DR. SEBASTIÁN LIPINA CURRICULUM VITAE 1. PERSONAL DATA Name: LIPINA, Sebastián Javier Date of Birth: September, 28, 1968 Nationality: Argentinean Civil status: Married, two children Fax #: 54-11-5-299-0100 Ext 2712 E-mail: lipina@gmail.com 2. PRESENT POSITION National Council of Research (CONICET), Assistant Investigator (tenure since 2005). Ministery of Education, Categorized Researcher (since 2004). Co-Director of the Unit of Applied Neurobiology (UNA), Medical Center of Clinical Research (CEMIC) and National Council of Research (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina (since 2005). Full Professor, Department of Psychopedagogy, School of Humanities, National University of San Martin, Argentina. Subject: Social vulnerability and cognitive development: Contributions from Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience perspective (since 2004). Scientific Coordinator of the Applied Educational Research Center (CIPA). University of San Martin, Argentina (since 2010). 3. GRADUATE STUDIES Graduated in 1993 as Psychologist from the School of Psychology at the University of Belgrano, Argentina. 4. POST-GRADUATE STUDIES About behavior: theory and descriptive strategies. Center of High Studies in Basic Sciences, Buenos Aires, 1990. Instinct and learning. Neurobiology Institute, National Council of Research, Buenos Aires, 1992. Biostatistics. PRUNA-CEMIC, Buenos Aires, 1993. Annual Course in Clinical Psychology. Alvear Psychiatry Hospital, Buenos Aires Government, 1994.
Annual Course in Basic Psychiatry. Alvear Psychiatry Hospital, Buenos Aires Government, 1994. Annual Course in Clinical Psychology. Alvear Psychiatry Hospital, Buenos Aires Government, 1995. Environmental enrichment in non human primates. Experimental Station of Wild Non- Human Primates, Buenos Aires, 1996. Annual Course in Family Psychology. Health Center Number 3, Buenos Aires Government, 1996. Emotional regulation of learning. School of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, 1997. Image Analysis Workshop. Leika Inc., Cambridge, UK, 1999. Advanced Statistics, School of Medicine, CEMIC University Institute, Buenos Aires, 2001. Development of attention processes and disorders (Dr. Marise Lassonde, University of Montreal). School of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 2001 Development of language and disorders (Dr. Michel Habib, La Timone Hospital in Marseille). School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 2001. Developmental Neuropsychology. School of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 2001. Cognitive rehabilitation. Neuropsychiatry Argentinean Society, Buenos Aires, 2001. Online Course: Infant and toddler development. Global Early Intervention Network, Northeastern University, Boston, USA, 2001. Philosophy of Science. School of Humanities, National University of San Martin, Argentina, 2003. Education and constructivism. Latin-American University of Social Sciences (FLACSO) and Autonomous University of Madrid (UNA), Buenos Aires, 2003-2004. Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of California at Santa Bárbara, 2009. 5. DOCTORATE Doctoral Thesis in Psychology (San Luis National University, San Luis, Argentina): "Poverty effects on cognitive performance in Argentinean preschoolers"] (Dissertation: 2004). 6. TEACHING Teaching Assistantship, School of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Subject: Neurophysiology. Period: 1992-1996. Teaching Assistantship, School of Psychology, University of Belgrano, Argentina. Subject: Psychophysiopathology. Period: 1993-1995.
