WSU - Blast Symposium

The Symposium will take place at the McGregor Memorial Conference Center

Thursday, May 15^th
8:00	Breakfast
8:30	Welcome / Administrative Details
8:45	Blast Models: Neuronal and Glial Response to Overpressure (Dr. Pamela VandeVord, Wayne State University) Blast Brain Injury and Energy Transfer (Dr. Mikulas Chavko, Naval Research Center) Large Animal (Steve Parks, ORA) Hallmarks of Brain Injury in Rats and Swine Resulting from Blast (Dr. Richard Bauman, USA - Medcom)
10:30	Break
10:45	Computational Modeling: Blast Loading and Injury Evaluation Using Advanced Modeling Techniques (Dr. Duane Cronin, University of Waterloo) Assessing Blast Induced Neurotrauma (BINT) Using Head/Neck Experimental and FE Models (Dr. Jack Roberts, Johns Hopkins University) Brain Model (Dr. King Yang, Wayne State University)
12:00	Lunch
1:00	Keynote (Dr. Ibolja Cernak, Johns Hopkins University)
2:00	Personal Protective Equipment: The Challenge of Reducing and Quantifying Blast-Induced Traumatic Brain Injury with Personal Protective Equipment (Dr. Jean-Philippe Dionne, Med-Eng Systems) Helmet (Joseph McEntire, U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory)
3:00	Snack Break
3:30	Mounted Soldiers: Lower Extremity (Brian McKay, Wayne State University) Crew Protection (Rich Goetz, U.S. Army TARDEC) NATO HFM-148/RTG Update (Cynthia Bir, Wayne State Univserity)
5:00	Wine and Cheese Reception
Friday, May 16^th
8:30	Breakfast
9:00	Keynote (Dave Woodruff, Chairman - Bob Woodruff Family Fund)
9:45	Cellular Responses and Biomarkers: Chemical and Histological Changes After Low-Level Blast Exposure (Dr. Nabil Elsayed, SUNY Down State Medical Center) Inflammatory Alteration in a Model of Blast-Induced Plumonary Injury (Dr. Nikolai Gorbunov, Armed Forces Research Institute) Traumatic Brain Injury Markers (Dr. Kevin Wang, University of Florida)
11:00	Break
11:15	Diagnosis/Treatment/Rehabilitation: Imaging Vascular Damage Caused by Traumatic Brain Injury Using Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (Dr. Mark Haacke, Wayne State University) Imaging Disconnection in TBI Using Functional MRI Methods (Dr. Randy Benson, Wayne State University) Pathophysiology of Diffuse Axonal Injury Brain Injury (Dr. Jay Meythaler, Wayne State University)
12:30	Closing Remarks
1:00	WSU Facility Tour