National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
20th Anniversary Symposium
October 23, 2008
Natcher Conference Center
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Registration
Coffee
Music by Yew Choong Cheong, Pianist
Welcome
James F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Director, NIDCD
Opening Remarks
Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health
Videotaped Remarks
U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)
As Time Goes By: A Population Perspective on Hearing in Aging
Karen J. Cruickshanks, Ph.D.
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Population Health Sciences
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
In An Instant
Lee Woodruff
Wife of ABC news anchor/reporter Bob Woodruff, who was seriously injured by a roadside bomb that struck his vehicle and suffered a traumatic brain injury. The Woodruffs have a daughter who is hearing-impaired.
Hearing and Balance Research
Biophysics, Genes, and Structure: An Integrated Understanding of the Inner Ear
David P. Corey, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School
Childhood Development after Cochlear Implantation
John K. Niparko, M.D.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Health Break in room E1 and E2 (across from auditorium)
Visit the Professional Organization Resource Tables
Light refreshments
Music Lost and Found
Music by Richard Reed, Rock-and-Roll/R&B musician and
cochlear implant wearer
Smell and Taste Research
Internal Representations of the Olfactory World
Richard Axel, M.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Columbia University
The Chemical Senses and Human Health: Food and the Environment
Gary K. Beauchamp, Ph.D.
Monell Chemical Senses Center
Lunch – Natcher Conference Center
Lunch on your own or option to buy a lunch voucher during registration
Voice, Speech and Language Research
Language Across the Life Span: Improving Lives in the 21st Century
Helen Tager-Flusberg, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Boston University School of Medicine
Progress and Prospects in Research on Speech Perception
Robert E. Remez, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Columbia University
Closing Remarks
James F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Director, NIDCD
NIDCD Intramural Scientific Posters/Meet the speakers
Light refreshments
Music by Yew Choong Cheong, Pianist
Updated September 5, 2008
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