2022 Conference Agenda
Day One - June 6, 2022
7:25 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 AM
Chairperson's Opening Remarks
8:20 AM
A Novel 3D Microfluidic Model of the Human Neurovascular Unit for the Study of TBI and Neuroinflammation
Servio Ramirez, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Temple University
8:50 AM
Leveraging Psychiatric Genomic Consortia to Power Large-scale Genetic Analysis of TBI
Seth Disner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota
9:20 AM
The PTSD Research Roadmap: A Model Approach for Discovering New Treatment Opportunities for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
9:50 AM
Traumatic Brain Injury During Pregnancy
Jonathan Lifshitz, Ph.D., Professor, Child Health; Research Scientist, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix Children's Hospital
10:50 AM
PANEL SESSION: Biomarkers in the Emergency Room: Practice and Promise
Panelists:
Chris Davlantes, MD, FACEP, Senior Director, Global Medical Affairs, Abbott Point of Care
W. Frank Peacock, MD, FACEP, Professor, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, MD, Ph.D., Director of TBI Clinical Research Center, Associate Director for Clinical Research, Center for Neurodegeneration & Repair, Penn Medicine
11:40 AM
NINDS TBI Research: The Spectrum of Research and Opportunities
Nsini Umoh, Ph.D., Traumatic Brain Injury Program Director, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorder & Stroke
12:10 PM
Luncheon
1:10 PM
Characterizing the Invisible Wound of Military TBI: An Update from the DoD/USU Brain Tissue Repository
1:40 PM
Acute Axon Damage and Demyelination are Mitigated by 4-Aminopyridine (4-AP) Therapy after Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury
Kryslaine Radomski, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University
1:55 PM
Evaluation of Provider Management of Head Injuries in Urgent Care: A Protocol Development Project
Brandy Millay, DNP, Urgent Care & Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner, Valley Health
2:10 PM
The Impact of Colonic Inflammation During Chronic Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice on Long-term Outcomes
Marie Hanscom, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, Michigan State University
3:25 PM
Involvement of Lateral Habenula Dysfunction in Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury-Induced Motivational Deficits
Fereshteh Nugent, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Uniformed Services University
3:55 PM
Defining Acute Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Report of the HEAD Injury Serum Markers and Multi-Modalities for Assessing Response to Trauma (HeadSMART II) Study
W. Frank Peacock, MD, FACEP, Professor, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
4:25 PM
Traumatic Brain Injury and the Gut Microbiome
Dennis Simon, MD, Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh