| SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM As a special addition to the scientific program, we are pleased to announce the return of the highly successful Networking Center, which will act as a central gathering place for attendees to check in and pick up their registration credentials, meet for breakfast, check their email at the Internet Cafe, or just sit and chat about the latest neurotrauma news. We are also very pleased to announce our official Scientific Session supporter for this year is:
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Updated 7/3/08
| SUNDAY, JULY 27 - MAIN ARRIVALS | ||
12:00 – 2:00 |
Journal of Neurotrauma Editorial Board Meeting |
Grand Ballroom Salon 6 |
12:00 – 6:00 |
Registration Desk Open |
North Registration Desk |
| 2:00 – 5:00 2.75 CME |
SPECIAL SESSION: CLINICAL UPDATE ON MANAGEMENT OF TBI Chair: P. David Adelson Co-Chair: Rocco Armonda -Session
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Palm Ballroom Salon 3 |
2:00 -2:45 |
WHO GETS TBI IN SOUTH FLORIDA - Ross Bullock, Univ. Miami |
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2:45 -3:30 |
GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PEDIATRIC SEVERE TBI - P. David Adelson, Univ. Pittsburgh |
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3:30 -3:45 |
BREAK | |
3:45 -4:30 |
NOVEL THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR TBI - Andrew Maas, Erasmus |
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4:30 -5:00 |
CASE PRESENTATION TO THE EXPERTS - Bullock, Adelson & Maas |
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5:30- 7:00 |
Student Networking Happy Hour (on own) | Rum Largo Pool Bar |
6:00 |
Exhibitor Installation & Poster Set-up |
International Center & South Ballrooms |
| 7:15-9:30 | NNS Officers and Councilors Dinner Meeting | Camelia/Dogwood |
| MONDAY, JULY 28 - DAY 1 | ||
7:00 - 5:00 |
REGISTRATION DESK OPEN |
North Registration Desk |
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NETWORKING CENTER, INTERNET CAFE & EXHIBITS OPEN |
International Ballroom |
7:00 – 8:00 |
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
International Ballroom and Foyer |
8:00 – 8:15 |
WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS Edward Hall, President, National Neurotrauma Society P. David Adelson, Chair, AANS/CNS Section on Neurotrauma & Critical Care |
Grand Ballroom |
| 8:15 – 9:45 1.5 CME |
SESSION 1 – CURRENT TOPICS IN SCI REGENERATION Chair: Maria Crowe, Medical College of Wisconsin Co-Chair: John McDonald, Kennedy Krieger Institute |
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| 8:15 - 8:45 |
L1 ACTIVITY DEPENDENT PLASTICITY AND TRANSPLANT MEDIATED REPAIR OF THE INJURED SPINAL CORD - John Houle, Drexel University |
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8:45 - 9:15 |
L2 ROLE OF GENETIC MODELS IN SCI REGENERATION STUDIES - Binhai Zheng, Univ. California San Diego |
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9:15 - 9:45 |
L3 MOLECULAR AND GENETIC MANIPULATION OF EXTRINSIC AXON GUIDANCE FACTORS FOR SPINAL CORD REGENERATION - George M. Smith, Univ. Kentucky |
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9:45 – 11:00 |
POSTER SESSION A (P1 - P82) & JUDGING SESSION A: TOP STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION (P# 13, 86, 138, 147, 153, 176, 226, 232) |
International Ballroom |
9:45 – 11:00 |
BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS |
International Ballroom & Foyer |
11:00 – 12:00 1.0 CME |
SESSION 2A - OPEN COMMUNICATIONS (TBI) STUDENT ABSTRACT ORAL PRESENTATIONS Chair: Helen Bramlett, U. Miami |
Grand Ballroom Salons 1-3 |
