Past Speakers
2023 - 2024 Speakers
Zin Khaing, PhD
Institution: University of Washington, Seattle
Title of Talk: "Developing novel imaging biomarkers for detecting injury severity and recovery after traumatic spinal cord injury - animal models to translation"
Rachel Rowe, PhD
Institution: University of Colorado, Boulder
Title of Talk: "Biological sex, injury model, and injury severity as factors that alter sleep after preclinical traumatic brain injury."
Megan Detloff, PhD
Institution: Drexel University
Title of Talk: "Modulating the macrophage to alter nociception and pain after spinal cord injury."
Kyle Bamubauer, PhD
Institution: University of Kansas Medical Center
Title of Talk: "Understanding a central to peripheral (and back) circuit that drives below-level pain following spinal cord injury."
Neil Harris, PhD
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Title of Talk: "The MRI magnet just quenched! Now what?"
Joseph Ojo, PhD
Institution: Roskamp Insititute
Title of Talk: "Delineating the contribution of glial cell pathobiology in the chronic sequelae of repetitive mild TBI."
Min Zhou, PhD.
Institution: Ohio State University
Title of Talk: "Astrocyte Syncytium - a biopower grid in the brain."
2022-2023 Speakers
Andrei Krassioukov, MD, PhD
Institution: University of British Columbia
Title of Talk: 鈥淭ill Death Do Us Part: An Optimistic View on Reality of Autonomic Dysfunction Following Spinal Cord Injury鈥
Dr. John "Kip" Kramer
Institution: University of British Columbia
Title of Talk: 鈥淣ew-Old Opportunities for Translation in Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Optimizing Pharmacological Management and Surveillance to Enhance Motor Recovery鈥
Dr. Franklin D. West
Institution: University of Georgia
Title of the Talk: 鈥淣europrotective and Regenerative Stem Cell Therapies in a Pig Stroke and TBI Model鈥
Ann M. Parr, MD, PhD
Institution: University of Minnesota
Title of Talk: 鈥淏uilding a New Spinal Cord after Injury鈥
Dr. Rodney Ritzel
Institution: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Title of Talk: 鈥淏i-directional Neuroimmune Dysfunction after Experimental TBI鈥
Dr. Kevin K. Wang
Institution: University of Florida
Title of Talk: 鈥淭ranslational Biomarkers for Traumatic Brain Injury: From Animal Studies to Human and Back鈥
Michael Whalen, MD
Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital
Title of Talk: 鈥淓lucidating Mechanisms of Disease in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Using Mouse Models鈥
2021-2022 Speakers
Dr. C茅dric G. Geoffroy
Institution: Texas A&M University
Title of Talk: 鈥淚mpact of Spinal Cord Injury on Cardiometabolic and Bowel Functions鈥
Dr. Sandra M. Garraway
Institution: Emory University
Title of Talk: 鈥淓xploring Multiple Mechanisms Underlying Pain After Spinal Cord Injury鈥
Dr. Justin E. Karr
Institution: University of Kentucky
Title of Talk: 鈥淯nderstanding Outcome Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: New Approaches and Underrepresented Populations鈥
Dr. Michael Kyweriga
Institution: Novoron Bioscience, Neuroregenerative Therapeutics
Title of Talk: 鈥淒evelopment of a chronic tethered intrathecal drug delivery system in rats鈥
Dr. H眉lya Bayir
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Title of Talk: 鈥淧hospholipid Signaling in the Pathogenesis of Traumatic Brain Injury鈥
Hongyan "Jenny" Zou, PhD, MD
Institution: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Title of Talk: 鈥淒issecting Neuronal Intrinsic and Extrinsic Hurdles of Axon Regeneration鈥
2020-2021 Speakers
Dr. John R. Lukens
Institution: University of Virginia
Title of Talk: 鈥淐auses and Consequences of Defective Brain Lymphatic Drainage in Head Trauma鈥
Dr. Regina C. Armstrong
Institution: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Title of Talk: 鈥淟ow Dose 4-Aminopyridine Therapy Mitigates Axon Damage and Demyelination During the Acute Phase After Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury鈥
Dr. Michael D. Sunshine
Institution: University of Florida (at time of talk) / University of Kentucky (current institution)
Title of Talk: 鈥淯sing spinal stimulation to restore motor function following spinal cord injury and opioid overdose鈥
Dr. Aaron Phillips
Institution: University of Calgary
Title of Talk: 鈥淎 Hemotherapy for Spinal Cord Injury鈥