2024 Schwab Center Spring Symposium

Dyslexia and Cognitive Diversity: Pathways to Understanding and Innovation

Matthew State, MD, PhD, Marilu Gorno Tempini, MD, PhD, and Stephen Hinshaw, PhD, invite you to the 2024 UCSF-UC Berkeley Schwab Dyslexia and Cognitive Diversity Center Spring Symposium. featuring national experts in dyslexia research and policy and an opportunity to hear about preliminary research supported by the Schwab Innovation Funds.

Register to attend in person at the Pritzker Building or virtually via Zoom.

Session 1: Cognitive Neuroscience and Dyslexia

• Maryanne Wolf, PhD - Lessons from the Reading Brain for Dyslexia and for All Learners
• Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD - Defining the Development of the Infant Brain: Implications for Dyslexia

Session 2: ADHD, Dyslexia, and Educational Interventions

• Andreas Rauschecker, MD, PhD - Brain Anatomy at the Intersection of ADHD and Dyslexia: White Matter Microstructure and Cortical Thickness
• Cynthia Valencia, PhD - Developing Culturally Responsive Systems Change in Collaboration with Minoritized Youth with Learning Disabilities
• Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD - Impact of Rhythm Training on Reading Fluency

Session 3: Emotions and Early Predicators for Reading Performance

• Virginia Sturm, PhD - Laboratory Studies of Emotion: Emerging Insights Into Dyslexia
• Shuting Zheng, PhD - Early Developmental Predictors for Later Academic Performance in Reading: A Longitudinal Study with the Navajo Birth Cohort

Session 4: Ready for School?

• Tyler Ortega - Development of a Practice-Aimed Survey of Dyslexia Knowledge
• Qing Zhou, PhD - School Readiness and Kindergarten Adjustment in Dual Language Learners with Specific Language Impairment

Plus the presentation of the 2024 Innovations Awards