Join us for a Summer School on environmental and computational neuroscience!
Are you a student or early career researcher interested in gaining a greater understanding of the relationship between the environment and neuroscience? Then join us for the Summer School on environmental and computational neuroscience, organised by the the Horizon Europe Project ‘environMENTAL’, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes at Aix-Marseille University, the German Centre for Mental Health (DZPG), and the Nature ‘Earth Brain Health Commission.’
The summer school will take place at Campus Timone, Faculté des Sciences Médicales et Paramédicales d’Aix-Marseille Université, Aix-Marseille University, France from 8. – 9. October 2025.
The Summer School will enable participants to apply cutting edge research to investigate the relation between environment, brain and mental health, ranging from geospatial data, digital mental health, virtual brain modelling, biostatistical methods, Earth observation, and Virtual Reality and large-language models.
Event Details:
Date: 8th – 9th October 2025
Location: Grisoli amphitheater
Campus Timone
Faculté des Sciences Médicales et Paramédicales d’Aix-Marseille Université
27 Bd Jean Moulin
13005 Marseille
Fee: Free event
Hybrid: Online participation possible
Topics:
- Integration of geospatial data with health data
- Digital mental health research
- Virtual Brain Modelling
- Digital Twin Brain
- Biostatistical methods
- Earth observation
Speakers:
- Johanna Bayer, Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Jianfeng Feng, Shanghai National Centre for Mathematic Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China and Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, UK
- Soeren Hese, Institute for Geography, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
- Marcel Jentsch, Berlin Institute of Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
- Viktor Jirsa, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
- Elli Polemiti, Berlin Institute of Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
- Gunter Schumann, Centre for Population Neuroscience and Stratified Medicine (PONS) at ISTBI, Fudan University, Shanghai, China and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- Mel Slater, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Pierpaolo Sorrentino, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
- Sven Twardziok, Berlin Institute of Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Agenda:
Timings subject to change.
Wednesday 8th October
Morning Session
Integration of geospatial data with health data
Sven Twardziok, Marcel Jentsch, Elli Polemiti
Ecological momentary assessments and digital health in mental health research
Gunter Schumann
Afternoon Session
The Virtual Brain Modelling
Viktor Jirsa, Pierpaolo Sorrentino
Digital Twin Brain
Jianfeng Feng
Thursday 9th October
Morning Session
Biostatistical methods
Johanna Bayer
Advancing innovative interventions for mental disorders using virtual reality and large language models
Mel Slater
Afternoon Session
Characterizing environmental factors with Earth observation – data, methods and applications for mental health science
Sören Hese
Slot to be confirmed
For additional information, please contact:
Dr. Esther Hitchen, Project Manager, Charite Universitätsmedizin – Berlin
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