Program
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1:00-4:00PM |
Research Skills Workshop |
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6:00PM |
Welcome remarks Manfred Van Dulmen, Ph.D., Senior Associate Provost & Dean, Graduate College, Kent State University Douglas L. Delahanty, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Kent State University |
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6:15PM |
Keynote Address "Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces: Toward the Restoration of Communication and Mobility" L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Engineering and Professor of Brain Science at Brown University; Director of the Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery in the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital; Senior Lecturer on Neurology at Harvard Medical School; Director of the Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology in the Rehabilitation R&D Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Providence, RI. (Introduced by Dr. Mike Lehman) |
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7:00-9:30PM |
Reception and Poster Session |
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8:00AM |
Check-in and Breakfast |
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8:30AM |
Welcome Remarks and Brain Health Research Institute Overview Mike Lehman, Ph.D., Director, Brain Health Research Institute |
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Morning Session |
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| Time | Details |
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9:00AM |
"REconnecting the Hand and Arm to the Brain (ReHAB): Bi-directional neuroprostheses for sensorimotor functional restoration" Elmer Lincoln Lindseth Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University School of Engineering; Biomedical Engineering Research Scientist, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Rehabilitation R&D Service, FES Center of Excellence (Introduced by Dr. Lique Coolen) |
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9:45AM |
"Letting the Brain Be the Engineer" Associate Staff Member, Cleveland Clinic Department of Neurosciences; Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University Department of Biomedical Engineering; Research Scientist, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center (Introduced by Dr. Angela Ridgel) |
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10:30AM |
"Medical Bionics – Lessons Learned from Cochlear Implants" Associate Professor of Research Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (Introduced by Dr. Brad Winters) |
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11:15AM |
Break |
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11:30AM
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Brain-Machine Interfaces: Perspectives from Technology Users and Therapists Vice President, North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium; Executive Director, Ian Burkhart Foundation
Master’s Candidate, Youngstown State University
Associate Professor, Research Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Neurosurgeon, The Ohio State University; Scientist, Battelle; Founder and CEO, NeuroTech Institute
(Moderated by Dr. Rachael Blasiman) |
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12:15PM |
Break for Lunch |
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Afternoon Session |
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| Time | Details |
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1:15PM |
"Closed-Loop Neuromodulation for Improved Treatment of Neurological Disorders" Professor, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering and Fixel Brain Mapping Professor, Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases, University of Florida (Introduced by Dr. Lique Coolen) |
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2:00PM |
"Neural dynamics of skilled motor control and tools for large-scale neuroscience" Postdoctoral Scholar, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University (Introduced by Dr. Mike Lehman) |
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2:45PM |
Break |
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3:00PM |
"Touch Interaction and Feedback Technology Revolutionizing Motor Skill Training" Associate Professor and Director of Immersive Computing For Touch Lab, Department of Computer Science, Kent State University (Introduced by Dr. Angela Ridgel) |
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3:45PM |
Brain-Machine Interfaces: Corporate Perspectives Vice President, Brain Computer Interfaces, Blackrock NeuroTech
Neurosurgeon, The Ohio State University; Scientist, Battelle; Founder and CEO, NeuroTech Institute
Akhtar and Bhutta Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Neuroscience, Carnegie Mellon University
(Moderated by Dr. Dawn Taylor) |
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4:30PM |
Poster awards, wrap up and farewell Mike Lehman, Ph.D., Director, Brain Health Research Institute |