Teaching Assistantship, School of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Subject: Research Methodology. Period: 1996-1998. Teaching Assistantship, School of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Subject: Neurophysiology. Period: 2000-2002. Member of the Superior Council of the Argentinean Health Olympiad, School of Medicine, (University of Buenos Aires) and World Health Organization. Period: 1997-2002. Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, CEMIC University Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Subject: Research Methodology. Period: 2001-2004. Assistant Professor, School of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Subject: Introduction to clinical and experimental approaches in the study of child development. Period: 2003. Evaluation and interdisciplinary intervention strategies for children. Health Ministery, Province of Mendoza, Argentina, July 2007. 6. CLINICAL BACKGROUND Visitor of External Clinics in the Psychiatry Hospital Torcuato de Alvear, City of Buenos Aires Government. Period: 1994-1995. Concurrent of Couple and Family Clinics in the Mental Health Center Nº 3 Arturo Ameghino, City of Buenos Aires Government. Period: 1995-1997. Concurrent of Preschool Clinics in the Pedro de Elizalde Hospital of Pediatrics, City of Buenos Aires Government. Period: 1998. 7. RESEARCH External Investigator of the San Luis National University, San Luis, Argentina. Period: 2001-2004. Coordinator of the School Intervention Program (Cognitive Stimulation for preschoolers). Supported by UNICEF. Period: 2002-2004. External adviser of the Action against Hunger Organization in Argentina. Period: since 2004. Coordinator of the Project Program of Cognitive Stimulation, supported by the Government of the Province of Buenos Aires (Human Development Ministery), Argentina, Period: 2005. Coordinator of the Project Program of Cognitive Stimulation, supported by the Government of the Province of Salta (Secretary of Childhood and Family), Argentina, Period: 2005. Coordinator of the Project PICT-2000 04-8434 "Environmental and nutritional influences on executive performance of preschool and school children", supported by the National Agency of Scientific and Technological Promotion. Period: 2002-2006.
Member of the Project Early emergency of cognitive control competences in preschoolers: Socioeconomic and cultural modulations. Collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia (Dr. Adele Diamond), and the Child Study Center, University of Yale (Dr. Linda Mayes). Period: since 2006. Director of the Project Social inequalities and school achievement: risk predictor analysis aimed to contribute with public interventions, supported by the National Ministery of Education. Period: 2007-2008. Director of the Project PICTO-36393 Multidisciplinary design of teaching proposals aimed to optimize cognitive competences and early learning (mathematics and language) in children at social risk, supported by the National Agency of Scientific and Technological Promotion. Period: 2008-2009. Director of the Project PICT-18-38202 Application of the concept of brain plasticity: Social risk and children cognitive development, supported by the National Agency of Scientific and Technological Promotion. Period: 2007-2010. Codirector of the Project Promotion of school competences through a training program (software) of basic neurocognitive processes (with Dr. Mariano Sigman from University of Buenos Aires and National Council of Research). Period: since 2007. Member of the Project PICT-2006 694 Impact of complex environmental on glial cortical organization and reorganization, supported by the National Agency of Scientific and Technological Promotion. Period: 2008-2010. Member of the Project Impact of cognitive training on synaptic and extra-synaptic glial components in non-human primates, supported by Fundación Conectar. Period: 2008-2010. Director of the Project Complex and ecological approaches to analyze the impact of poverty on child development. Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP, Norway) Unidad de Neurobiología Aplicada (UNA, CEMIC-CONICET). Period: 2010-2012. 6. FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS University of Buenos Aires, School of Psychology: Research Production Prize, 1994. Post Graduate Fellow of the National Council of Research (CONICET). Theme: Cellular transplant performed in an experimental Parkinsonism model, 1996-1998. Post Graduate Fellow of the National Council of Research (CONICET). Theme: Cellular transplant performed in an experimental parkinsonism model, 1998-2000. Post Graduate Fellow of the Conectar Foundation for the Advancement of Neuroscience. Theme: Early cognitive development, 2000-2005. Honor Mention from Argentine Association for the Progress of Science: Cognitive performance of preschoolers from Unsatisfied Basic Needs homes: evaluated proposals for it optimization. Segretin, M.S., Cristiani, V., Vuelta, B.L., Martelli, M.I., Gorga, M., Blanco, M., Lipina, S.J., Colombo, J.A., 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow of the National Council of Research (CONICET). Theme: Poverty and cognitive development, 2005-2006. Courtesy Faculty at the Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, USA, 2005.
