Final Program
Wednesday April 11
Community Outreach
Poco Diablo Resort, Sedona AZ
4 pm to 6 pm
Title: “Brain Health”
Speaker – Maureen W. McEnery, PhD, MAT
Director of Spring Brain Conferences
Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Title: “Introduction: Brain Wellness Across the Lifespan”
Speaker - Michael J. Zigmond, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neurobiology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Title: “Life style, Brain Health, and Aging”
Speaker – Darolyn O’Donnell, MS, CTRS
Recreation Therapy Coordinator
Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center – A Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence
darolyn.o'donnell@dignityhealth.org
Title: “Community Outreach: A Lifeline for Managing and Living Well with Parkinson's Disease"
Spring Brain Conference 2018
Poco Diablo Resort
Sedona, AZ
April 12 to April 15, 2018
Final Program
Thursday April 12 (Official Hotel Check-in 4:00p)
05:30p Cash Bar - Opening Reception
6:15p Introduction
Maureen W. McEnery, Ph.D., MAT
Associate Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Director of Spring Brain Conferences
Department of Neurology UHCMC and the Neurological Institute
Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
mwmcenery@gmail.com
Title: “Spring Brain Conference: Creating a partnership in brain health with the Sedona Community “
6:30p Buffet Dinner
7:00p Keynote #1
Carl W. Cotman, PhD
Professor, Neurology
School of Medicine
Director, Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, Research and Graduate Studies
University of California, Irvine
Title: “The Remarkable Power of Lifestyles on Brain Health and Cognition “
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Friday April 13
07:00a Buffet Breakfast
07:30a Plenary #1
Organizer: John T. Gale, PhD
Session Title: “Parkinson Disease”
Speaker 1 Michael J. Zigmond, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Neurobiology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Title: “Lifestyle and the brain: How exercise and social interactions can protect our neurons“
Speaker 2 John T. Gale, PhD
Acting Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Title: “What we can learn from human intraoperative electrophysiology about basal ganglia communication”
Speaker 3 Ryan Walsh, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Movement Disorders
Department of Neurology
Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, AZ
Title: “Multi-modal MRI: A comprehensive approach to imaging Parkinson Disease (or you can’t treat what you can’t see)”
8:45a Plenary #2
Organizer: Cameron Metcalf, PhD
Session Title: “Epilepsy Therapy Development: Novel Tools and Targets”
Speaker 1: Cameron S. Metcalf, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology
Associate Director, Anticonvulsant Drug Development Program
University of Utah, College of Pharmacy
Title: “New model development for epilepsy research”
Speaker 2 Sookyong Koh, MD PhD FAES
Marcus Professor in Neurology
Associate Professor
Division of Neurology
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Title: “Immunomodulatory Therapy in Childhood Epilepsy”
Speaker 3 Timothy A. Simeone, PhD
Associate Professor
Graduate Program Director
Department of Pharmacology
Creighton University School of Medicine
Title: “Insights into antiseizure mechanisms through the lens of dietary therapies”
10:00a Coffee Break & Posters
10:30a Plenary #3
Organizer: Jeff Noebels, MD, PhD
Session Title: Neurodevelopment and Demise in Sodium Channelopathy
Introduction: Jeff Noebels, MD, PhD.
Speaker 1 Doug Nordli Jr, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Pediatric Neurology
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Keck School of Medicine, USC
Los Angeles, CA
Scn1a mutations: a prototype for epileptogenic cognitive dysfunction”
Speaker 2 George Richerson, MD, PhD.
Professor and Chair,
Departments of Neurology, Molecular Biophysics
University of Iowa Medical School
Iowa City, IA
“Too afraid to breathe: The amygdala and apnea in Scn1a mutant mice”
Speaker 3 Jeffrey Noebels, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
“The depolarizing wave of silence leading to sudden unexpected death in Scn1a mutant mice”
11:45a Lunch (Pick up Box Lunches)
12:30p Free Time & Recreation
05:30p Cash Bar
06:00p Poster Presentations (3 min summaries & 20 minutes at poster)
07:00p Buffet Dinner
7:30p Keynote #2
Dimitrios Davalos, PhD
Assistant Professor, Molecular Medicine
CCLCM-CWRU
Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Title: “Microglial Responses at the Blood-Brain Barrier”
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Saturday April 14
7:00a Buffet Breakfast
7:30a Plenary #4
Organizer: Diana Willis, PhD
Session Title: Axonal Translation In Neurological Disease
Speaker 1: Ulrich Hengst, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain
Columbia University
Title: “A disease-specific transcription factor complex mediates the retrograde spread of neurodegeneration in AD”
Speaker 2: Michael R. Akins, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Drexel University
Title: “Presynaptic Fragile X Proteins”
Speaker 3 Dianna Willis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Weill Cornell Medicine
Associate Director
Burke Medical Research Institute
Title: “Failure to upregulate RNA binding proteins after injury leads to impaired regeneration in diabetic neuropathy”
8:45a Plenary #5
Organizer: Phil Popovich, PhD
Session Title: Spinal Cord Injury
Speaker 1 Phillip Popovich, PhD
Professor
Ray W. Poppleton Research Designated Chair
Department of Neuroscience
Director - Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair
Columbus, OH
Title: “SCI/Microbiota effects on neuroinflammation and recovery of function“
Speaker 2 Dana McTigue, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Neuroscience
Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair
College of Medicine
Department of Neuroscience, Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair
Title: “SCI-Liver axis and effects on spinal cord pathology and recovery of function“
Speaker 3 Karim Fouad, PhD
Professor
University of Alberta
Rehabilitation Medicine
Physical Therapy
Title: “Controlling neuro-immune cross-talk after a spinal cord injury - a systems-based approach to improving recovery of function “
10:00a Coffee Break & Posters.
