A Systems Approach to Understanding TMJDs
September 16-18, 2007
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Temporomandibular Muscle and Joint Disorders Interagency Working Group
September 16
Bethesda Marriott Suites
Introductions and Background Information
7:00 PM Welcome and Introductions:
Recent Advances in TMJD Research.……………Dr. Lawrence Tabak
Director, NIDCR
7:45 PM Goals and Organization of the Meeting................Dr. John Kusiak
Program Director, NIDCR
8:00 PM Charge to Workshop Members……………………Dr. Cecile Feldman
Dean
New Jersey Dental School,
UMDNJ
Dr. John Watson
Professor
UC San Diego
8:30 PM A Systems Approach to Complex Diseases…….Dr. David Galas
Institute for Systems Biology
9:00 PM Discussion
September 17
NIH Campus – Building 30 Room 117
Possible Models for a Systems Approach to TMJDs
8:30 AM TMJDs: The OPPERA Study………...……………..Dr. William Maixner
University of North Carolina
9:00 AM Discussion
9:30 AM TMJDs and Other Co-morbid Conditions………..Dr. Daniel Clauw
University of Michigan
10:00 AM Discussion
10:30 AM A Systems Approach in Studying Type II Diabetes…......Dr. Atul Butte
Stanford University
11:00 AM Discussion
11:30 AM Break
11:45 AM A Systems Approach in Studying Hypertension………..Dr. Allen Cowley
Medical College of
Wisconsin
12:15 PM Discussion
12:45 PM Lunch
1:30 PM A Systems Approach in Studying Peripheral Pain Disorder: CRPS…
Dr. Anne Louise Oaklander
Massachusetts General Hospital
2:00 PM Discussion
2:30 PM A Systems Approach in Studying Epilepsy and
Other Brain Disorders ……………………………..... Dr.Raymond Dingledine,
Emory University
3:00 PM Discussion
3:15 PM Break
3:45 PM A Systems Approach in Studying Cancer… ………..Dr. David Hill,
Dana Farber Cancer
Institute
4:15 PM Discussion
4:45 PM Panel Meeting and Discussion
7:00 PM Panel Meeting and Discussion at Bethesda Marriott Suites
September 18
NIH Campus – Building 30 Room 117
8:30 AM Presentation and Discussion of Panel Recommendations:
- Is there a model of a systems approach that can/should be emulated or would a unique and different approach better serve future research on TMJDs?
- What are the pros and cons of taking such an approach?
- In the absence of all necessary expertise existing in a single research area or setting, what options should be explored to develop a cadre of scientists, engineers and scientist clinicians to attack this problem?