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Neurotrauma 2014 Agenda
Wednesday, July 2
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Translational Concepts in Cognitive Rehabilitation [1.50 CME] Yerba Buena 1-6
Chair: AmyWagner, PhD; University of Pittsburgh
2:30-3:00 Cognitive Constructs in Rodents: A Roadmap for Assessing Cognitive Dysfunction and Recovery after TBI
Edda Thiels, PhD; University of Pittsburgh
3:00-3:30 CCI Model As An Exemplar To Study Implicit & Explicit Learning & Memory Networks & Develop An
Experimental Cognitive Rehab Model
AmyWagner, PhD; University of Pittsburgh
3:30-4:00 Clinical Approaches to Cognitive Training in NeuroRehabilitation: Translating the Bench to the Bedside and Back Again
Elizabeth Skidmore, PhD; University of Pittsburgh
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Sensory Disorders After Military Brain Injury [1.50 CME] Yerba Buena 9
Chair: Frederick Gallun, PhD; Portland VA Medical Center
2:30-3:00 Sensory and Communication Disorders in TBI and Polytrauma
Henry Lew, MD, PhD; University of Hawaii, VCU, DVBIC
3:00-3:30 Functional Measures of Hearing Performance in Blast-Exposed Military Personnel
Douglas Brungart, PhD; Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
3:30-4:00 Central Auditory Processing Following Blast Exposure in a Veteran Population: Behavioral
and Electrophysiological Evidence
Frederick Gallun, PhD; Portland VA Medical Center
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm SCI and TBI Model Selection (Roundtable) [1.50 CME] Yerba Buena 10-15
Chair: Stephen Sche , PhD; University of Kentucky
2:30-3:00 History and Description of Current Models Used in Experimental TBI
Stephen Sche , PhD; University of Kentucky
3:00-3:30 Spinal Cord Injury Models and Trials: The Fascination of What’s Di cult
Andrew Blight, PhD; Acorda Therapeutics
3:30-4:00 The Use of Animals Models in SCI for Rationalizing Clinical Translation: Pros and Cons
Brian Kwon, PhD; University of British Columbia
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm Closing Remarks & Introduction of 2015 President Yerba Buena 9
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm NNS 2015 Planning Committee Meeting Nob Hill D
TheWomen in Neurotrauma Research Visiting International Scholar Award (WINTR-VISA) was established to promote international networking opportunities,
and to advance the early careers of women neurotrauma researchers. The Award provides an opportunity for international collaboration by subsidizing both
travel to the National Neurotrauma Symposium and a brief period of research training/collaboration in a sponsor’s laboratory.
The winner for 2014 is Dr. PatriciaWashington from Georgetown University. In addition to attending the upcoming 32nd Annual NNS Symposium in San
Francisco, Dr. Washington will participate in on-site collaborative research at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow, UK, in the neurotrauma research
laboratory of Dr. William Steward.
The award will be o cially recognized during the NNS Awards Ceremony onWednesday July 2nd. Please join us to congratulate Dr. Washington on her
achievement!