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Kennedy Center Lectures on Development and Developmental Disabilities: Caroline Robertson, Ph.D.

Date: April 11, 2024

Time: 4:10PM to 5:10PM

Location: OMC 241 and online


Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Lecture on Development and Developmental Disabilities: Title TBD

Caroline Robertson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College

Thursday, Apr. 11, 2024, 4:10-5:10 p.m. CT
OMC 241, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center/One Magnolia Circle Building

Details forthcoming.

About the Speaker:Dr. Caroline Robertson is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth. Her research uses cognitive neuroscience approaches to understand memory, perception, and neurodiversity. Dr. Robertson received her B.A. from Columbia University, where she studied neuroscience and philosophy. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, where she trained as a Gates-Cambridge Scholar and an NIH-Cambridge Fellow with Dr. Chris I Baker (National Institutes of Health) and Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen (Cambridge). She performed her postdoctoral research at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT with Dr. Nancy Kanwisher. In 2013, Dr. Robertson was elected to the Harvard Society of Fellows as a Junior Fellow. She has been named a NARSAD Young Investigator of the Brain and Behavior Foundation (2015), a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (2016), and an NSF CAREER Awardee (2022).

For more information, call (615) 322-8240.

There will be registration for in-person attendance and virtual registration through Microsoft Teams. A Teams link will be created when more details are solidified.


For accessibility information or to request an accommodation

Contact kc@vumc.org or 615-322-8240 for disability access information; 2 weeks advance notice is recommended for some accommodations (e.g., Braille, signing).