Agenda: Workshop
8:25 am - 8:30 am
Welcome and Introductions
RICHARD JOHNSON, Johns Hopkins University
I. Emerging therapies and evaluating their potential
8:30 am - 8:55 am
Cell death and plasticity: Identifying therapeutic targets for the treatment of spinal cord injuries
ALAN FADEN, Georgetown University
8:55 am - 9:20 am
Oxidative stress and cell death: an overview of stroke research and lessons for spinal cord injury
PAK CHAN, Stanford
9:20 am - 9:45 am
Developing animal models for spinal cord injuries
MICHAEL BEATTIE, Ohio State
9:45 am - 10:05 am
General Discussion
10:05 am - 10:20 am
BREAK
II. Stem and olfactory ensheathing cells
10:20 am - 10:45 am
Potentials and pitfalls of stem cell therapies: lessons learned from the treatment of cancer
IRVING WEISSMAN, Stanford
10:45 am - 11:10 am
Is there a role for stem cell treatments for patients with spinal cord injuries?
EVAN SNYDER, Burnside Institute, San Diego
11:10 am - 11:35 pm
Olfactory ensheathing cell transplants as a treatment for spinal cord injuries
GEOFF RAISMAN, National Institute for Medical Research Center, London, UK
11:35 noon - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
LUNCH
III. Neuropathic pain
1:00 pm - 1:25 pm
Potential therapies to treat pain syndromes in spinal cord injuries
CLARE HULSEBOSCH, University of Texas
IV. Robotics and physical therapy
1:25 pm - 1:50 pm
Developing neural prostheses
WILLIAM HEETDERKS, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
1:50 pm - 2:15 pm
Physical therapies and electrical stimulation as treatments for spinal cord injuries
V. REGGIE EDGERTON, UCLA
2:15 pm - 2:35 pm
General Discussion
2:35 pm - 2:50 pm
BREAK
V. Clinical Research Methods
2:45 pm - 3:10 pm
Statistical methods and patient registries as tools for clinical spinal cord injury research
RALPH FRANKOWSKI, University of Texas at Houston
3:10 pm - 3:35 pm
Registries as clinical research tools: Bone Marrow Transplantation
FAUSTO LOBERIZA, JR, Medical College of Wisconsin
3:35 pm - 4:00 pm
Alternatives to large-scale, randomized controlled trials
CURTIS MEINERT, JHU
4:00 pm - 4:20 pm
General discussion about Clinical Research Methods
4:20 pm - 4:50 pm
Overarching discussion
5:00 pm Workshop adjourns
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