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, 20058:30-9:30 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 |