(photo: Owen Egan)

McGill on the Move with Karim Nader, Associate Professor and William Dawson Chair, Department of Psychology, McGill University.

"Taming Trauma: How Memories are Acquired, Stored and Recalled"

Life-changing is the only way to describe the research of Karim Nader. His groundbreaking discoveries, focused on the capacity we all have to tone down traumatic memory, offer new hope to people like war veterans and victims of crime. Dr. Nader’s work has earned international recognition and even inspired the Jim Carrey film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind." Join us as we learn more about our mysterious and marvelous brains.

Karim Nader joined McGill in 2001, and now holds the positions of Associate Professor and William Dawson Chair in the Department of Psychology. Before coming to the University, he did his post-doctoral studies in a lab at New York University. His supervisor there recalled that "Karim came into the field of memory like a ball of fire. He had brilliant ideas and a great knack for turning them into experiments - and making the experiments work."

His research has earned him numerous honors and awards, among them the prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship, given to early-career scientists and scholars who are having a major impact on their field. He has also been recognized by the BBC and 60 Minutes, was selected as one of "Canada’s Top 40 Under 40. In 2007, Forbes magazine named him as one of its "10 People Who Could Change the World."

Note: You must pay in advance to reserve your place.

Free parking is available in the International Place parking garage (the event is being held at One International Place). You will receive a time-stamped voucher that will be redeemed at the reception area on the 36th floor. All guests must check in with security in the lobby area, level 1, of One international Place before continuing on to the 36th floor.

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