Agenda

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Thursday, March 7
4:00pm – 5:00pm Symposium Registration Open

Please arrive prior to 5:00pm to check-in at the registration desk.

5:00pm – 6:00 pm Welcome/Introduction
(20 minutes) Fabrisia Ambrosio, PhD, MPT, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital & Joanne Borg-Stein, MD, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Ross Zafonte, DO, President, Spaulding Rehabilitation Network
 (35 minutes + 10 min Q/A) Keynote: Ana Rodríguez Castillo, Artist and Art Historian, “On Originality of Ideas: Breaking Rigid Concepts of the Creative Process From the Perspective of the Art World”
6:05pm – 9:00pm Reception, Poster Session, and Pitch Competition
6:05pm – 6:50pm Food and Networking
7:00pm – 7:45pm Pitch Competition
7:45pm – 9:30pm Poster Session
Friday, March 8  
7:00am – 8:30am Symposium Registration/Check-In
8:00am – 9:00am

Aesculapian Room (2nd Floor)

Clinical Sig Breakfast (breakfast will be provided)
Discussion facilitated by: Carmen Terzic, MD, Mayo Clinic, Joanne Borg-Stein, MD, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital & George Malik, MD, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Massachusetts Room (2nd floor) General Breakfast
9:15am – 10:30am Opening of Day One/Welcome
Fabrisia Ambrosio,PhD, MPT, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital & Michael Boninger, MD, University of Pittsburgh, Tiffany Knowlton, JD, Association of Academic Physiatrists
(40 mins + 10 mins Q/A) 9:40am- 10:30am Keynote: Alan J. Grodzinsky, ScD, MIT

Human Osteochondral-Synovium Co-Culture Model of Cartilage Degradation & Therapeutic Intervention: Relevance to Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis on Earth and in Space”

15 min break
10:45am – 12:30pm Session #1: Modulation of the Microenvironment to Enhance CNS Health and Recovery
Moderator: Linda J. Noble-Haeusslein, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
(20 minutes) 10:45am – 11:05am Nicolas Madigan, PhD, Mayo Clinic “Tissue Engineering with Hydrogels To Study Mechanisms Of Spinal Cord Regeneration
(20 minutes) 11:05am – 11:25am Randy Trumbower, PhD, PT, Harvard University “Acute Intermittent Hypoxia as a Plasticity-Promoting Primer to Enhance Functional Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury”
(20 minutes) 11:25am – 11:45am Franklin West, PhD, University of Georgia “Combined Structured Treadmill Walking and Neural Stem Cell Therapy in a Porcine Traumatic Brain Injury Model”
(15 minutes) 11:45am – 12:00pm Young Investigator Blockbuster: Alice Gualerzi, PhD, Fondazione Don Gnocchi
12:00pm  – 12:25pm

(25 minutes)

Questions + Panel Discussion
12:25pm – 2:00pm

Massachusetts Foyer (2nd Floor)

Seating in Massachusetts and Aesculapian Room (2nd Floor)

Lunch (will be provided)
“Meet Your NIH Program Officer”

Stop by the “Meet Your NIH Program Officer” table during lunch, where an NIH program official will answer questions and discuss NIH funding opportunities related to regenerative rehabilitation, career development, and the larger field of disability research, as well as NIH funding mechanisms and the peer-review process. No sign up required.

2:00pm – 3:55pm Session #2: Rebuilding Cartilage: Advancing Rehabilitation Outcomes with Tissue Engineering
Moderator: Hirotaka Iijima, PhD, PT, Harvard Medical School
(30 minutes) 2:00pm – 2:30pm Plenary Speaker: Martin Stoddart, PhD, AO FoundationMechanical Activation of TGF – Driving MSC Chondrogenesis By Tribology
(20 minutes) 2:30pm – 2:50pm Prakash Jayabalan MD, PhD, Shirley Ryan “Exercise as a Biological Medicine in Knee Osteoarthritis”
(20 minutes) 2:50pm – 3:10pm Christopher Nagelli, PhD, Mayo Clinic RECLAIM: A Cell Therapy for Acute Cartilage Defects”
(15 minutes) 3:10pm – 3:25pm Young Investigator Blockbuster: Ella D’Amico, MD, University of Pittsburgh
(25 minutes) 3:25pm – 3:50pm Panel Discussion
3:50pm – 4:05pm 15 min break Break (refreshments will be provided)
4:05pm – 6:10pm Session #3: Restoring and Revitalizing Neuromuscular Health at the Intersection of Regenerative Medicine and Rehabilitation
Moderator: Nelson A. Hager, LTC, USA (Ret), Uniformed Services University
(30 minutes) 4:05pm – 4:35pm Plenary Speaker: Thomas A. Rando, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Los AngelesMuscle Renaissance: Rebuilding Injured Skeletal Muscle”
(20 minutes) 4:35pm – 4:55pm Jenna Galloway, PhD, Harvard University “Building a roadmap for regenerative tendon healing”
(20 minutes) 4:55pm – 5:15pm Paul George, MD, PhD, Stanford University Bioengineering Approaches: Programming Nerves for Repair”
(20 minutes) 5:15pm – 5:35pm Xiaoning (Jenny) Yuan, MD, PhD, Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesRegenerative Rehabilitation: From Bench to Bedside to Battlefield”
(15 minutes) 5:35pm -5:50pm Young Investigator Blockbuster: David Johnson, Saint Louis University
(25 minutes) 5:50pm – 6:15pm Panel Discussion
Dinner on Own
Saturday, March 9  
7:00am – 8:30am Symposium Registration/Check-in
8:00am – 9:00am

Aesculapian Room (2nd Floor)

Diversity Breakfast (breakfast will be provided)

Paula K. Davis, MA, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, University of Pittsburgh

Joan Y. Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA, Harvard Medical School                                                                       

Massachusetts Room (2nd floor) General Breakfast (breakfast will be provided)
9:30am – 10:45am Session #4: New Directions in Regenerative Rehabilitation Research
Moderator: Michael Boninger, MD, University of Pittsburgh
(40 minutes) 9:30am – 10:10am Helmet Karim, PhD, University of Pittsburgh & Kirk Erickson, PhD, Advent Health “Exercise and Brain Health:  Immediate Impact to Predicting Future Outcomes”
(20 minutes) 10:10am – 10:30am Hirotaka Iijima, PhD, PT, Harvard Medical School “Implementation of Network Medicine Principles In The Field Of Rehabilitation
(15 minutes) 10:30am – 10:45am Young Investigator Blockbuster: Junyi Zhu, MIT
(20 minutes) 10:45am – 11:05am Panel Discussion
11:05 am – 11:25am (20 min break) Break (refreshments will be provided)
11:25 am – 12:55pm Session #5: New Directions in Regenerative Rehabilitation Research – Continued
Moderator: Thomas A. Rando, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
(20 minutes) 11:25am – 11:45am Takashi Daniel Yoshida Kozai, PhD, University of Pittsburgh

“Illuminating The Future: Navigating Electrical and Photocapacitive Stimulation”

(20 minutes) 11:45am – 12:05pm Adam Tenforde, MD, Harvard Medical School “Shockwave Therapy”
(20 minutes) 12:05am – 12:25pm Nirosha Murugan, PhD, Algoma University  “Going Out On A Limb: Applied Biophysical Control Of Tissue Re-Patterning Toward Whole Limb Regeneration In Non-Regenerative Animals
(20 Minutes) 12:25pm- 12:45pm Panel Discussion
(10 minutes) 12:45pm- 12:55pm Closing Remarks : Fabrisia Ambrosio, PhD, MPT, Harvard University