CHRI Pediatric Neuroscience Mini Summit
The Pediatric Neuroscience Mini Summit will bring together stakeholders in pediatric neurology on Friday, Oct 4.
This event is offered in person, except for the hybrid keynote presentation which is hosted in conjunction with Children’s Nebraska Grand Rounds and available over Zoom.
Agenda
7:30 a.m. - 8 a.m. Networking & Breakfast
8 a.m. - 9 a.m. Keynote Grand Rounds Raul Chavez-Valdez, MD Associate Professor,Co-Director of the Neuroscience Intensive Care Nursery, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Johns Hopkins University - School of Medicine - "ApoE Alleles Modulating the Response to Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury During Early Brain Development"
9 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Flash Talks: Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) Features Jenni Blackford, PhD, MMI Director of Research; Karoly Mirnics, MD, PhD, MMI Director; Alice Shillingsburg, PhD, MMI Director of the integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders; Andrea Baraldi Cunha, PT, PhD, Assistant Professor in the MMI Department of Physical Therapy; Rachel Knight, PhD, Assistant Professor in the MMI Department of Pediatric Feeding Disorders; James Gehringer, PhD, Assistant Professor in the MMI Department of Physical Therapy
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Part I of Roundtable
10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Flash talks – Basic Science Features Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy, PhD, Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Anatomy Mystera Samuelson, PhD, Director, Animal Behavior Core, Department of Comparative Medicine
11 a.m. - Noon Part II of Roundtable
For investigators who would like to participate in the roundtable, please prepare 1-2 slides in widescreen format (3-5 min worth of content) and send to chri@unmc.edu by Oct 1. We recommend the slides cover:
- Relevant ongoing or recently completed studies
- Areas of research want/need (areas of support or collaboration they are looking for)
- Resources available in their lab that could be utilized through collaboration