Helen J Neville

Helen J. Neville
Lab Director
^{Brain Development Lab, University of Oregon}

^{Ph.D. Cornell University (Neuropsychology)}
^{M.A. Simon Fraser University (Psychology)}
^{B.A. University of British Columbia (Psychology)}
e-mail: neville@uoregon.edu

Main Research Interests:

See Research

Professional Service:

1999-present Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Oregon

1998-2005 Associate Director, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon

1995-present Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Oregon

1995-present Director, Brain Development Lab, Psychology Dept., University of Oregon

Selected Honors and Awards:

2007 Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2007 Invited Address, Society for Research in Child Development

2007 Landsdowne Lecturer, University of Victoria

2005 Keynote Addresses, Cognitive Development Society Biennial Meeting and Emory Cognition Project Conference on Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

2004 Participant, Mind & Life Institute XII meeting with the Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, India

2003 Keynote Speaker, Symposium for Queen's 60th Birthday, "The Children in Her Majesty's Crown" Stockholm

2002 Recipient, Robert and Beverly Lewis Endowed Chair

2001 Member, Society of Experimental Psychologists

2001 Fellow, The American Psychological Society

2000 Recipient, Justine and Yves Sergent Award, Montreal, Canada

1999-2003 Distinguished Lecturer, Florida State University, Duke University, University of Maryland, University of Washington, and University of Texas, Health Science Center, Houston

1998-2001 Panel Chair, Sackler Institute for Human Brain Development

1998 Invited address, Society for Neuroscience

1998 Member, National Academy of Science Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy

1998 Presidential Lecturer, Society for Neuroscience

1998-present Associate Editor, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience and Developmental Science

1996-present Member, Board of Governors, Cognitive Neuroscience Society

1993-1997 Claude Pepper Award

Current Grants:

1978-2012 National Institutes of Health (NINCDS Grant 1 RO1 NS14365). Principal Investigator. The Development of Cerebral Specializations. Javits Neurosciences Investigator Award from NIDCDS, continued as Claude Pepper Award NIDCD Grant RO1 DC00128.

1988-2012 National Institutes of Health (NINCDS Grant 1 RO1 NS26102). Principal Investigator. Neurocognitive Development in Typically Developing, At-Risk and ESL Children, continued as NIDCD Grant RO1 DC00481.

2002-2005 Human Frontiers Science Program, J. Werker, Principal Investigator. Plasticity and Specificity in Subsystems of Language in the Developing Brain.

2001-2004 DOD Medical Research Acquisition Activity (DAMD17-01-0750). Principal Investigator. Acquisition of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) System for Cognitive Neuroscience.

Short biography:

Helen J. Neville was awarded the B.A. degree from the University of British Columbia, an M.A. from Simon Fraser University and Ph.D. from Cornell University. Her postdoctoral training was at the University of California, San Diego in the Department of Neurosciences. Her major research interests are the biological constraints and the role of experience in neurosensory and neurocognitive development in humans. Methods include behavioral measures and event-related brain potentials (ERPs), and structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Her work experience includes Director of the Laboratory for Neuropsychology at the Salk Institute and Professor, Department of Cognitive Science, UCSD.

Dr. Neville is currently The Robert and Beverly Lewis Endowed Chair and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Director of the Brain Development Lab, and Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Oregon in Eugene. She has published in many books and journals including Nature, Nature Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Cerebral Cortex and Brain Research. She has received many honors and is a member of the Board of Governors of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, the Academic Panel of Birth to Three and is active in many educational outreach programs. She is a Member of the Executive Committee for the Brain, Biology & Machine Initiative at the University of Oregon.

Publications:

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^{Last Update May 31, 2007}