Invited Researcher to the Symposium Early Education and Human Brain Development, Center of Mathematic Modeling, University of Chile, 2007. Distinguished Resident at the Westminster College, Salt Lake City, USA, 2008. Invited Researcher at the Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University, USA, 2009. 7. SCIENTIFIC VISITS Department of Anatomy (Dr. Roberts), University of Cambridge, UK, 1999. Department of Experimental Psychology (Dr. Robbins), University of Cambridge, UK, 1999. Porton Down Experimental Primate Center (Dr. Pearce), Salisbury, UK, 1999. Department of Experimental Psychology (Dr. McGoniggle), University of Edinburgh, UK, 1999. Department of Psychology (Dr. Posner, Dr. Rothbart), University of Oregon, USA, 2005 (Courtesy Faculty). Brain Development Laboratory (Dr. Helen Neville), University of Oregon, USA, 2005. Department of Psychiatry (Dr. Adele Diamond), University of British Columbia, Canada, 2005. Study Child Center (Dr. Linda Mayes), Yale University, USA, 2005. PACE Center (Dr. Linda Jarvin), Yale University, USA, 2005. Center for Cognitive Neuroscience (Dr. Martha Farah), University of Pennsylvania, USA, 2005. Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University (Dr. Bruce McCandliss), USA, 2005. Department of Psychology, University of Utah (Dr. Fran Friedrich), Salt Lake City USA, 2008. The Brain Biology and Machine Initiative, University of Oregon (Dr. Michael I. Posner, Dr. Mary Rothbart), Eugene, USA, 2008. Brain Development Laboratory, Collage of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory (Dr. Helen Neville), Eugene, USA, 2008. Oregon Social Learning Center (Dr. Philip Fisher), Eugene, USA, 2008. Pan-American Organization of Health (Dr. Adrián Díaz), Lima, Perú, 2008. Ministry of Education (Prof. Rocío Flores), Lima, Perú, 2008. The Brain Biology and Machine Initiative, University of Oregon, Prof. Michael Posner and Mary Rothbart, Eugene (USA), 2009. Brain Development Laboratory, Collage of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon, Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Prof. Helen Neville, Eugene (USA), 2009.
Department of Applied Psychology and Teaching & Learning. Prof. Sandee McLowry. New York University, New York City (USA), 2009. Child Developing Center, Harvard University. Prof. Jack Shonkoff. Cambridge (USA), 2009. 8. SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) American Psychological Association (APA) Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) Argentinean Behavior Science Association (AACC) 9. MEETING ORGANIZATION Organizer and Coordinator of the First National Meeting of Research in Poverty and Mental Health Development, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2001. Coordinator of the Second National Meeting of Research in Poverty and Mental Health Development, Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2002. Coordinator of the Third National Meeting of Research in Poverty and Mental Health Development, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2004. Member of the Scientific Committee of IX National Meeting of Neuroscience Lectureships Neuroscience, learning and society, School of Humanities, National University of San Martin, 2006. Member of the Scientific Committee of the Academic Workshop Rethinking poverty and children in the new millennium: Linking research and policy. Childwatch International Research Network and the Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP). Oslo, Norway, 2007 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Annual Meeting of the Argentinean Society of Behavioral Sciences. Buenos Aires, 2009. International Workshop Connected research on poverty, development and health in Latin America: A synergy conference. University of Bergen-CROP, Norway, 2009. The neurocognitive science of social inequality: Cross cultural laboratory and community approaches. American Psychological Society (APS), Boston (USA), 2010. 10. PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS AND COMMUNICATIONS Behavior of hemiparkinsonian non human primates in motor and cognitive tasks. Emborg ME, Lipina S, Goland J, Colombo JA. Argentinean Medical Association, 1992.
