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Poster Reference Guide

12:00pm – 5:30pm

NNS Registration / Check-In

Conference Lobby at Paris Hotel

7:00am – 4:00pm Pediatric Neurocritical Care Research Group meeting
Burgundy Room

12:00pm – 6:00pm

Exhibitor Installation & Poster Board Set Up

Concorde Ballroom

1:00pm – 3:00pm

Journal of Neurotrauma Editorial Board Meeting

Loire Room

3:00pm – 4:30pm

NNS Strategic Planning Meeting

Bordeaux Room

4:30pm – 5:30pm

WINTR BrainStorm Business Meeting

Chablis Room

5:30pm – 7:00pm

WELCOME RECEPTION

Skyview Ballroom 5

at Bally's

7:00pm – 9:30pm

NNS Officers & Councilors Meeting

Skyview 1 at Bally's

 

7:00am – 8:00am

Continental Breakfast

Concorde Ballroom

7:00am – 5:00pm

NNS Registration / Check-In

Conference Lobby at Paris Hotel

8:00am – 8:15am

WELCOMING REMARKS

Dr. Geoff Manley, NNS 2010 President

Tribute to Dr. Anthony Marmarou

Dr. John Povlishock

Champagne Ballroom

8:15am – 9:45am

CME

S1: NEUROENDOCRINE INVOLVEMENT IN NEUROTRAUMA

Sponsored by BHR Pharma Chair: David Wright, Emory Univ.

 

HORMONES AS BIOMARKERS FOR PATHOLOGY AND PROGNOSIS AFTER TBI

Amy Wagner, UPMC

IMPROVING THE ODDS: REHABILITATING THE NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM

Mark Ashley, Centre for NeuroSkills

NEUROPROTECTION: BETTING ON PROGESTERONE

David Wright, Emory Univ.

Champagne Ballroom

9:45am – 11:00am

CME

POSTER SESSION A & COFFEE BREAK

STUDENT COMPETITION FINAL JUDGING (P1-19)

Concorde Ballroom

11:00am – 12:30pm

CME

S2A: LABORATORY INTERVENTIONS THAT TRANSLATE TO CLINICAL USE IN NEUROTRAUMA REHABILITATION

Chair: Ross Zafonte, Harvard

 

NEW LESSONS FROM STUDIES OF ENRICHED ENVIRONMENTS AFTER TBI

Anthony E. Kline, Univ. Pittsburgh

TRAINING AND RETRAINING AFTER SCI

David Magnuson, Univ. Louisville

ESTABLISHING NEUROREHABILITATION PARAMETERS FOR HUMAN SCI USING BASIC SCIENCE MODELS

Michelle Basso, Ohio State Univ.

Champagne Ballroom A

11:00am – 12:30pm

CME

S 2B: SUCCESS IN IN VITRO MODELING

Chair: Michelle LaPlaca, Georgia Institute of Technology

 

OUTCOME MEASURES IN IN VITRO MODELING OF TBI/ VALIDATION OF IN VITRO MODELS

Barclay Morrison, Columbia

TRANSLATING TBI/SCI IN VITRO MODELS TO ANIMAL MODELS

Candace Floyd, UA, Birmingham

IN VITRO MODELING IN TBI: A CLINICAL CRITICAL CARE PERSPECTIVE

Andrew Baker, St. Michael's Hospital

TRANSLATING IN VITRO RESEARCH TO THE CLINIC IN CNS DISORDERS

Jill Heemskerk, NINDS

Champagne Ballroom B

12:30pm – 2:00pm

FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

ON OWN

12:45pm – 2:00pm

CME

WINTR SESSION: Mixing Science & Motherhood: Achieving Balance

Coleen Atkins, Linda Noble, Dong Sun, Christina Marmarou

Champagne Ballroom B

2:00pm – 3:30pm

CME

POSTER SESSION B - BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS

Concorde Ballroom

3:30pm – 5:15pm

CME

S3A: NEUROCRITICAL CARE: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON TBI

Chair: David Adelson, Phoenix Children's Hospital

 

A NURSING PERSPECTIVE IN THE NEURO ICU

Linda Littlejohns, Univ. of Pennsylvania

IMAGING BRAIN METABOLISM IN PEDIATRIC BRAIN INJURY

Jose Pineda, Washington Univ.

