Helen Neville
Lab Director Emerita
Brain Development Lab, University of Oregon
Ph.D. Cornell University (Neuropsychology)
M.A. Simon Fraser University (Psychology)
B.A. University of British Columbia (Psychology)
Email:  neville@uoregon.edu

Research Interests:

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Professional Service

2016 – present   Professor Emerita

1999-2016	Member, Executive Committee, Brain, Biology & Machine Initiative, University of Oregon
1999-2016	Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Oregon
1995-2016	Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Oregon
1995-2016	Director, Brain Development Lab, Psychology Dept., University of Oregon

Selected Honors and Awards

2014	National Academy of Sciences
2013	Distinguished Cognitive Scientist Award, UC Merced
2013	RHSU Edu-Scholar Presence Rankings for 2012
2012	William James Fellow Award, Assoc. for Psychological Science
2012	Honorary Degree, Georgetown University
2012	Hebb Ledcturer, Georgetown University
2011	Keynote Address, International Mind, Brain, and Education Society
2011	Recipient, Fondation Ipsen Neuronal Plasticity Prize
2008	Distinguished Lecturer, University of Toronto
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	Particiipant, Mind & Life Institute XII meeting with the Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, India
2003	Keynote Speaker, Symosium for Queen’s 60th Birthday, “The Children in Her Majesty’s Crown”, Stockholm
2002-present	Recipient, Robert and Beverly Lewis Endowed Chair
2001-present	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-present	Panel Chair, Sackler Institute for Human Brain Development
1998-present	Assoc. Editor, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
1998	Invited address, Society for Neuroscience
1998	Member, National Science Foundation Workshop on Cognitive Neuroscience
1998	Sprague Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania
1996-present	Member, Board of Governors, Cognitive Neuroscience Society
1993-1997	Claude Pepper Award

Recent Grants

2013-2018	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, (90YR0076-01-00), Principal Investigator, Broader Implementation of a Successful Dual-Generation Intervention in Partnership with Head Start.
2011-2015	U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, (NCER R305A110398), Principal Investigator. Training Attention in At-Risk Preschoolers: Expansion of our Successful Program to a Wider Population Within Head Start.
2011-2014	U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (NCER R305A110397), Principal Investigator. Longitudinal Follow-up of Successful Parent-Child Intervention in Pre-school Children At Risk for School Failure.

Short Biography

Helen Neville uses psychophysical, electrophysiological (ERP), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to study the development and plasticity of the human brain. Over the course of this research, her lab has observed that different brain systems and related functions display markedly different degrees or ‘profiles’ of neuroplasticity. Guided by these findings, she is conducting a program of research on the effects of different types of training on brain development and cognition on typically developing children and parents living in poverty. These studies will contribute to a basic understanding of the nature and mechanisms of human brain plasticity, as well as contribute to the design and implementation of educational programs especially those that close the inequality between lower and higher socioeconomic status.

Neville 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 numerous honors including election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fondation Ipsen Neuronal Plasticity Prize, Transforming Education through Neuroscience Award (IMBES), Hebb Lecturer, Dalhousie University, Honorary Degree, Georgetown University, William James Fellow Award (APS) and the National Academy of Science Award. She 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.  Her DVD on brain development and neuroplasticity for non-brain scientists:  changingbrains.org.

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