The 19th Annual Regional Symposium

on Glial-Neuronal Interactions in Health and Disease

Friday, February 13, 2026
School of Medicine Education Building II, Rooms 104/106 - UC Riverside

Matthew J. Campen, PhD, MSPH - Keynote Speaker

Director, New Mexico Center for Metals in Biology and Medicine,
Regents' Professor, Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
COP - Pharmaceutical Sciences, CC - Cancer Control and Pop Sci
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Dr. Campen Faculty Profile 

Dr. Campen Laboratory

Schedule subject to change

9:00-9:45am	Registration. Badge pick-up. Poster set-up. General info: Registration is free (but required) for attendees from non-profit organizations and includes the full program, lunch, and the poster session. Registration is $175 for those from for-profit organizations.
9:45-10am	Symposium Opens Welcome and opening remarks "19th Annual Regional CGNI Symposium   Monica Carson, PhD. Professor and Chair, Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine S. Sue Johnson Presidential Endowed Chair in Glial-Neuronal Interactions Center Director, Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions University California, Riverside
10-11am	2026 CGNI Keynote Lecture   "Presentation title TBA"   Matt J. Campen, PhD., MSPH Director, New Mexico Center for Metals in Biology and Medicine, Regents' Professor, Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences COP - Pharmaceutical Sciences, CC - Cancer Control and Pop Sci University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
11-11:45am	Presentation I   "Presentation title TBA"   Megan M. Herting, PhD.  Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California
11:45am-1:15pm	Lunch and Poster Session
1:15-2pm	Presentation II   "Presentation title TBA"   Melissa Rosenkranz, PhD. Associate Professor of Psychiatry  Distinguished Chair in Contemplative Neuroscience at the Center for Healthy Minds University of Wisconsin-Madison
2-2:45pm	Presentation III   "Presentation title TBA" Pamela J. Lein, PhD. Professor of Neurotoxicology Chair, Department of Molecular Biosciences School of Veterinary Medicine University of California, Davis
2:45-3:15pm	Afternoon break and Poster viewings
3:15-4pm	Presentation IV   "Presentation title TBA"   M. Kerry O'Banion, MD., PhD. Vice Chair and Professor, Department of Neuroscience Professor, Department of Neurology University of Rochester Medical Center
4-4:45pm	Glenn Hatton Lecturer   "Microglia in retinal degeneration and pathological angiogenesis" Prof. Dr. Thomas Langmann, PhD. Vice-Dean for Critical Infrastructures Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne Chair, Laboratory for Experimental Immunology of the Eye  Department of Ophthalmology University of Cologne
4:45-5:10 pm	Trainee awards and closing remarks