Outreach

How your genes might affect your jean size with Dr. Santhosh Girirajan, Professor of Genomics; Professor of Anthropology; Department Head of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Eberly College of Science // feature for the Associated Press

What happens to your body when you have a nightmare? with Dr. Patrick Drew, Associate Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences; Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, of Neurosurgery, of Biology, and of Biomedical Engineering, and Dr. Nikki Crowley, Director of the Penn State Neuroscience Institute and Associate Professor of Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Neurosurgery, both in the Eberly College of Science // feature for the Associated Press

Experts say there's no link between vaccines and autism with Dr. Suzy Scherf, Professor of Psychology, and Dr. Craig Newschaffer, Professor of Biobehavioral Health and the Raymond E. and Erin Stuart Schultz Dean of the College of Health and Human Development // feature for the Associated Press

Stress could be a contributing factor for Alzheimer's and dementia with Dr. Patrick Drew, Associate Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences; Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, of Neurosurgery, of Biology, and of Biomedical Engineering, in the Eberly College of Science // feature for the Associated Press

Cause of autism could be a complex web of genetics with Dr. Santhosh Girirajan, Professor of Genomics; Professor of Anthropology; Department Head of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Eberly College of Science // feature for the Associated Press

Nikki Crowley, Director of the Penn State Neuroscience Institute and Associate Professor of Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Neurosurgery, in the Eberly College of Science, and Jayatri Das, Chief Bioscientist of The Franklin Institute “Risky Business: Neural Navigation of Decision Making" for the 2025 Science Matters lecture series, hosted by the Penn State Eberly College of Science

Nicole Lazar, Department Head of Statistics in the Eberly College of Science, “Functional Neuroimaging in the Era of Big Data and Open Science" for the 2024 Ashtekar Frontiers in Science lecture series, hosted by the Penn State Eberly College of Science

Watch Nikki Crowley, Director of the Penn State Neuroscience Institute, Associate Professor of Biology in the Eberly College of Science, and Jeffrey Borenstein, CEO of the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, on PBS's Healthy Minds

Learn more about Penn State Neuroscience Institute faculty and research in "Science in 90 Seconds"

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