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