At the Ramadan Research Symposium

The Second Annual Dr. Raniyah Ramadan Symposium featured speakers from the field of neuroscience, including:

• Dr. Rheal A. Towner, an associate member and director of the Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center, member of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and member of the Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience. Dr. Towner spoke on "Advances in Magnetic Imagining to Help Diagnose Primary Brain Tumors: A focus on Pre-Clinical Evaluations."
• Dr. Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld, director of the Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, Presbyterian Health Foundation Professor of Neuroscience, professor of physiology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and VA Career Scientist.Dr. Greenwood-Van Meerveld spoke on "Visceral Pain: It’s All in Your Head." 
• Dr. Nawajes Mandal, Mandal is an assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and member of the Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience at the OU Health Sciences Center. Dr. Mandal spoke on "Understanding Retinal Degeneration." 
• Niran Hadad, the recipient of the Ramadan Undergraduate Research Scholarship at ECU. Hadad spoke on "Mechanisms of Stress-Induced Bladder Dysfunctions."