[Federal Register: January 31, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 20)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[NHTSA Docket No. NHTSA-2006-26249]
Brain Injury Symposium Agenda
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Agenda for the Meeting Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
announced a two day Brain Injury Symposium to be held in Washington, DC
(Federal Register/Vol. 71, No. 217/ Thursday, November 9, 2006/
Notices). This notice supplements the agenda for the symposium (see the
previous announcement for further information, NHTSA-2006-26249:1).
DATES: February 26 and 27, 2007 starting at 9 a.m. on Monday, February
26 and ending at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480
L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Erik Takhounts, PhD, Office of Applied Vehicle
Safety Research, Human Injury Research Division, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590. Telephone number (202) 366-4737; E-mail Erik.Takhounts@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Program
Day 1: Monday, February 26, 2007
Room--Quorum
8 a.m.-9 a.m. Refreshments.
9 a.m.-9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks.
R. Medford. Senior Associate Administrator, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration ``Welcoming remarks.''
9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Session I.
S. Ridella, Human Injury Research Division, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration ``Overview of NHTSA activities related to
brain injury research.''
E. Takhounts, Human Injury Research Division, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration ``Brain injury research at NHTSA:
modeling efforts.''
T. Gennare III, Medical College of Wisconsin, ``Overview of
previous and current research in brain injury biomechanics.''
10:15 a.m.-10:35 a.m. Break.
10:35 a.m.-11:35 a.m. Session II.
A. King, Wayne State University, ``Overview of WSU current
research: modeling, tissue level injuries.''
R. Willinger, University of Louis Pasteur-Strasbourg, ``Overview of
ULP head injury criteria research and European perspectives.''
11:35 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch [on your own]
1:30 p.m.-3 p.m. Session III.
J. Melvin, Tandelta, ``Brain injuries in race car drivers.''
R. Nightingale, Duke University, ``Neck as a delivery device for
head; pediatric brain research.''
S. Margulies, University of Pennsylvania, ``Pediatric brain injury
research; tissue level brain injuries.''
3 p.m.-3:20 p.m. Break.
3:20 p.m.-4:20 p.m. Session IV.
S. Duma, Virginia Tech, ``Brain injuries in college football
players.''
B. Morrison III, Columbia University, ``Advances in cellular brain
injury biomechanics.''
4:20 p.m.-5 p.m. Discussion and Concluding Remarks.
Ridella/Takhounts: Announcements of the working groups for the next
day: Injury Mechanisms and Criteria, Modeling, and Dummy development;
discussion of the presentations and working groups, selection of the
group members and conformation of leaders.
Day 2: Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Rooms--Montcalm, Lasalle, Lafayette
8 a.m.-9 a.m. Refreshments.
9 a.m.-12 p.m. Working in Breakout Groups.
Discussion of the respective topics, research needs for the short-,
mid-, and long-terms.
10:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Break.
Continuing discussion of the respective topics.
12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch [on your own].
1:30 p.m.-3 p.m. Working in Breakout Groups.
Preparation of the resolution in each group.
3 p.m.-3:20 p.m. Break.
3:20 p.m.-5 p.m. Discussion and Concluding Remarks.
BALL Rooms C and D.
Ridella/Takhounts: Putting it all together, concluding remarks.
Issued on: January 25, 2007.
William T. Hollowell,
Director, Office of Applied Vehicle Safety Research.
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