Functional asymmetries in normal and long-term MPTP-treated monkeys: effects of GM1. Emborg ME, Lipina S, Goland J, Abel C, Colombo J.A. 22nd. Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, 1992. Handedness in Cebus apella monkeys. Lipina S, Emborg ME, Goland J, Abel C, Colombo J.A. Argentinian Clinical Research Society, 1992. Motor learning in non-treated and MPTP-treated monkeys. Emborg ME, Abel C, Lipina S, Goland J, Colombo JA. Argentinean Clinical Research Society, 1992. Cognitive processing asymmetries: an experimental approach. Lipina S, Colombo JA, Allegri R. III Latin-American Congress in Neuropsychology, 1993. Cognitive assessment in non-human primates. Abel C, Lipina S, Goland J, Barrera S, Colombo JA. Argentinian Clinical Research Society, 1993. Reactive gliosis: a characterization. Yáñez A., Puissant V., Lipina S., Lotersztain P. and Colombo J.A. First European Meeting on Glial Cell Function in Health and Disease, 1994. Experimental astrocytosis in rat telencephalic structures. Yáñez A, Lipina S, Puissant V, Lotersztain P, Colombo JA. XVIII Latin-American Congress in Physiological Sciences, 1994. Performance in AnotB task by adult cebus apella monkeys under indoor captivity conditions. Lipina S, Diquattro M, Frak VG, Colombo JA. Fourth IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, 1995. The cerebral cortex of adult new world monkeys express long, interlaminar astrocytic processes. Puissant V, Colombo JA, Yáñez A, Lipina S. Fourth IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, 1995. Local cortical and striatal astrocytic response to mechanical injury in adult rats: effects of NGF, a-ngf and a-fgf. Yáñez A, Puissant V, Lipina S, Lotersztain P, Colombo JA. Fourth IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, 1995. Influences of Unsatisfied Basic Needs (UBN) on cognitive development of a population of Argentinean children. Lipina S, Diquattro M, Frak VG, Colombo JA. III Meeting in Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, 1996. Asymmetries in spatial search strategies in non human primates (Cebus apella). Lipina S, Diquattro M, Frak VG, Colombo JA. III Meeting in Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, 1996. Development of cognitive functions: environmental impact. Lipina S, Frak VG, Diquattro M, Yáñez A, Colombo JA. Second National Meeting of Health and Population, Gino Germani Institute, School of Social Sciences, Buenos Aires University, 1997. Motor and cognitive dysfunctions in parkinsonian monkeys. Lipina S. First National Congress in Neuroscience and Mental Health, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, 1998. Environmental effects on the immunoreactive astroglia expression in frontal and cingulate cortices in rats: a laminar study. Gayol SB, Lipina S, Colombo JA. Fifth International IBRO Congress in Neuroscience, Jerusalem, July 1999.
Astroglial cell transplantation improve performance in a Delayed Response Task in Cebus apella monkeys. Lipina S, Yáñez A, Nagle CA, Colombo JA. Fifth International IBRO Congress in Neuroscience, Jerusalem, July 1999. Unsatisfied Basic Needs affect planning in preschool children. Vuelta B, Martelli MI, Lipina S, Bisio N, Colombo JA. Argentinian Clinical Research Society, 2000. Cognitive development and poverty. Lipina, S. First National Meeting of Research in Poverty and Mental Health Development, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2001. WPPSI: Performance in children from Unsatisfied Basic Needs homes. Martelli, M.I., Vuelta, B., Lipina, S., Colombo, J.A. VIII Meeting in Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, 2001. Dissociated effect of SES on executive performance in preschool children. Martelli, M.I., Vuelta, B., Lipina, S., Colombo, J.A. VIII Research Meeting of the Argentinian Behavior Science Association, 2001. SES impact on Tower of London performance in preschoolers. Vuelta, B., Martelli, M.I., Lipina, S., Colombo, J.A. VIII Research Meeting of the Argentinian Behavior Science Association, 2001. Dissociated effect of socioeconomic status on executive functioning in a sample of Argentinian preschoolers. Lipina S., Martelli M.I., Vuelta B., Colombo J.A. Second Biannual Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society (USA) (2001). Executive assessment of 3- to 5-year-old children from Satisfied and Unsatisfied Basic Needs homes. Lipina, S., Vuelta, B., Martelli, M.I., Injoque Ricle, I., Colombo, J.A. Second National Meeting of Research in Poverty and Mental Health Development, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2002. Problem solving and training of inhibitory control processes in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Lipina, S., Colombo, J.A. IX Research Meeting of the Argentinian Behavior Science Association, 2003. Social resources and stressors of the sample of the Intervention School Program (PIE). Injoque Ricle, I., Martelli, M.I., Vuelta, B.L., Lipina, S., Colombo, J.A. IX Research Meeting of the Argentinian Behavior Science Association, 2003. Stimulation of planning processes in preschool children from Unsatisfied Basic Needs homes. Martelli, M.I., Vuelta, B.L., Injoque Ricle, I., Lipina, S.J., Colombo, J.A. IX Research Meeting of the Argentinian Behavior Science Association, 2003. Associations between anxiety, depression and perception of problem-behaviors in mothers from the Intervention School Program (PIE). Vuelta, B.L., Martelli, M.I., Injoque Ricle, I., Lipina S.J., Colombo, J.A. IX Research Meeting of the Argentinian Behavior Science Association, 2003. Poverty mediator's mechanisms in early cognitive development. Lipina, S. XII Narciso Lopez Hospital Research Meeting, 2003. Executive components: experimental and clinical approaches. Lipina S. VIII National Congress of Psychological Assessment, 2003. Neural plasticity in the MPTP-treated parkinsonian monkey: Dissociated responses of cognitive and motor performances. Lipina, S.J., Colombo, J.A. Neurologic Restauration, La Habana, Cuba (2004).
Use of a computer urban planning simulation: Constructivist proposal. First Meeting on Constructivism and Education. Latino-american University of Social Sciences, 2004. Motor and cognitive dissociation in pre-trained and in glial cell-transplanted MPTPtreated Cebus apella monkeys. Lipina, S., Colombo, J.A. II International Congress on Neuroregeneration, Brasil, 2004. Developmental and nutritional status analysis of 6-year-old children living in poverty in the Gran San Miguel de Tucumán (Argentina). Diaz, A., Echeverría H., Lipina, S.J., Navarro, A.M., Masaútis, A., Mineo, B., Gómez, A. X Argentinean Congreso of Social Pediatry, Buenos Aires, 2005. Improvement of cognitive performance of preschoolers from Unsatisfied Basic Needs homes. Segretin M.S., Vuelta B.L., Martelli M.I., Cristiani V.A., Blanco M., Lipina S.J., Colombo J.A. Science and Technology Biennial, Government of Province of Buenos Aires, La Plata, 2005. Cognitive Stimulation for children living in poverty: Neuroscience approach. Lipina S.J., Segretin M.S., Martelli M.I., Vuelta B.L., Cristiani V., Blanco M., Colombo J.A. Science and Technology Biennial, Government of Province of Buenos Aires, La Plata, 2005. Contributions of Neuroscience to study of poverty impact on child cognitive development. Lipina, S.J. Forum of Education, National University of San Martín, Buenos Aires, 2006. Social risk and Cognitive Neuroscience. Considerations to the design of graduate programmes. Lipina, S.J. 9th National Meeting of School of Neuroscience, Buenos Aires, 2006. Cognitive stimulation of groups of preschoolers in at risk contexts. Blanco, M., Martelli, M.I., Cristiani, V.A., Segretin, M.S., Vuelta, B.L., Lipina, S.J., Colombo, J.A. 3rd National Meeting of Public Policy, Buenos Aires, 2006. Brain plasticity and cognition in the study of poverty impacts on child development. Lipina, S.J., Martelli, M.I., Vuelta, B.L., Segretin, M.S., Cristiani, V., Blanco, M., Massón, N., Park, J., Curtarelli, A., Colombo, J.A. 13th Internacional Congreso of Psychiatry, Buenos Aires, 2006. Cognitive stimulation of 3- to 5-year-olds poor children: Comparative evaluation of different modalities. Segretin, M.S., Cristiani, V.A., Blanco, M., Martelli, M.I., Vuelta, B.L., Lipina, S.J., Colombo, J.A. 1st National Congress of Psychology, Rosario, 2006. Social vulnerability and learning opportunities: Neuroscience contributions. Lipina, S.J. 2 nd. International Congress of Education, Neuquen, 2007. Components of cognitive control processes in preschoolers from poor and non-poor homes. Lipina, S.J., Segretin, M.S., Hermida, M.J., Benarós, S., Colombo, J.A., Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, USA, 2008. Predictors of cognitive control processing increments in preschoolers from poor homes after cognitive training interventions. Segretin, M.S., Lipina, S.J., Benarós, S., Hermida, M.J., Colombo, J.A. Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, USA, 2008. Social inequity and school competences: Identification of risk predictors for public intervention design. International Seminary and Educational Research: Problems and challenges to guarantee educational rights. Ministry of Education (Argentina), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2008.
Neurocognitive perspectives in the análisis of social vulnerability during child development. International Congress on Poverty and Psychology, Huancayo, Perú, 2008. Desarrollo Infantil: Complejidad e intervención (Child Development: Complexity and intervention). Lipina, S.J. Simposio: Nutrición en el ciclo de vida. Centro sobre Nutrición Infantil (CESNI). Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2009. Perspectivas neurocognitivas en el análisis de la vulnerabilidad social durante el desarrollo infantil (Neurocognitive perspectives in the analysis of social vulnerability during child development). Lipina, S.J. Jornadas 20mo. Aniversario de la Creación de la Unidad de Violencia Familiar Hospital Pedro de Elizalde Prevenciones posibles en violencia familiar. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2009. Ecological and transactional approaches to child development: Proposals for designing both Basic and applied research policies. Lipina, S.J. Early Childhood Development Global Children s Initiative. Developing Child Center, Harvard University. Cambridge, USA, 2009. Aportes conceptuales y metodológicos de la Neurociencia Cognitiva a las intervenciones experimentales y comunitarias durante el desarrollo infantil (Conceptual and methodological contributions from Cognitive Neuroscience to experimental and community interventions). Lipina, S.J. Simposio Internacional de Neurociencias, Salud y Bienestar Comunitario. Universidad Nacional de San Luis, San Luis, 2009. Contribuciones de la Neurociencia Cognitiva del Desarrollo al análisis del impacto de la pobreza sobre el desempeño cognitivo y el diseño de intervenciones (Cognitive Neuroscience contributions in the análisis of childhood poverty). Lipina, S.J. XII Reunión Nacional y I Encuentro Internacional de la Asociación Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento. Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires, 2009. Mate Marote: Interacting with children s minds. Goldin, A., Winograd, M., Costa, M.E., Bruno, C., Lipina, S.J., Sigman, M. I Reunión Conjunta de Neurociencias (IRCN). XI Taller Argentino de Neurociencias. XVII Reunión de la Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencias (SAN), Córdoba, 2009. Research on childhood poverty as an ecological model for the integration of Developmental Health and Social Sciences. Lipina, S.J. International Workshop Connected research on poverty, development and health in Latin America: A synergy conference. University of Bergen, Noruega, 2009. Assessing cognition in social vulnerable infants and children. Lipina, S.J. International Conference Neurocognitive development in children: Science and applications. The Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS) and Abbott Nutrition R&D, Pacific Asia. Singapore, 2009. Procesos cognitivos de control: su emergencia temprana y modificación en niños de 3 a 5 años en condiciones de vulnerabilidad social [Control cognitive processes: early emergency and modification in preschoolers living in social vulnerability conditions]. Segretin, M.S., Hermida, M.J., Lipina, S.J., Colombo, J.A. Encuentro de investigadores en Desarrollo Cognitivo y aprendizaje. Instituto Rosario de Investigación en Ciencias de la Educación (IRICE-CONICET). Rosario, 2010. Cognitive sciences and child poverty: facts and challenges. D Angiulli, A., Lipina, S.J. Symposio: The neurocognitve science of social inequality: Cross cultural laboratory and community approaches. American Psychological Society (APS), Boston, USA, 2010.