10:15a Plenary #6
Organizer: Baldomero (Toto) Olivera, PhD
Session Title: “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”
Introduction: Toto Olivera, PhD
Speaker 1 Lucinda Bateman, MD
Bateman Horne Center, Salt Lake City, UT
support@batemanhornecenter.org
Title: "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): a multisystem illness invisible in plain sight"
Speaker 2 Ron W. Davis, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry and Genetics
Stanford Cancer Institute
Director of the Genome Technology Center
Stanford University
Title: “Developing new technologies to unravel chronic fatigue syndrome“
11:30a Poster Session -Visit Posters
12:15a Lunch (Pick up Box Lunches)
12:30p Free Time & Recreation
06:00p Cash Bar
06:30p Buffet Dinner
07:00p Keynote Talk #3
John H. Morrison, PhD
Professor, Neurology
CNPRC Director & Core Scientist
Neuroscience and Behavior Unit
School of Medicine
University of California, Davis
Title: “Synaptic Health: Implications for Cognitive Aging”
08:00p Business Meeting & Plans for Future Meetings
Spring Brain 2019 April 11-14
Spring Brain 2020 Meeting April 2-5
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Sunday April 15 (Official Hotel Check-out 11:00am)
7:00a Buffet Breakfast
7:30a Plenary #7
Organizer: Tara L. Moore, PhD
Session Title: “The effects of curcumin on brain function in aging”
Speaker 1 Maria Medalla, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Anatomy and Neuroscience
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Title: “Effects of dietary curcumin on microglia-neuron interactions in middle-aged rhesus monkeys”
Speaker 2 Tara L. Moore, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
Title: “Curcumin supplementation improves cognition and motor function in middle-aged monkeys”
Speaker 3 Gregory Cole, PhD
Interim Director, Mary S. Eaton Alzheimer Center
Associate Director Research
GRECC GLA VA
Professor
Dept. of Neurology and Medicine
UCLA
Title: “Curcumin Targets for Alzheimer Prevention”
8:45a Plenary #8
Organizer: Edita Navratilova, PhD
Session Title: “Brain circuits mediating pain”
Speaker 1 Edita Navratilova, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Dept. of Pharmacology
College of Medicine
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Title: "Pain processing in the dopamine reward circuit"
Speaker 2 Volker E. Neugebauer, MD. PhD
Director, Center of Excellence for Translational Neuroscience and Therapeutics
Professor and Chair, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
Giles C. McCrary Endowed Chair in Addiction Medicine
Texas Tech University SOM
Lubbock, TX
Title: “Pain processing in the amygdala”
Speaker 3 John T. Gale, PhD
Acting Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Emory University School of Medicine
Title: “Electrophysiological mapping of the somatic sensory nucleus of the thalamus in humans with chronic pain”
10:00a Coffee Break & Posters
10:15a Plenary #9
Session Title: "Substance Abuse Disorder and the Science of Addiction”
Speaker: Maureen W. McEnery, PhD, MAT.
Director, Spring Brain Conferences
Case Western University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Title: Content and Compassion: Addressing the Opioid epidemic in medical education.
Speaker Karen A. Sirocco, PhD
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health
Title: “Bringing the Full Power of Science to Bear on Drug Abuse and Addiction”
11:45a Buffet Lunch and Final Reception
12:30p Meeting Closes - Free Time & Recreation
Monday April 16
Spring Brain 2018 “Brain Health Outreach”
Sedona Oak Creek High School
07:30a to 12:15 pm
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Spring Brain Conference 2018 is pleased to announce the following keynote speakers and their presentations:
Dr. Carl Cotman
Professor, Neurology
School of Medicine
Director, Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, Research and Graduate Studies University of California, Irvine
Title: ““The Remarkable Power of Lifestyles on Brain Health and Cognition“ Dr. Dimitrios Davalos
Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH
Title: ““Microglial Responses at the Blood-Brain Barrier”
Dr. John H. Morrison
Professor, Neurology
CNPRC Director & Core Scientist Neuroscience and Behavior Unit School of Medicine
University of California, Davis
Title: “Synaptic Health: Implications for Cognitive Aging”
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Spring Brain Conference 2018 is pleased to announce the following keynote speakers and their presentations:
Dr. Carl Cotman
Professor, Neurology
School of Medicine
Director, Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, Research and Graduate Studies
University of California, Irvine
Title: ““The Remarkable Power of Lifestyles on Brain Health and Cognition“
Dr. Dimitrios Davalos
Assistant Professor, Molecular Medicine
CCLCM-CWRU
Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Title: ““Microglial Responses at the Blood-Brain Barrier”
Dr. John H. Morrison
Professor, Neurology
CNPRC Director & Core Scientist
Neuroscience and Behavior Unit
School of Medicine
University of California, Davis
Title: “Synaptic Health: Implications for Cognitive Aging”
Brain Conference 2018 is pleased to announce the following keynote speakers and their presentations:
Dr. Carl Cotman
Professor, Neurology
School of Medicine
Director, Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, Research and Graduate Studies
University of California, Irvine
Title: ““The Remarkable Power of Lifestyles on Brain Health and Cognition“
Dr. Dimitrios Davalos
Assistant Professor, Molecular Medicine
CCLCM-CWRU
Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Title: ““Microglial Responses at the Blood-Brain Barrier”
Dr. John H. Morrison
Professor, Neurology
CNPRC Director & Core Scientist
Neuroscience and Behavior Unit
School of Medicine
University of California, Davis
Title: “Synaptic Health: Implications for Cognitive Aging”
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