Dr. Helen Weng Speaking at NIH Neuroscience Research Workshop: The Science of Interoception
The NIH workshop will bring together experts from diverse fields in basic neuroscience and clinical research to address two major connections—the one between brain and body and the one between basic research and human or clinical research.
Dr. Helen Weng will be a rapporteur for Session 4: Leveraging and Manipulating Interoception for Disease Intervention, helping to integrate perspectives from basic and clinical researchers. She is interested in how to integrate subjective experiences which are particular to each person, with research methods that aim to systematize across people.
The workshop, to be held on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland, is free and open to the public. You can attend in person or view it online. The deadline for registration for in-person attendance is April 8.
This workshop is sponsored by the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, led by NCCIH and the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research.
Workshop Objectives:
The objective of this workshop is to identify gaps in research related to the science of interoception and its roles in nervous system disorders as well as to develop strategies and recommendations to facilitate the advancement of this area of research. The workshop will bring together expertise from diverse fields in basic neuroscience and clinical research to address two major connections – the connections between brain and body and the connections between basic research and human/clinical research. Areas of focus include: neural circuitry underlying the dynamic interactions between the central and peripheral nervous systems; Interoceptive processes in associated diseases and disorders; effect of modulating interoceptive processes and potential interventions/therapies; and development of technologies and methodologies to enhance interoceptive research.
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The deadline for registration for in-person attendance is April 8.
