Dr. Harvey B. Sarnat Lectureship And Mini-Symposium
in Developmental Neuroanatomy And Neuropathology
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Named in honour of Dr. Harvey B. Sarnat, MD, this annual lecture and mini-symposium brings together international leading experts on various topics on brain development. It is supported by the Dr. Harvey B. Sarnat Lectureship in Brain Development fund through the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation.
This year's lecture will be hosted online (Zoom) and features Dr. Joseph Gleeson from the University of California San Diego. Stay tuned for additional details about the program.
Dr. Joseph Gleeson, MD
Rady Professor of Neurosciences and Pediatrics, University of California San Diego; Director of Neuroscience Research, Rady Children’s Institute of Genomic Medicine
Dr. Gleeson explores the genetic basis of diseases and neurodevelopmental conditions and develops new treatments. His lab has sequenced a cohort of over 5000 cases with recessive, de novo or mosaic causes, one of the largest in the world. With this data, the lab has uncovered hundreds of novel causes of disease, and determined that many such conditions, previously thought untreatable, have potential treatments.
Dr. Harvey Sarnat, MD
Professor Emeritus, Paediatrics, Pathology (Neuropathology) and Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Dr. Harvey B. Sarnat is a world-renowned physician and scientist in child neurology. Dr. Sarnat spent decades as a Paediatric Neurologist and Neuropathologist at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. He is also a professor of Paediatric Neurology and Neuropathology at the University of Calgary and member of the Owerko Centre and the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute. His research focuses on neuroembryology and developmental neuropathology, fetal and neonatal neurology, and brain pathology in paediatric epilepsy.
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