| 11:00 - 11:15 |
P96* - A LINK BETWEEN A NEPRILYSIN GENE POLYMORPHISM AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMYLOID-ß PLAQUES FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN HUMANS - Victoria Johnson, Univ. of Pennsylvania |
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| 11:15 - 11:30 |
P191* - BEHAVIOURAL OUTCOME FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND SOLUBLE NOGO-66 RECEPTOR THERAPY IN MICE - Anders Hanell, Uppsala University, Sweden |
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11:30 - 11:45 |
P206* - DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL OF PRIMARY BLAST BRAIN INJURY: SHOCKWAVES AS A DIRECT CAUSE OF BRAIN INJURY - Eugene Park, St. Michael's Hospital, Canada |
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11:45 – 12:00 |
P272* - PARP-1 POLYMORPHISMS IN HUMANS AFTER SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY - Ajit Sarnaik, Univ. of Pittsburgh |
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11:00 – 12:00 1.0 CME |
SESSION 2B - OPEN COMMUNICATIONS (SCI) STUDENT ABSTRACT ORAL PRESENTATIONS Chair: Linda Noble-Haeusslein, UCSF |
Grand Ballroom Salons 4-5 |
11:00 - 11:15 |
P21* - FUNCTIONAL REGENERATION OF SENSORY AXONS INTO TOPOGRAPHICALLY CORRECT AREAS OF THE SPINAL CORD WITH NEUROTROPHIN TREATMENT IN A MODEL OF BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY - Pamela Harvey, Tufts University |
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11:15 - 11:30 |
P83 - IN VIVO TRACKING OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS IN THE INJURED MOUSE SPINAL CORD - Laura Gonzalez-Lara, Robarts Research Institute, Canada |
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11:30 - 11:45 |
P290* - LONGITUDINAL STUDIES OF SPINAL CORD CONTUSION INJURY USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - Laura Sundberg, Univ. of Texas |
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11:45 – 12:00 |
P312 - BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF HYALURONIC ACID IN GLIAL SCAR FORMATION AFTER SCI - Zin Khaing, Univ. of Texas at Austin |
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| 12:00 – 1:00 | FREE TIME FOR LUNCH |
On Own |
1:00– 2:30 1.5 CME |
SESSION 3A – PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PEDIATRIC BRAIN INJURY Chair: Christopher Giza, UCLA Co-Chair: George Jallo, Johns Hopkins |
Grand Ballroom Salons 1-3 |
1:00 - 1:30 |
L4 UNDERSTANDING INJURY-SPECIFIC MECHANISMS OF PEDIATRIC BRAIN TRAUMA: ARE WE THERE YET? - Ramesh Raghupathi, Drexel University |
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1:30 - 2:00 |
L5 METABOLIC DYSFUNCTION AND OXIDATIVE STRESS AFTER TBI IN IMMATURE RATS - Courtney Robertson, Univ. Maryland |
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2:00 - 2:30 |
L6 Compounding Brain Development with TBI: What is going on in there? - Mayumi Prins, Univ. California Los Angeles |
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1:00– 2:30 1.5 CME |
SESSION 3B – CLINICAL UPDATE ON MANAGEMENT OF SPINAL CORD INJURY Chair: Michael Fehlings, U. Toronto Co-Chair: Brian Kwon, U. British Columbia |
Grand Ballroom Salons 4-5 |
1:00 - 1:30 |
L7 HYPOTHERMIA FOR ACUTE TREATMENT OF SCI - Barth Green, Univ. of Miami |
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1:30 - 2:00 |
L8 BEYOND STEROIDS: UPCOMING TRANSATIONAL THERAPIES FOR SCI - Brian Kwon, Univ. British Columbia |
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2:00 - 2:30 |
L9 SURGICAL DECOMPRESSION FOR SCI: UPDATE ON THE STASCIS TRIAL - Michael Fehlings, Univ. Toronto |
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2:30 – 3:45 |
