Improving neurological health through education, research and access to care will be the topic of October’s Neuro Night forum, scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, at the Fountains at Canterbury, 1404 N.W. 122nd St. A light dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m.    

During the event, members of the community will have an opportunity to speak directly with experts in the topic presented and discover the cutting edge of research and clinical practice in this area. The forum is part of the Neuro Night series sponsored by the Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, a consortium of neuroscientists from across the state that serves as a research center and information resource at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

The forum will include a panel of three:

Barbara Holtzclaw, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., associate dean for research, associate director of Geriatric Nursing Translational Research Training, College of Nursing, OU Health Sciences Center

William R. Lovallo, Ph.D., professor, Department of  Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, OU Health Sciences Center   

Carisa Wilsie, Ph.D., assistant professor, Child Study Center, OU College of Medicine

For more information or to arrange accommodations on the basis of disability, call (405) 271-6267 or visit the center’s website at www.ouhsc.edu/ocns.