CEREBRAL OXYGEN MONITORING IN THE NEURO ICU

Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Champagne Ballroom A

3:30pm – 5:15pm

CME

S3B: MILD TBI: NOVEL DIAGNOSTIC & THERAPEUTIC AVENUES

Chair: Douglas H. Smith, Univ. of Pennsylvania

 

HEAD IMPACT EXPOSURES, HELMETS AND CONCUSSIONS

Rick Greenwald, Simbex Corp.

DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY AND LONG TERM COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION

Harvey Levin, Baylor College of Medicine

EMERGING TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR MILD TBI

Ross Zafonte, Harvard Univ.

Champagne Ballroom B

5:30pm – 7:30pm

CME

WINTR MENTORING PROGRAM & NETWORKING RECEPTION

Versailles Ballroom

 

7:00am – 8:00am

Continental Breakfast

Concorde Ballroom

7:00am – 8:00am

NNS Business Meeting

Versailles Ballroom

7:00am – 5:00pm

NNS Registration / Check-In

Conference Lobby at Paris Hotel

8:00am – 9:30am

CME

S4: NEUROVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION

Chair: John Povlishock, VCU

CEREBRAL VASCULAR DYSFUNCTION AFTER CONCUSSIVE AND BLAST-INDUCED BRAIN INJURY

Doug DeWitt, UTMB

TRAUMATIC CEREBRAL VASOSPASM:IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT

Rocco Armonda, United States Army

ANGIOGENESIS IN THE INJURED SPINAL CORD: METHODS, MECHANISMS, AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS

Richard Benton, Univ. of Louisville

Champagne Ballroom

9:30am – 10:45am

CME

POSTER SESSION C

COFFEE BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS

Concorde Ballroom

10:45am – 12:00pm

CME

5A: OPEN COMMUNICATIONS - EXPERIMENTAL TBI

Chairs: Kacy Cullen, Univ. of Pennsylvania

Alan Faden, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Champagne Ballroom A

OA1

ROLE OR THE NOS3 GENE IN EARLY POST-INJURY CEREBRAL HEMODYNAMICS

Claudia Robertson, Baylor College of Medicine

OA2

BRAIN INJURY CAUSED BY BLAST-INDUCED HYPERACCELERATION

Gary Fiskum, University of Maryland School of Medicine

OA3

POST-TREATMENT WITH ANTI-INTERLEUKIN-1? ANTIBODY IMPROVES HISTOLOGICAL AND COGNITIVE OUTCOME FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN MICE

Fredrik Clausen, Uppsala University

OA4

TRACT-BASED SPATIAL STATISTICS REVEALS WIDESPREAD MICROSTRUCTURAL WHITE MATTER DISRUPTION WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

Fan-pei Yang, University of California at San Francisco

OA5

INHIBITION OF AQP4 AND -9 WITH NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES REDUCES BRAIN EDEMA, SECONDARY NEURONAL DAMAGE AND FUNCTIONAL DEFICITS AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

Yuchuan Ding, Wayne State University, School of Medicine

 

10:45am – 12:00pm

CME

5B: OPEN COMMUNICATIONS - EXPERIMENTAL SCI

Chairs: Jim Geddes, Univ. of Kentucky

Dalton Dietrich, The Miami Project

Champagne Ballroom B

OB1

LOCOMOTOR AND GAIT IMPAIRMENTS FOLLOWING LOW CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY (C-SCI) AND THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF TMS ON THESE DISABILITIES

Prodip Bose, North Florida/South Georgia

Veterans Health System and Univ. of Florida

OB2

A DATA-INTENSIVE, BIOINFORMATIC APPROACH FOR TRANSLATIONAL SPINAL CORD INJURY RESEARCH

Adam Ferguson, University of California, San Francisco

OB3

GAP JUNCTION FUNCTION AND EXPRESSION IN SECONDARY SPINAL CORD WHITE MATTER INJURY

Karina Goncharenko, University of Toronto

OB4

FAS/FASL MEDIATED APOPTOSIS AND INFLAMMATION ARE KEY FEATURES OF HUMAN AND MURINE SPINAL CORD INJURY: IMPLICATIONS FOR TRANSLATIONAL, CLINICAL APPLICATION

