National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), NIH
and
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), NIH
December 5-6, 2005
Monday
| 8:00-9:00 am |
REGISTRATION, HANDOUTS, and Poster Set-up |
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| 9:30-9:30 |
Welcome and Overview: Ralph Nitkin, NICHD |
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| 9:30-11:30 |
What's Hot in Medical Rehabilitation Research
Repairing the Thinking Brain
John Whyte, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
Rehabilitation Robotics: What Lies Ahead?
Zev Rymer, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University
Molecular Medicine and Nutrition in Critical Illness
Leticia Castillo, Texas Children's Hosp (Baylor) and Children's Nutrition Research Center, USDA
Lifestyle Counts: Psychosocial and Behavioral Intervention Research for Persons with Disabilities
Alexa Stuifbergen, University of Texas at Austin
Quality of Life Technology - Enhancing Community Participation
Rory Cooper, University of Pittsburgh |
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| 11:30-1:00 |
Lunch - on your own |
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| 1:00-1:30 |
Poster Set-up and Preview |
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| 1:30-3:00 |
Training and Career Development in Rehabilitation Research
John Whyte, Moss Rehab Hospital, and Zev Rymer, Rehab Institute of Chicago |
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| 3:00-3:30 |
Break |
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| 3:30-5:30 |
Panel of Trainees: Anecdotes of Survival and Success
Joe Hidler, Gwen Sowa, Katherine Froehlich-Grobe, Ken Monson,
Isabelle DePlaen and Andrea Behrman |
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| 5:30-7:30 |
Dinner - on your own |
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| 7:30-10:00 pm |
Evening Poster session (with appetizers and refreshment)
All Trainees are encouraged to present posters; Send in abstract by
October 14, 2005 |
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Tuesday December 6, 2005
| 8:30-9:30 am |
Rehabilitation Treatment Efficacy Research: Defining the Active Ingredients
John Whyte, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute |
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| 9:30-10:00 |
Overview of NIH, Peer Review and Support of Medical Rehabilitation
Ralph Nitkin, NICHD |
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| 10:00-10:30 |
BREAK |
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| 10:30-12:00 |
Mock Study section: Insight into the NIH peer-review process |
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| 12:00-1:30 |
Lunch - on your own |
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| 1:30-4:00 |
Human Subject Research and Clinical Trials
Unique Aspects of Clinical Research in Medical Rehabilitation - Ralph Nitkin, NICHD
NIH support of Clinical Trials - Scott Janis, NINDS
Keynote Talk: Clinical Trials... and Tribulations - William Friedewald,
Columbia University |
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| 4:00-4:30 |
WRAP-UP |
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To register and further information contact:
Ralph Nitkin at rn21e@nih.gov