D., Don Stuss, Ph.D., John Gabrielli, Ph.D.

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Student Affairs

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Professional Affairs

Board Meetings

The Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society Board convenes on the second Tuesday of each month. Once per year they host an open meeting for all Society Members. For more information about the board contact the President; Joel Rosenbaum, Ph.D

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