Wenru Yu, Toronto Western Hospital

OB5

TWENTY-FOUR HOUR WHEELCHAIR IMMOBILIZATION AFTER INCOMPLETE SCI IN THE RAT

Krista Caudle, University of Louisville

 

10:45am – 12:00pm

CME

5C: OPEN COMMUNICATIONS - CLINICAL

Chair: David Okonkwo, Univ. of Pittsburgh

Lars Hillered, Uppsala University Hospitall

Versailles Ballroom

OC1

PROLONGED DURATIONS EVIDENCE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF SPREADING DEPOLARIZATIONS IN HUMAN BRAIN TRAUMA

Jed Hartings, Univ. of Cincinnati

OC2

EARLY REMOVAL OF SUBDURAL DRAIN SYSTEMS FOLLOWING ACUTE SUBDURAL HEMATOMA DOES NOT INCREASE RISK OF REOPERATION

Joshua Bauer, Univ. of Pittsburgh

OC3

CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

Hannah B. Valino, UCLA

OC4

EARLY FRACTURE FIXATION IMPROVES SELECT OUTCOMES IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY PATIENTS

Megan Brenner, Univ. Maryland

OC5

NEUROTRAUMA BASIC RESEARCH AND NEUROREHABILITATION: RESULTS FROM THE NEUROTRAUMA 2009 INTERACTIVE SURVEY

Christopher Giza, UCLA BIRC

 

12:00pm – 1:00pm

FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

ON OWN

1:00pm – 5:00pm

CME

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH FOR TBI:

EU and USA Perspectives Adjunct Workshop

Chair: Ramona Hicks

TBI: Phenotypes, Treatments & Outcomes - Geoff Manley

TBI Research in the EU: State of Play and Unmet Needs - David Menon

Studying TBI Using a Natural Experimental Approach- Betsy Sandel

Comparative Effectiveness Research: What Can It Bring to the Field of TBI? - Hester Lingsma

Pediatric Considerations for TBI Research- Jose Pineda

A Vision for for the Future: Benefits of International Collaboration in TBI - Andrew Maas

Panel Discussion

Strategies for an International Comparative Effectiveness Study for TBI

Moderator: Andrew Maas

Panel: Geoff Manley, David Menon, Hester Lingsma, Jose Pineda, Betsy Sandel, Ken Curley, Patricia Tosetti, Ramona Hicks.

Versailles Ballroom

1 & 2

1:00pm – 5:00pm

CME

HANDS-ON SPINAL WORKSHOP

Supported by Synthes Spine

Chair: Steven Casha

This interactive session is intended to review the principals of management of the traumatically destabilized spine with emphasis on surgical management. There will be an opportunity to learn current fixation techniques through a practical component with sawbone insertion of current spinal instrumentation. Case illustrations will be used to generate discussion with faculty with short didactic summaries addressing current principals and controversies.

Faculty:

Roland A Torres

Steve Casha

Eve Tsai

Martina Stippler

Kenneth Blumenfeld

Versailles Ballroom

3 & 4

6:30pm – 10:00pm

DINNER & STUDENT AWARDS CEREMONY

Champagne Ballroom

 

7:00am – 8:00am

Continental Breakfast

Concorde Ballroom

7:00am – 8:00am

Academic Center Director/Administrator Breakfast

Versailles Ballroom

7:00am – 5:00pm

NNS Registration / Check-In

Conference Lobby at Paris Hotel

8:00am – 9:30am

CME

S6: COGNITION

Chair: Robert Hamm, VCU

 

INSIGHTS INTO HUMAN BRAIN FUNCTION FORM INTRACRANIAL RECORDING

Robert Knight, UC Berkeley

COGNITIVE DECLINE IN AGING AND INJURY

Stephen Scheff, Univ. of Kentucky

COGNITIVE INFORMATION PROCESSING DEFICITS IN ANIMAL MODELS OF TBI

Mark Whiting, Radford Univ.

