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Friday, March 10, 2023
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time
Big Science and Data
*Moderator: L. Christine Turtzo, M.D., Ph.D. – National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD
Big Science/Data

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Big Science and Data

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 3

*Moderator: L. Christine Turtzo, M.D., Ph.D. – National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD

Big Science/Data

2:15 PM – 2:35 PM East Coast USA Time

Heterogeneous Physiological Trends and their Implications for Diagnosis of Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity (PSH) among Traumatic Brain Injury Patients

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 3

Presenter: Sancharee Chowdhury, Graduate Student, MS – University of Maryland Baltimore County

Big Science/Data

2:35 PM – 2:55 PM East Coast USA Time

Patterns of concomitant ocular trauma with traumatic brain injury in U.S. Service members

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 3

Presenter: Weidong Gu, PhD – Defense Health Agency

Big Science/Data

2:55 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Associations between Prior Head Injury and Physical Functioning and Frailty in Older Adults: Results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 3

Presenter: Katie Hunzinger, Post-Doctoral Fellow, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania-Perelman School of Medicine

Big Science/Data

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time
Molecular Mechanisms
*Moderator: Junfang Wu, PhD – University of Maryland School of Medicine
Molecular Mechanisms

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Molecular Mechanisms

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 1

*Moderator: Junfang Wu, PhD – University of Maryland School of Medicine

Molecular Mechanisms

2:15 PM – 2:35 PM East Coast USA Time

Loss of the voltage-gated proton channel Hv1 aggravates chronic brain injury-induced peripheral inflammation leading to worsened outcomes in male mice

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 1

Presenter: Zhuofan Lei, Post-Doctoral Fellow, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Maryland School of Medicine

Molecular Mechanisms

2:35 PM – 2:55 PM East Coast USA Time

Sexually dimorphic extracellular vesicle responses after chronic spinal cord injury are associated with neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in the brain

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 1

Presenter: Yun Li, PhD – University of Maryland, School of Medicine

Molecular Mechanisms

2:55 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Evaluation of Acute effect of Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury on Mitochondrial Redox Homeostasis

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 1

Presenter: Hiren R. Modi, PhD (he/him/his) – Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Co-Presenter: Sudeep Musyaju, MD – Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Molecular Mechanisms

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time
Neurotherapeutics
*Moderator: Susanna Scafidi, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Neurotherapeutics

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Neurotherapeutics

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 2

*Moderator: Susanna Scafidi, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Neurotherapeutics

2:15 PM – 2:35 PM East Coast USA Time

Acetate-based Energy Supplements Preserved Mitochondrial Bioenergetic Responses After Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 2

Presenter: Jignesh Pandya, PhD (he/him/his) – Brain Trauma Neuroprotection Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Neurotherapeutics

2:35 PM – 2:55 PM East Coast USA Time

Pharmacological manipulations of axonal NAD+ metabolism prevent Wallerian degeneration in injured axons

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 2

Presenter: Athanasios Alexandris, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Other (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University

Neurotherapeutics

2:55 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Novel soluble TNF inhibitor improves outcomes in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury-induced AD

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 2

Presenter: Michelle Taylor, Graduate Student (she/her/hers) – Virginia Commonwealth University

Neurotherapeutics

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
Diagnosis and Rehabilitation
*Moderator: Tsang-Wei Tu, PhD
Diagnosis and Rehabilitation

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Diagnosis and Rehabilitation

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 3

*Moderator: Tsang-Wei Tu, PhD

Diagnosis and Rehabilitation

3:30 PM – 3:50 PM East Coast USA Time

Co-Occurrence of Chronic Pain Following Traumatic Brain Injury Worsens Subjective, But Not Objective, Cognitive Deficits

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 3

Presenter: Carly Wender, Associate Research Scientist (she/her/hers) – Kessler Foundation

Diagnosis and Rehabilitation

3:50 PM – 4:10 PM East Coast USA Time

Immersive Virtual Reality-based Treatment of PTSD after Mild TBI, with and without an Eye Movement Task

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 3

Presenter: Paula G. Bellini, Other (she/her/hers) – Uniformed Services University

Diagnosis and Rehabilitation

4:10 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time

EFFECT OF SLICING THICKNESS ON MICROGLIAL MORPHOLOGY ANALYSIS IN TBI USING DEEP LEARNING

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 3

Presenter: Artur Agaronyan, Graduate Student – Howard University

Diagnosis and Rehabilitation

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
Diagnosis of TBI
*Moderator: Kimberly Byrnes, Ph.D. – Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Diagnosis of TBI

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Diagnosis of TBI

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 2

*Moderator: Kimberly Byrnes, Ph.D. – Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Diagnosis of TBI

3:30 PM – 3:50 PM East Coast USA Time

Evaluation of Special Operators (SO) During Heavy Weapons Training: the INVestigating traIning assoCiated blasT pAthology (INVICTA) Study

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 2

Presenter: Michael J. Roy, MPH, MD (he/him/his) – Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, USU

Diagnosis of TBI

3:50 PM – 4:10 PM East Coast USA Time

Neuropathological and cognitive adaptations to prolonged high altitude and the impact of mild traumatic brain injury

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 2

Presenter: Caroline A. Browne, PhD (she/her/hers) – Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Diagnosis of TBI

4:10 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Exploring Predictive Modeling of Post Traumatic Stress Outcomes in Chronic mTBI Subjects

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 2

Presenter: Dominic E. Nathan, MS, PhD – Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, HJF

Diagnosis of TBI

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
Molecular Mechanisms 3
*Moderator: Marta Lipinski, PhD – The University of Maryland School of Medicine
Molecular Mechanisms

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Molecular Mechanisms 3

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 1

*Moderator: Marta Lipinski, PhD – The University of Maryland School of Medicine

Molecular Mechanisms

3:30 PM – 3:50 PM East Coast USA Time

Lysosomal accumulation of lipids leads to autophagy inhibition in microglia and macrophages and contributes to inflammation after traumatic brain injury

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 1

Presenter: Amir A. Mehrabani-Tabari, Graduate Student, MS (he/him/his) – University of Maryland Baltimore

Molecular Mechanisms

3:50 PM – 4:10 PM East Coast USA Time

Peroxisomal ether phospholipid synthesis is dysregulated in the brain after TBI

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 1

Presenter: Chinmoy Sarkar, PhD – University of Maryland SOM

Molecular Mechanisms

4:10 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Pharmacologic TLR4 Inhibition Modulates Microglia M1/M2 and Astrocyte A1/A2 Polarization States Improving Cognitive Outcomes Post Traumatic Brain Injury

Location: Orem Alumni Hall Section 1

Presenter: Mahmoud El Baassiri, Post-Doctoral Fellow, BS, MD – Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery

Molecular Mechanisms