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 |
| 9:30-9:30 | Welcome and Overview: Ralph Nitkin, NICHD |
| 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 |
| 11:30-1:00 | Lunch - on your own |
| 1:00-1:30 | Poster Set-up and Preview |
| 1:30-3:00 | Training and Career Development in Rehabilitation Research
John Whyte, Moss Rehab Hospital, and Zev Rymer, Rehab Institute of Chicago |
| 3:00-3:30 | Break |
| 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 |
| 5:30-7:30 | Dinner - on your own |
| 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 |
Tuesday December 6, 2005| 8:30-9:30 am | Rehabilitation Treatment Efficacy Research: Defining the Active Ingredients
John Whyte, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute |
| 9:30-10:00 | Overview of NIH, Peer Review and Support of Medical Rehabilitation
Ralph Nitkin, NICHD |
| 10:00-10:30 | BREAK |
| 10:30-12:00 | Mock Study section: Insight into the NIH peer-review process |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch - on your own |
| 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 |
| 4:00-4:30 | WRAP-UP |
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| | To register and further information contact:
Ralph Nitkin at rn21e@nih.gov |