Champagne Ballroom

9:30am – 10:45am

CME

POSTER SESSION D

BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS

Concorde Ballroom

10:45am – 12:15pm

CME

S7A: CLINICAL TRIALS

Supported by Acorda Therapeutics

 

Chair: Ross Bullock, Univ. of Miami

 

THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN SPINAL CORD INJURY:UPDATE ON CLINICAL TRIALS

Michael Fehlings, Univ. of Toronto

BIOMARKERS IN COMPLEX DISEASES

Marco Sorani, Genentech, Inc

REDEFINING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

Geoff Manley, UCSF

CHALLENGES IN CLINICAL TRIALS: AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE

Andrew Blight, Acorda Therapeutics, Inc

Champagne Ballroom A

10:45am – 12:15pm

CME

S7B: TRAUMA AND RECOVERY AT THE SYNAPSE

Chair: Chaire Hulsebosch, UTMB

 

THE SYNAPSE: FROM CELL BIOLOGY TO TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH

Andreas Jeromin, Banyan Biomarkers

SYNAPTIC FUNCTION AFTER IN VITRO TRAUMA: WHO CHANGED THE CHANNELS?

Leslie Satin, Univ. of Michigan

SYNAPTIC REORGANIZATION BY THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX

Linda Phillips, VCU

Champagne Ballroom B

12:15pm – 2:00pm

FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

ON OWN

2:00pm – 3:30pm

CME

S8A: POST TRAUMATIC SEIZURE: MODELS TO MEN

Chair: John Slevin, Univ. of Kentucky

 

EXPERIMENTAL MODELS OF POST-TRAUMATIC SEIZURE AND EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY

John Slevin, Univ. of Kentucky

MONITORING AND MODIFYING EPILEPTIFORM CIRCUITS AND PTSD WITH DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING, GENOMIC, AND NOVEL TREATMENT TECHNIQUES

Tom Sutula, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison

EPILEPSY AND TBI, THE MILITARY EXPERIENCE

Donald Marion, DVBIC

Champagne Ballroom A

2:00pm – 3:30pm

CME

S8B: NEW WINDOWS INTO THE INJURED BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD: MICROSTRUCTURAL, METABOLIC AND MOLECULAR

Chair: Pratik Mukherjee, UCSF

DISRUPTIONS OF STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY IN TBI AND THEIR NEUROCOGNITIVE CORRELATES

Pratik Mukherjee, UCSF

FUNCTIONAL MRI OF THE SPINAL CORD

Patrick Stroman, Queen's Univ.

REGIONAL MR SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING OF PEDIATRIC TBI:NORMAL APPEARING BRAIN IS NOT NORMAL

Barbara Holshouser, Loma Linda Univ.

IN VIVO CELL TRACKING OF IMMUNE CELLS IN THE CNS USING NOVEL PERFLUORCARBON-BASED TRACER AGENTS AND FLUORINE-19 MRI DETECTION

Eric T. Ahrens, Carnegie Melon Univ.

Champagne Ballroom B

3:30pm – 4:00pm

BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS

Concorde Ballroom

4:00pm – 5:30pm

CME

S9: OXIDATIVE STRESS-WHY IT'S STILL IMPORTANT IN CNS INJURY

Chair: Ed Hall, Univ. of Kentucky

NRF2 ACTIVATION ATTENUATES PATHOLOGIC OUTCOMES IN ACUTE AND CHRONIC MODELS OF OXIDATIVE STRESS-INDUCED NEURONAL DAMAGE

Jeffrey Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison

TARGETING OXIDATIVE STRESS IN SPINAL CORD INJURY

Ed Hall, Univ. of Kentucky

ASSESSING AND MODULATING OXIDATIVE STRESS AT THE BEDSIDE IN NEUROCRITICAL CARE

Hulya Bayir, Univ. of Pittsburgh

Champagne Ballroom

5:30pm – 6:00pm

CME

PATIENT PERSPECTIVE- Crystal Elmendorf

& CLOSING REMARKS

Champagne Ballroom

6:00pm – 8:00pm

NNS 2011 Planning Meeting

Loire Room

ALL DAY

DEPARTURES

Main Lobby

8:00am - 12:00pm

INTS 2011 Program Committee Meeting

Versailles 4