10th AnnualCharles H. Tator - Barbara Turnbull Lectureship Series In Spinal Cord Injury

 

Lectureship Program Information

 

10:00

WELCOMING REMARKS
10:10

Towards understanding the control of basic hand function

Robert Brownstone, MD, PhD, FRCSC (2010 Barbara Turnbull Award recipient)
               Dalhousie University
10:25

Supernumerary axons: when one axon is not enough

Kenneth Rose, PhD (2008 Barbara Turnbull Award recipient & invited speaker at the Inaugural 2002 Tator-Turnbull Lectureship)
               Queen’s University
10:40

Sacral recording and direct stimulation strategies for enhancing bladder voiding

Mohamad Sawan, MScA, PhD (2003 Barbara Turnbull Award recipient)
               University of Montreal and Director, ReSMiQ Research Center

 
10:55

Functional electrical stimulation in humans improves walking and strengthens corticospinal connections

Richard Stein, PhD (2007 Barbara Turnbull Award recipient)
University of Alberta
11:10

BARBARA TURNBULL AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT AND CEREMONY
11:40

POSTER COMPETITION & LUNCH (Balmoral Room)
1:45

Regulators of the UNC-6/netrin axon growth and guidance signalling mechanism

Joseph Culotti, PhD (2005 Barbara Turnbull Award recipient)
Mount Sinai Hospital
2:00

Axon degeneration and repair of the nervous system

David Kaplan, PhD (Inaugural 2002 Barbara Turnbull Award recipient)
University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children
2:15

Enhancing endogenous repair in the injured CNS

Cindi Morshead, PhD
University of Toronto
2:30

Which stem cell will win the race to repair the spinal cord?

Charles Tator, CM, MD, MA, PhD, FRCSC, FACS
University of Toronto and Toronto Western Hospital
2:45

BREAK / POSTER VIEWING (Balmoral Room)

3:15

Repair and regeneration of the chronically injured cervical cord

Michael Fehlings, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS
University of Toronto and Toronto Western Hospital
3:30

Mapping spinal cord function with MRI

Patrick Stroman, PhD
Queen’s University

3:45

Toronto Rehab’s functional electrical stimulation therapy for grasping in subacute traumatic incomplete SCI patients: Randomized control trial

Milos Popovic, MSc, MASc, PhD
University of Toronto and Toronto Rehab Institute

4:00

2011 TATOR-TURNBULL KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

           

Clinical trials in human SCI: Gaining insights than frustration

Armin Curt, MD, FRCPC
Professor and Chairman, Spinal Cord Injury Center, University of Zurich
4:45

POSTER AWARDS PRESENTATIONS & CLOSING REMARKS

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