POSTER SESSION B (P83 - P164) & JUDGING SESSION B: TOP STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION (P# 21, 96, 104, 190, 191, 206, 272, 290) |
International Ballroom |
2:30 - 3:45 |
BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS |
International Ballroom & Foyer |
3:45 – 5:15 1.5 CME |
SESSION 4A – BLAST TBI IN COMBAT CASUALTY CARE AND CIVILIAN TERRORISM Chair: Frank Tortella, WRAIR Co-Chair: Ronald Hayes, Banyan Biomarkers |
Grand Ballroom Salons 1-3 |
3:45 - 4:15 |
L10 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR - Geoffrey Ling, US Army |
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| 4:15 – 4:45 |
L11 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY GUIDED THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES TO BLAST TBI AND POLYTRAUMA - Patrick Kochanek, Univ. Pittsburgh |
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4:45 - 5:15 |
L12 PRECLINICAL MODELS OF BLAST TBI - Ibolja Cernak, Johns Hopkins Univ. |
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| 3:45 – 5:15 1.5 CME |
SESSION 4B – HANDS-ON WORKSHOP: SPINAL STABILIZATION FOLLOWING TRAUMA *(Max. 40 Attendees) Chair: Michael Fehlings, U. Toronto Co-Chair: David Okonkwo Table Instructors: Brian Kwon, James Harrop, Dean Chou, Paul Arnold |
Grand Ballroom Salons 4-5 |
5:15 - 6:45 |
POSTER REMOVAL (SESSION B) POSTER MOUNTING (SESSION C) |
International Ballroom |
5:15 – 5:45 |
NNS BUSINESS MEETING All NNS members are invited to attend |
Grand Ballroom Salons 1-3 |
5:45 – 6:45 |
"WINTRbrainSTORM" BUSINESS MEETING Open to all delegates |
Hibiscus / Iris |
7:00 - 8:30 |
WELCOME
RECEPTION |
Grand Ballroom Foyer |
| TUESDAY, JULY 29 - DAY 2 | ||
7:00 - 5:00 |
REGISTRATION DESK OPEN |
North Registration Desk |
7:00 - 5:00 |
NETWORKING CENTER, INTERNET CAFE & EXHIBITS OPEN |
International Ballroom & Foyer |
7:00 – 8:00 |
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
International Foyer |
8:00 - 9:30 1.5 CME |
SESSION 5 - NUTRITION IN SPINAL CORD & BRAIN INJURY - WHAT SHOULD WE PUT IN THE CHICKEN SOUP? Chair: Patrick Sullivan, U. Kentucky Co-Chair: Ying Deng-Bryant, UCLA |
Grand Ballroom |
8:00 - 8:30 |
L13 AUTOPHAGY IN EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CNS INJURY - A NOVEL OF CELL DEATH RELATED TO STARVATION - Robert S.B. Clark, U. Pittsburgh |
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8:30 - 9:00 |
L14 NUTRITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN SCI - Wolfram Tetzlaff, U. British Columbia |
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9:00 - 9:30 |
L15 METABOLIC MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: CURRENT STATUS AND EMERGING CONCEPTS - David Hovda, UCLA |
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| 9:30 - 10:45 | POSTER SESSION C (P165 - P245) | International Ballroom |
| 9:30 - 10:45 | BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS | International Ballroom & Foyer |
10:45 – 11:45 1.0 CME |
SESSION 6A - OPEN COMMUNICATIONS (TBI) STUDENT ABSTRACT ORAL PRESENTATIONS Chair: Kathy Saatman, U. Kentucky |
Grand Ballroom Salons 1-3 |
10:45 - 11:00 |
P86* - THREE-DIMENSIONAL CORTICAL CHANGES IN TRAUMATIC AXONAL INJURY - Teddy Youn, Univ. of Texas |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
P138*- OUTCOME IN BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA PATIENTS WITH GLASGOW COMA SCORE OF THREE ON PRESENTATION - Roukoz Chamoun, Baylor College of Medicine |
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11:15 - 11:30 |
P147* - TREATMENT OF TRAUMA-INDUCED AMPA RECEPTOR MODIFICATION BY PERTURBING PDZ PROTEIN: PROTEIN BINDING - Joshua Bell, Univ. of Toronto, Canada |
