Invited Keynote: Talin Babikian

 Individual and environmental factors will be presented as contextual considerations in the clinical practice of neuropsychology and applications in biomedical research.  Common myths and dogmas will be explored across clinical conditions, with several common themes identified, including biology’s dependence on the environment as well, the artificial nature of commonly held dichotomies, as well as the contextual nature of illness-related prognoses and outcomes. 

 

  

Learning objectives:  Delegates will be able to:

1. Identify common dogmas in the biomedical sciences, specifically relevant in neuropsychology.

2. Identify potent resilience factors across clinical conditions.

3. Identify at least one way the framework presented translates to the delegtate’s own clinical or research practice.

 

 Level: Basic through experienced. Sll levels of professional experience will be able to glean content that will be relevant to their specialty area of clinical and/or research focus.

  

Presenter: Talin Babikian, PhD

Dr Dr. Talin Babikian is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and Associate Clinical Professor in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.  She is also Associate Director of the UCLA BrainSPORT Program, an inter-departmental and multi-disciplinary program for identifying and treating brain injuries — including concussions — in youth and professional athletes, where she oversees the Sports Neuropsychology Fellowship training program.  She is actively involved in clinical research identifying biopsychosocial markers of repair, recovery, and outcomes following a brain injury in childhood. She has authored and presented several works on this topic in academic journals and at professional seminars nationally and internationally.

  

Keywords: neuropsychology, clinical practice, performance frameworks and interpretation