About the Workshop

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is excited to host a 3-day workshop (NeuroConnect 2025: Advancing Brain Network Research Workshop) from August 13th to 15th, 2025 at Chetola Resort, aimed at uniting senior faculty mentors, junior researchers, and students to explore the latest advancements in brain connectome research. This workshop was designed to strengthen the collaboration between junior researchers and senior mentors, focusing on brain connectome construction and statistical analysis.

Chetola Resort at Blowing Rock, is a 78-acre resort within walking distance of the quaint mountain village of Blowing Rock and adjacent to a 3500-acre National Park nestled within the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina.

It provides a peaceful escape for guests looking to disconnect from their busy lives and gain a closer connection to the natural world while enjoying cozy mountain lodging, upscale comfort food, awe-inspiring activities by day and relaxing hospitality at night which create memories worth sharing.

Location

Address

185 Chetola Lake Drive, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605

Financial Support

This workshop is supported by the NIH grant R25DA058940. Thanks to NIH funding, the workshop’s Scientific Committee is pleased to offer financial support for travel expenses to a limited number of students and junior researchers.

Apply Now For 2025

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Deadline

Priority: May 1st, 2025 11:59 PM EST

Regular: May 15th, 2025 11:59 PM EST

Program 2025 Coming Soon!

Please see details from last year's workshop below

Keynote Speakers 2024

Paul M. Thompson, PhD

Paul Thompson is a Professor in the Keck School of Medicine of USC. His team’s research projects focus on the neuroscience, mathematics, computer science, software engineering and clinical aspects of neuroimaging and brain mapping.

Kamil Ugurbil, PhD

Kamil Ugurbil holds the McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair Professorship and is the founding Director of the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR) at the University of Minnesota. His central research interest is tackling biological problems, particularly in the brain, with new and transformative imaging technologies that involve instrumentation, image acquisition and reconstruction methods.

John Gilmore, M.D.

Dr. Gilmore is the Thad and Alice Eure Distinguished Professor and vice chair for Research and Scientific Affairs in the Department of Psychiatry at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Dr. Gilmore started the Schizophrenia Treatment and Evaluation Program (STEP) in 1992. His research focuses on brain development and risk for schizophrenia, using magnetic resonance imaging to study early brain development in normal and high-risk children, as well as in twins.