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Featured Speakers:

 
Dr. Nicholas DiProspero
Neurogenetics Branch,
National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke
   Clinical Trial Development in Neurodegenerative Disorders:
BBIC Treatment in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy


March 30, 2007
 
 
 
Carmen C. Brewer, Ph.D.
Chief, Audiology, NIDCD


Christopher Zalewski
Audiologist, NIDCD
   Balance Function in Usher Syndrome

February 23, 2007
 
 
 
Dr. Monica C. Skarulis
Endocrinologist/Senior Clinical Investigator,
Clinical Endocrine Branch of NIDDK
Acting Director, Metabolic Core Unit

Chief, Clinical Endocrine Section
Director, NIH Inter-Institute Training Program
in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
   The Role of the Gut, Hormones and the Brain
in Obesity


February 9, 2007
 
 
 
Charles P. Venditti, MD, Ph.D.
Director of the Organic Acid Research Unit
Genetic Disease Research Branch
National Human Genome Research Institute,
NIH, Bethesda, MD
   Clinical and Scientific Approaches to Study
Methylmalonic Acidemia and Inherited Disorders
of Cobalamin Metabolism


January 26, 2007
 
 
 
Wallace C. Duncan, Jr., Ph.D.
Research Psychologist,
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program,
NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD
   Whither Sleep? The Biological Factors
That Regulate Sleep in Humans,
with Special Emphasis on Smith-Magenis Syndrome.


January 5, 2007
 
 
 
Susan C. Robertson, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA
Mental Health Specialist
Rehabilitation Medicine Department, NIH
   The Role of Guided Reflection in Transformative Self-regulation

December 15, 2006
 
 
 
Ann C.M. Smith, M.A., D.Sc.(hon), CGC
Principal Investigator 01-HG-0109

Office of Clinical Director,
National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH/HHS
   Interdisciplinary Approach to Understand
Smith-Magenis Syndrome: Research Update


December 8, 2006
 
 
 
Marco Santello
Associate Professor,
Neural Control of Movement Lab,
Department of Kinesiology,
The Harrington Department of Bioengineering,
Arizona State University
   Hand Function: Complementary Experimental
Approaches to Understanding Motor Control
and Implications for Functional Rehabilitation


November 30, 2006
 
 
 
Professor Marek Zak, PhD, MsC
Associate Professor,
Chair of Clinical Rehabilitation, A.Ph.E.,
Krakow, Poland

Associate Professor,
Institute of Rehabilitation, A.Ph.E.,
Krakow, Poland
   The Physical Rehabilitation Programs to Improve
Balance in Elderly Population


November 9, 2006
 
 
 
Cynthia Coffin Zadai, DPT, MS, CCS
FAPTA Coordinator, Transitional DPT Program, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Charleston Navy Yard, Boston, MA
   Current Concepts of Mobility Management for Inpatients with Cardiovascular Dysfunction

October 27, 2006
 
 
 
Susan Krutis, M.S.Ed., OTR    Design and Implementation of an Interdisciplinary,
Recovery-Based Medication Program:
Empowering patients with schizophrenia
to manage their own health


September 29, 2006
 
 
 
Scott M. Paul, M.D.
Medical Section, RMD, NIH


Marcia D. Smith, MA, CTRS, H/Fl
Recreation Therapy Section, RMD, NIH
   I Can Do It- You Can Do It- An HHS Initiative
to Promote Physical Activity in Children & Youth
with Disabilities: How to Become Involved!


March 17, 2006
 
 
 
Dr. Richard Lieber    The Mechanical Properties of Muscle Fibres

February 17, 2006
 
 
 
Dr. Jean-Michel Gracies    The Tardie’s Scale, a Clinical Scale to Evaluate
Muscular Tone


January 6, 2006
 
 
 
Christina Gummesson, PT, PhD
NIH/NIAMS,
Lund University, Sweden
   Measuring Upper Extremity Symptoms and Disability
by a Patient Reported Outcome Measure
–The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder
and Head (DASH) Outcome Instrument.


December 15, 2005
 
 
 
Professor Walter Herzog    Muscle Mechanics

December 2, 2005
 
 
 
Professor Richard Stein    Improving Mobility after Spinal Cord Injury or Stroke

November 17, 2005
 
 
 
Professor Milan Dimitrijevic    Central Pattern Generators

November 10, 2005
 
 
 
Fay Horak, Ph.D., PT
Senior Scientist,
Neurological Sciences Institute


Professor of Neurology,
Physiology and Biomedical Engineering,
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
   A Systems Approach to Rehabilitation of Balance Disorders

March 12, 2004
 
 
 
George Kondraske    General Systems Performance Theory,
Performance Models, and New Techniques:
Application to Problems in Rehabilitation

January 16, 2004
 
 
 
Peter Scacheri    Tour of Hope: Rehab Strategies for Oncology Patients

December 19, 2003
 
 
 
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