ISDP and the DEI Committee are seeking investigators from historically marginalized and underrepresented communities to apply for our inaugural DEI Committee-sponsored symposium, with intention to present at the 2024 Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL, Oct. 2nd-4th). Early-career investigators ((from graduate students to within seven years of earning a Ph.D., M.D., Psy.D., etc.) investigators are especially encouraged to apply. Topics may vary broadly across the spectrum of developmental psychobiology and represent cellular, animal, and/or human models. Symposia Themes: • Perinatal health of Black pregnant individuals • Caregiver brain health and racism/discrimination • Caregiver mental health and racism/discrimination • Bilingualism and cognition • Intergenerational transmission of trauma • Digital mental health in diverse communities Please submit below a 250-word abstract by Wednesday, March 20th. Selected individuals will be notified by Monday, March 25th. Selection does not guarantee presentation at the annual meeting; we will submit the symposium application on Monday, April 1st. By submitting this application, you are confirming that you will be willing and able to present at the annual meeting in-person if the symposium is accepted. Submission Form: bit.ly/isdp-dei-committee-symposium-form Please direct submission questions to: Lana Ruvolo Grasser, Ph.D., DEI Committee Chair, lgrasser@med.wayne.edu Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo, Ph.D., DEI Committee Liaison, jr1679@georgetown.edu Diana Lopera Perez, DEI Committee Member, dlopera@bu.edu For more information on the annual meeting, please see here: https://isdp.org/current/ For more information on symposia submissions, please see here: https://isdp.org/call-for-symposium-submissions-for-isdp-2024/

Call for Speakers: ISDP DEI Committee Symposium

ISDP and the DEI Committee are seeking investigators from historically marginalized and underrepresented communities to apply for our inaugural DEI Committee-sponsored symposium, with intention to present at the 2024 Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL, Oct. 2nd-4th). Early-career investigators ((from graduate students to within seven years of earning a Ph.D., M.D., Psy.D., etc.) investigators are especially encouraged to apply.

The application of fNIRS in the perinatal period, an Artinis Medical Systems sponsored workshop

Presenters: Alexandra Tiano & Rocio Fernandez, Artinis Medical Systems

Currently, wearable fNIRS devices play an important part in many research fields, because they allow measuring oxy-, deoxy- and total hemoglobin concentration changes in more naturalistic paradigms without restrictions. Among others, these measures can be translated into cortical brain activity, when fNIRS is applied on the scalp. In comparison with other neuroimaging techniques (e.g., EEG), fNIRS is not as susceptible to movement artefacts, providing robust data in many real-life scenarios. The characteristics just described, make of fNIRS a very suitable technique to use with young and more sensitive populations, such as newborns, infants and toddlers, for whom flexibility and comfort are of the outmost importance.

During this workshop, we will explain how you can measure activity using fNIRS and discuss the utility of fNIRS within different research fields, such as developmental neuroscience. We will use Artinis wearable fNIRS devices to measure brain activity and show how to work with the devices and the software.

The 2023 Rovee-Collier Mentor Award Winner: Nim Tottenham, PhD, Professor of Psychology Columbia University Department of Psychology

ISDP 2023 Awards Presentation

Description Presentation of ISDP Senior Awards: 4:00 PM The 2023 Rovee-Collier Mentor Award Winner: Nim Tottenham, PhD, with an introduction by one of his mentees, Laurel Gabard-Durnam, Ph.D., Northeastern University VIRTUAL with …

A ‘how-to’ guide to ISDP 2023

Plan in advance. Because of the intimate nature of ISDP, there are no overlapping sessions (which means you will attend everything)! But, it’s impossible to visit every poster, and if you foresee needing a break, make sure you’ve marked which sessions you don’t want to miss. Using the online program is a great way to make sure you’re on track!

Free, FAIR data set at the ISDP Annual Meeting in Utrecht

Free, FAIR data set at the ISDP Annual Meeting in Utrecht. As the YOUth cohort Study of Utrecht University and Utrecht University Medical Hospital we collect developmental data on brain and behavioral development of thousands of children in the Netherlands. We have made our data FAIR and useable for developmental researchers outside the project and even outside the Netherlands. Our data is a highly valuable data set that will allow researchers to answer many research questions in the area of developmental psychology and developmental psychobiology. We’re also a trailblazer for open science and have recently been awarded the Dutch Data Prize. We also closely collaborate with the Open Science Framework, with whom we’ve developed the YOUth Registry.