GRIB 2026
The 2026 Graduate Research in Interdisciplinary Biosciences (GRIB) Conference aims to understand how modern environments interact with natural biological systems, and how these interactions shape metabolic health, neuropsychiatric function, and overall human well-being.
On May 6, 2026, GRIB will convene at ARH-200 on the Cook/Douglass campus, bringing together perspectives from the biological, psychological, and social sciences. The conference will:
- Dr. Vogel will examine humanity’s evolutionary foundations, with emphasis on the environmental and metabolic conditions that shaped human biology.
- Dr. LeDoux will investigate the neural basis of emotion and subjective experience, and how modern contexts influence and at times disrupt these processes.
- Dena Seidel will explore pathways toward greater alignment between individuals, societies, and their environments, highlighting opportunities for better communicating innovation in health, culture, and design.
Participants are invited to engage with a shared aim: to understand how scientific progress can support health span in populations and foster lives that are more coherent, adaptive, and meaningful, with a greater sense of integration within the modern landscape.
