Second Research Symposium on Traumatic Brain Injury

Thursday, May 19, 2011 8:30am – 6:30 pm
Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland Campus
3501 University Blvd E
Adelphi, MD 20783

AGENDA

8:30am Registration

9:00am Welcome Dr. D. K. Anand

9:10am Opening Remarks Mr. R. E. Kaczmarek

9:20am “The Importance of Multi-organ Response in Blast-induced Neurotrauma”
Dr. Ibolja Cernak
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

9:40am "Effects of Blast Injury on Cerebral Blood Flow and Cerebral Vascular Reactivity"
Dr. Doug DeWitt
University of Texas

10:00am "A Rat Model of Traumatic Brain Injury Caused by Under-Body Blast"
Dr. Gary Fiskum
University of Maryland School of Medicine

10:20am Break

10:40am "Characterization of Physiological and Cognitive Effects of Single and Repeated Exposures to Low Level Blast Overpressure"
Dr. Richard M. McCarron
Naval Medical Research Center

11:00am "Perfluorocarbon Oxygen Therapeutic Emulsions Improve Outcome Following Traumatic Brain Injury From Repetitive Air Blast Insults"
Dr. Travis Parsons
Virginia Commonwealth University

11:20am “Field-usable Multiplexed TBI Biomarker Diagnostic Device”
Dr. Srivatsa Rao
Intelligent Optical Systems

11:40am "DoD Brain Injury Computational Modeling Expert Panel"
Dr. Raj Gupta
DoD Blast Injury Research Program Coordinating Office

12:00noon Lunch & Group Photograph

1:20pm "Wave Propagation Through Soft Tissue Matter"
Dr. Bala Balachandran
University of Maryland

1:40pm “Recent Results on MR Imaging of Shear Wave Propagation in the Human Brain”
Mr. Erik Clayton
Washington University in St. Louis

2:00pm “Acquiring Image Data and the Application of Tools for Volume Visualization and 3D Exploration to Examine Brain Tissues Exposed to Traumatic Brain Injury”
Dr. Mark Ellisman
University of California, San Diego

2:20pm “Advanced Imaging Methods to Study Early Microstructural and Metabolic Changes Following Traumatic Brain Injury”
Dr. Rao Gullapalli
University of Maryland School of Medicine

2:40pm “A Method of Determination of mTBI Through MR Imaging”
Dr. David Hemmy
Medical College of Wisconsin

3:00pm Break

3:20pm “Dynamic Mechanical Response of Brain Tissue”
Dr. Weinong Chen
Purdue University

3:40pm “Development and Characterization of Laboratory Scale Shock Tubes for Studies of Blast Effects and Especially Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)”
Dr. Amy Courtney
Ballistics Testing Group

4:00m "Experimental and Computational Studies of Blast Induced mild TBI"
Dr. Namas Chandra
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

4:20pm “Role of Moisture Content in Mechanical Characterization of Brain Tissue”
Dr. Henry Haslach
University of Maryland

4:40pm Closing Remarks

5:00pm Social

6:30pm End of Symposium