Research on childhood poverty and executive control from a cognitive neuroscience perspective. Lipina, S.J., Segretin, M.S., Hermida, M.J. 40th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society Self-Regulation and Autonomy: Exploring social, developmental, and educational currents of human conduct. St. Louis, USA, 2010. 11. SELECTED SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES Brain plasticity: effects of environment on behavior. National Hospital of Pediatrics Prof. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1998. Parkinsonism induced by MPTP and non conventional therapeutics strategies. School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1998. Astroglial cell transplantation improves performance in a Delayed Response Task in Cebus apella monkeys. Members of the Experimental Psychology and Anatomy Departments, University of Cambridge, UK, 1999. Psychosocial development in preschoolers. General Direction of Private Schools, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, 2001. Poverty and executive functioning. Commission of Education, National Senate, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2001. Early childhood programs for Argentinean poor children. Medical Research Institute Alfredo Lanari, 2002. Effects of Poverty on executive function performance of Argentinean preschoolers. Department of Psychology (Dr. Posner, Dr. Rothbart team), University of Oregon, USA, 2005. School Intervention Program for children living in poverty: A Neuroscience approach. Department of Psychology (Dr. Posner, Dr. Rothbart team), University of Oregon, USA, 2005. Poverty and intervention effects in poor preschoolers. Brain Development Laboratory (Dr. Neville team), University of Oregon, USA, 2005. Poverty and Cognitive Development: Definitions and Intervention Strategies. Argentinean Pediatric Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2005. Poverty, Cognitive Development and Education. Institute for Development of Business Studies, Government of the Province of Salta, Argentina, 2005. Evaluation of intervention strategies to improve child development: Interdisciplinary approaches. Ministry of Health, Province of Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina, 2007. Child development and social vulnerability: Contributions from Cognitive Neuroscience. Ministry of Family and Social Affaires, Province of Chubut, Puerto Madryn, Argentina, 2007. Developmental perspective on child poverty measuring. Presentation at Dr. Jennifer Simonds Test and Measurements class. Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2008. Analysis of complexity in the study of brain development. Presentation at Dr. Brain Avery Developmental Biology class. Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2008.
Experimental approaches in the study of behavioral plasticity. Presentation at Dr. Lesa Ellis Cognitive Neuroscience class. Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2008. Child poverty and the brain. Distinguished Resident Lecture. Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2008. Fear and creativity. Presentation at Dr. Deyanira Ariza-Velasco Spanish Culture and Literature class. Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2008. Interdisciplinary studies on child development. Presentation at Dr. Brian Avery and Dr. Lesa Ellis McNair class. Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2008. Brain development concerns and interdisciplinary efforts. Presentation at the Primary Children s Hospital, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2008. Neurocognitive perspectives in the análisis of social vulnerability during child development. Pan-American Organization of Health, Lima, Perú, 2008. Cognitive stimulation in children living in poverty. Subsecretary of Childhood and Adolescence from the Bahía Blanca Government (Argentina). 2009. Cognitive stimulation in preschoolers from poor homes. Universidad Nacional de San Martin. Postgraduate Program on Early Intervention. Buenos Aires, 2009. Ecological approaches in the study of childhood poverty. IRICE-CONICET. Rosario, 2009. 12. EXTERNAL REVIEWER Infant and Child Development Journal of Comparative Psychology