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Parental Brain 2025

May 7-9, 2025 - Barcelona, Spain

Parental Brain Meetings join experts from around the globe who study parenting, the parental brain, parental physical and psychological health. 

Parental Brain 2025 is the 8th International Meeting on the Neuroscience of Parenting. 

Local Organizers:

Dr Susana Carmona

Dr Oscar Vilarroya

Sponsored, in part, by BeMother

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Keynote Speakers

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Dr Susana Carmona

Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

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Prof Dr Oliver Bosch

Fakultät für Biologie und Vorklinische Medizin, Universität Regensburg, Germany

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Laura Baena & Maite Egoscozabal

Club de Malasmadres, The Community of Women and Mothers, Spain

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JNE Young Investigator Symposium

We will be presenting JNE Young Investigator Awards for Early Career Researchers (undergraduates to PhD +4 years). When submitting your abstract, let us know if you are interested in being considered for this award. 

Submission deadline March 15th, 2025.

Submission site coming soon.

Late-Breaking Research

This year we will be selecting talks from abstract submissions. If you're interested in presenting your data orally, let us know when you submit your abstract. 

Submission deadline Dec 31, 2024.

Submission site coming soon.

Poster Sessions

We will be having poster sessions for in person attendees at PB2025. Get your data together. Submission deadline March 15th, 2025.

Submission site coming soon.

Note: Posters will be vertical format (A0). 

Families

Bring infants and children? Let us know and we will help you find what you need to make your conference experience a positive one. Lactation room available.

Confirmed Speakers

  • ​​Shir Atzil, PhD, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel  

  • Rosie Brown, PhD, University of Otago, New Zealand

  • Kristina Delligiannidis, MD PhD, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, USA

  • Robert Froemke, PhD, New York University, USA        

  • Bronwyn Graham, PhD, University of New South Wales, Australia

  • Jonny Kohl, PhD, The Francis Crick Institute, England    

  • Benedetta Leuner, PhD, Ohio State University, USA 

  • Lauren O'Connell, PhD, Stanford University, USA      

  • Jodi Pawluski, PhD, University of Rennes, France

  • James Rilling, PhD, Emory University, USA

  • Wendy Saltzman, PhD University of California Riverside, USA

  • Darby Saxbe, PhD, University of Southern California, USA

  • James Swain, MD PhD, Stony Brook University, USA

  • Pascal Vrticka, PhD, University of Essex, England

Parental Brain Meetings are sponsored, in part, by the Journal of Neuroendocrinology. After each meeting speakers and attendees are encouraged to submit a review or original research article to the JNE Parental Brain Special Issue. More information coming soon. 

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