Conferences attendance
The NIH Common Fund organized the 2018 High-Risk, High-Reward Research Symposium. The symposium took place June 6-8, 2018, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Bethesda, MD. The symposium brought together recipients of the NIH Director’s Pioneer, New Innovator, Transformative Research, and Early Independence awards to share their groundbreaking research and discoveries. Dr. Wang attended the symposium…
The College of Education and Human Science (CEHS) offers a scholar enhancement program which helps new faculty members navigator academic career. A team of 14 faculties went to Washington, DC and aimed to meet many officers from different funding agencies including the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institution of Health (NIH), and Institute of Educational…
The Spring Research Fair (Undergraduate Research Conference) was held on April 11, 2018 at the Nebraska Union. UCare students Laura Munn, Ellie Watkins and Nicole Walters presented their research poster titled “Brain connectivity related to executive function in children with and without a familial risk for dyslexia”. They were able to present their findings as…
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants Conference hosted by Kentucky EPSCoR was held in Louisville, KY (June 5-6, 2017). The two-day conference provided many essentials for succeeding in applying for NSF grants. The key message is to ask often and ask early. The program officers at the conference really encouraged faculty to communicate with them…
The 29th annual convention for APS took place in Boston from May 25-29, 2017. A student from Dr. Wang’s former lab presented her poster titled “Investigating protective and compensatory mechanisms in kindergarteners at risk for reading impairment who subsequently develop typical reading skills”. She found socioeconomic status (SES) was significantly higher among children who are…
The Spring Research Fair (Undergraduate Research Conference) was held on April 4, 2017 at the Nebraska Union. UCare students Katie Monson, Laura Munn and Ellie Watkins presented their first research poster titled “Investigating executive function in children at-risk for developmental dyslexia (DD) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)”. Both Katie and Laura’s mother came to…
Dr. Wang attended the CEHS Showcase at City Campus Union: Centennial Room (1400 R Street, Lincoln, NE 68588). Research Team at College of Education and Human Sciences (CEHS) organized this event aiming to facilitate communication among faculty members and advocate research among students.
The Dyslexia Foundation EXTRAORDINARY BRAIN SYMPOSIUM XV with a focus on “The Geschwind – Galaburda Hypothesis 30 years later” was held on June 19-24, 2016 at the Buccaneer Hotel at St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Dr. Wang gave her oral presentation on the topic of Neural substrates of the executive attention network in children at-risk…
Dr. Wang presented her work at the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools (CYFS) Summit on Research in Early Childhood on April 7th at the Lincoln Cornhusker. This is a great opportunity to connect the research, practice and policy communities in Nebraska. This event is being jointly sponsored by CYFS, the…
Dr. Wang attended the 2016 Cognitive Neuroscience Conference held in New York City (NYC) from April 1-5, 2016. Her post’s title is “Development of tract-specific white matter pathways during early reading development in at-risk children and typical controls”. The research findings show white matter alterations and atypical lateralization of the arcuate fasciculus at the prereading…