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11:30 - 11:45 |
P232* - RESTORATION OF IMPAIRED EXPERIENCE-DEPENDENT PLASTICITY BY ENHANCING NMDA RECEPTOR MEDIATED SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION AFTER DEVELOPMENTAL TBI - Naomi Santa Maria, UCLA |
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10:45 – 11:45 1.0 CME |
SESSION 6B - OPEN COMMUNICATIONS (SCI/In Vitro Injury) STUDENT ABSTRACT ORAL PRESENTATIONS Chair: Diane Snow, Univ. of Kentucky |
Grand Ballroom Salons 4-5 |
10:45 - 11:00 |
P153* - THE lys-EGFP-ki MOUSE MODEL REVEALS PREVIOUSLY UNIDENTIFIED POPULATIONS OF HEMATOGENOUS AND MICROGLIAL MACROPHAGES FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY - Sakina Thawer, Univ. of Western Ontario, Canada |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
P176*- MECHANISMS OF THE EFFECT OF HYPERTONIC SALINE VERSUS MANNITOL ON LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE AND CELL SURVIVAL AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN VITRO -Donna Watson, Univ. of Miami |
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11:15 - 11:30 |
P226*- TEMPORAL PROFILE OF MITOCHONDRIAL SUPEROXIDE GENERATION AND APOPTOSIS AFTER MECHANICAL STRETCH IN CORTICAL NEURONS -Minke Tang, Univ. of Pittsburgh |
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11:30 - 11:45 |
P296- EXAMINATION OF THE EARLY EFFECTS OF NEURAL PRECURSOR CELL TRANSPLANTATION ON THE PERI-LESIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE INJURED SPINAL CORD - Gregory Hawryluk, Univ. of Toronto, Canada |
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| 11:45 - 1:00 | FREE TIME FOR LUNCH Lunch items available for purchase (CASH ONLY) -click here for info Those attending the WINTR Session may take their lunches into the meeting room. |
Grand Ballroom East Corridor |
11:45 - 12:45 1.0 CME |
L16 WINTR SPECIAL SESSION - TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH GRANTS IN NEUROTRAUMA Open to all delegates - Ramona Hicks Program Director, Extramural Research Program |
Grand Ballroom Salons 1-3 |
12:45 - 1:00 |
BREAK - ROOM REFRESH | |
1:00 – 2:30 1.5 CME |
SESSION 7A – NEWER PERSPECTIVES ON ROLE OF OXIDATIVE DAMAGE IN TBI AND SCI Chair: Douglas DeWitt, UTMB Co-Chair: Patrick Kochanek, U. Pittsburgh |
Grand Ballroom Salons 1-3 |
| 1:00 – 1:30 |
L17 GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE AS A MODIFIER OF RECOVERY IN THE INJURED, IMMATURE BRAIN - Linda Noble-Haeusslein, UCSF |
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1:30 – 2:00 |
L18 OXIDATIVE LIPIDOMICS IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY -Hulya Bayir, Univ. Pittsburgh |
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2:00 – 2:30 |
L19 IS INTERRUPTION OF OXIDATIVE DAMAGE ALONE ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE CLINICALLY MEANINGFUL NEUROPROTECTION? - Edward Hall, U. Kentucky |
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1:00 – 2:30 1.5 CME |
SESSION 7B - SURGICAL DECOMPRESSION IN TBIChair: Geoffrey Manley, UCSF Co-Chair: Dilantha Ellegala, Med. Univ. South Carolina |
Grand Ballroom Salons 4-5 |
1:00 – 1:30 |
L20 SURGICAL DECOMPRESSION OF CEREBRAL CONTUSIONS - Takeshi Maeda, Tokyo Univ. |
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1:30 – 2:00 |
L21 DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY FOR INTERACRANIAL HYPERTENSION - Bizhan Aarabi, Univ. Maryland |
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2:00 – 2:30 |
L22 SURGICAL DECOMPRESSION FOR PENETRATING TBI - James Ecklund, Inova Fairfax Hospital |
