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Project Summary/Abstract
We are requesting support for basic science graduate students, medical students, residents and
postdoctoral fellows to participate in the 26°~ annual National Neurotrauma Symposium to be held July 27-30,
2008 in Orlando (Lake Buena Vista), Florida. The National Neurotrauma Symposium is the primary forum for
the presentation of current research on the pathophysiology and treatment of central nervous system injury
(spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury). The symposium this year is being co-sponsored and organized by
the National Neurotrauma Society and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of
Neurological Surgeons Joint Section on Neurotrauma & Critical Care. The Specific Aims of the symposium are:
1. To provide a forum for the presentation, discussion and feedback regarding the most recent findings in
Neurotrauma research and to encourage interaction between junior and senior investigators in the field.
2. To encourage the participation and education of students studying in the field of Neurotrauma. The
Symposium fosters student participation through large poster sessions, student oral open-
communication sessions, student poster competition, social mixers, student travel awards, and
subsidized student registration fees.
3. To make the meeting more relevant to clinical neurotrauma researchers, to increase the real world
neurotrauma knowledge base for basic neurotrauma scientists and thereby enhance basic-clinical
interactions and translationally-focused two way collaboration ("Bench to Bedside" and "Bedside to
Bench").
4. To continue to encourage the involvement and advancement of women, minority groups, and persons
with disabilities in Neurotrauma research. The Symposium is the forum for scientific and social activities
hosted by Women In Neurotrauma Research, the professional society for women in clinical and
laboratory Neurotrauma research.
5. To have relevant and thought-provoking presentations by researchers not directly involved in
Neurotrauma research. The goal is to foster new ideas and ways of thinking into mainstream
Neurotrauma as well as to encourage scientist from other disciplines to engage in Neurotrauma
research.
The program for the 2008 symposium will feature 38 invited speakers, 12 oral presentations by
selected studentIpostdoctora} abstracts, 4 poster sessions (two SCI, two T8l) with a total of 350 posters
and a student poster competition. The symposium will foster basic and translational neurotrauma research
that will lead to new techniques for the treatment of patients afflicted with brain and spinal cord injury
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 7/1/08 → 5/31/09 |
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