March 28, 2019 | 8:30AM-4:00PM
Biomedical Research Tower Lobby & Room 115

Breakfast & Registration
8:30AM-9:15AM

Poster Session A
9:15AM-10:00AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks
10:00AM-10:15AM

Research Talks
10:15AM-11:45AM

Aptamer Inhibition of von Willebrand Factor: from Mice to Men
Shahid Nimjee, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor | Neurological Surgery

Driving Performance After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury among Teen Drivers
Ginger Yang, PhD | Associate Professor | Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital

Harnessing CST Structural and Functional Reorganization Through Gabapentinoids Administration Aids Functional Recovery After CNS trauma
Andrea Tedeschi, PhD | Assistant Professor | Neuroscience

Guest Speaker: Mark Burns, PhD (Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Georgetown University)
12:00PM-1:00PM

The Brain Adaptations Driving Behavioral Abnormalities after Repetitive Head Impact

An athletic career filled with head impacts predisposes athletes to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease characterized by behavioral deficits, cognitive impairment, and p-tau pathology in the sulcal depths where the brain is most susceptible to stress and strain. A burning question in the CTE field is to the role of p-tau in behavioral impairments: is it causative, downstream, or incidental?

This talk will explore the physiological changes that occur in the brain after HF-HI. Based on RNA sequencing, behavioral changes, electrophysiological analysis, calcium imaging, and pharmacological intervention, an alternative hypothesis for behavioral abnormalities after head impact will be proposed.

Lightning Talks
1:15PM-1:55PM

The Idol-ApoE receptor pathway in Alzheimer's disease
Jie Gao, PhD | Assistant Professor | Neuroscience

Wireless, Batteryless Brain Implants
Katrina Guido | Graduate Student | Electrical & Computer Engineering

Developmental changes in connectivity between the amygdala subnuclei and ventral visual cortex
Heather Hansen | Graduate Student | Psychology

Examining the relationship between episodic memory, the brain, and cardiorespiratory fitness in aging
Scott M. Hayes, PhD | Assistant Professor | Psychology

New frontiers in neuroimaging
Yune S. Lee, PhD | Assistant Professor | Speech & Hearing Sciences

Microglia are Extrinsically Primed by the Aged Microenvironment
Shane O'Neil | Graduate Student | Neuroscience

Feedback Control for Mental Health
Kevin Passino, PhD | Professor | Electrical & Computer Engineering

Restricted diffusion imaging : a novel algorithm to study brain micro-structural changes
Francesco Sammartino, MD | Postdoctoral Researcher | Neurological Surgery

Chronic Sleep Fragmentation after TBI Prolongs Inflammation and Contributes to Altered Behavior
Zoe Tapp | Graduate Student | Neuroscience

Neurometabolic vulnerability to cerebral ischemia after traumatic brain injury
Zachary Weil, PhD | Assistant Professor | Neuroscience

Breakout Session: Research Resource Showcase
2:00PM-2:45PM

Finding Funding & Strategic Proposal Development
Jeff Agnoli - Office of Research, Proposal Development Office

Neuroscience Core Services
Tony Brown - Neuroscience Core, Dept. of Neuroscience

Resources for Postdocs
Marcela Hernandez - Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

Raising the Visibility of Your Science
Jay Hansen - University Marketing

Poster Session B
2:45PM-3:30PM

Closing Remarks and Awards
3:30PM-4:00PM