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2:30– 3:45 |
POSTER SESSION D (P246 - P326) |
International Ballroom |
2:30 - 3:45 |
BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS |
International Ballroom & Foyer |
3:45– 5:15 1.5 CME |
SESSION 8A – GLIAL CELL RESPONSES AND INTERACTIONS IN CNS INJURY Chair: Candace Floyd, U. Alabama Co-Chair: Bruce Lyeth, UC Davis |
Grand Ballroom Salons 1-3 |
3:45 - 4:15 |
L23 MODULATING MICROGLIAL ACTIVITY AFTER BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD TRAUMA - Alan Faden, Georgetown Univ. |
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4:15 - 4:45 |
L24 OLIGODENDROGLIAL DEGENERATION AND REPLACEMENT STRATEGIES IN SCI - Jeffrey Kocsis, Yale University |
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| 4:45 - 5:15 |
L25 ROLE OF ASTROGLIA IN MODULATING SPINAL CORD REGENERATION AND REPAIR - Michael Sofroniew, UCLA |
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3:45– 5:15 1.5 CME |
SESSION 8B - ICU MANAGEMENT AND ADVANCED NEUROMONITORING Chair: Geoffrey Manley, UCSF Co-Chair: Ross Bullock, U. Miami |
Grand Ballroom Salons 4-5 |
3:45 - 4:15 |
L26 SERUM AND CSF BIOMARKERS IN THE NEUROICU - Claudia Robertson, Baylor University |
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4:15 - 4:45 |
L27 ADVANCED BIOINFORMATICS IN THE NEUROICU - Geoff Manley, Univ. California San Francisco |
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| 4:45 - 5:15 |
L28 BRAIN OXYGEN MONITORING FOR NEUROTRAUMA OR CONTINUOUS EEG FOR NEUROMONITORING FOLLOWING TBI ICU MONITORING FOR NEUROTRAUMA - Paul Vespa, Univ. California Los Angeles |
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BEFORE 6:00 PM |
POSTER REMOVAL (SESSION D) |
International Ballroom |
5:30 – 7:30 |
WINTR MENTORING PROGRAM & RECEPTION * Ticket Required * |
Palm Ballroom Salons 3-5 |
| Wednesday, JULY 30 – Day 3 | ||
7:00 - 1:00 |
REGISTRATION DESK OPEN |
North Registration Desk |
7:00 - 1:00 |
NETWORKING CENTER, INTERNET CAFÉ & EXHIBITS OPEN |
International Ballroom |
7:00 – 8:00 |
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
International Ballroom & Foyer |
8:00 - 9:30 1.5 CME |
SESSION 9 – MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Chair: Thomas Reeves, Virginia Commonwealth Univ. Co-Chair: Jonathan Lifshitz, U. Kentucky |
Grand Ballroom |
8:00 - 8:30 |
L29 MILD TBI-CLINICAL OVERVIEW - Mark Lovell, UPMC |
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8:30 - 9:00 |
L30 "MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY" IS AN OXYMORON - Douglas H. Smith, Univ. Pennsylvania |
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9:00 - 9:30 |
L31 MILD TBI IN MILITARY PERSONNEL - Charles Hoge, Walter Reed Army Inst. Research |
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9:30-9:45 |
BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS |
International Ballroom & Foyer |
9:45-10:45 1.0 CME |
SESSION 10 – NEW NIH INITIATIVES IN TBI RESEARCH Chair: Ramona Hicks, NIH/NINDS Co-Chair: Jean Wrathall, Georgetown Univ.
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Grand Ballroom |
9:45 -10:15 |
L32 THE NIH EFFORT TO DEVELOP A NEW TBI CLASSIFICATION TO FACILITATE THERAPEUTIC TRANSLATION - Geoffrey Manley, UCSF |
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10:15 -10:45 |
L33 COMBINATION THERAPIES FOR TBI - Ramona Hicks, NIH/NINDS |
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10:45-11:15 |
STUDENT POSTER COMPETITION AWARDS CEREMONY & CLOSING REMARKS |
Grand Ballroom |
12:00 |
REGISTRATION/INFORMATION DESK CLOSES |
North Registration Desk |
12:00 – 3:00 |
NNS/INTS 2009 PLANNING MEETING |
Crystal Room |
