Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences partners with Island Institute for Trauma Recovery to provide continuing medical education series

The University of New England’s Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences (CEN) has partnered with the Island Institute for Trauma Recovery to offer a continuing medical education series, “Brainstorming: Neuroscience for Psychotherapists.”

Organized by licensed clinical social workers, Deborah Dana, Rudy Skowronski, Phil Deveau and Jen West, from the Island Institute for Trauma Recovery, sessions are being delivered by UNE professors including: Frank Willard, Ph.D., professor of anatomy; David Mokler, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology; Michael Burman, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology; and Glenn Stevenson, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology.

The five part series includes sessions on neuroanatomy, neurotransmitters, trauma, addiction and pain. Approximately 35 people have attended each session thus far.

For more information or to attend future sessions, please contact Deborah Dana, LCSW.

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The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.