Dear Neuromodulation Community,Mark your calendars! The University of Minnesota and the Annual Minnesota Neuromodulation Symposium are excited to announce the Neuromodulation for Spinal Cord Injury: Translational Opportunities Symposium, happening April 10th-12th, 2024 at the Graduate Hotel Minneapolis and University of Minnesota facilities. This year, the MN Neuromodulation Symposium will be joining forces with the 2nd Annual Neuromodulation for Spinal Cord Injury Conference. The event will feature a one-day workshop and a comprehensive two-day symposium with a special emphasis on developing translational pathways for spinal cord injury therapies. Thursday and Friday will be inclusive days with talks and sessions of broad interest to the neuromodulation community. Stay tuned for more information and save these dates!Conference Topics will include: - Translating Neuromodulation therapy for treatment of spinal cord injury to the clinic
- Historical perspectives on translating neuromodulation therapies
- Mechanisms and modeling neuromodulation therapy
- Neuromodulation with rehabilitation
- Combinational and emerging research for neuromodulation therapies
- Quantifying functional restoration with neuromodulation
- Lived experience perspectives on neuromodulation for spinal cord injury
- Workshops on spinal cord injury neuromodulation
- Industry panel
- Funding opportunities
- Poster session
- Social events
Key Dates:
February 1st, 2024
Early registration, poster submissions & travel award opening
February 23rd, 2024
Travel award closing
March 8th, 2024
Poster submission closing
March 15th, 2024
Poster acceptance notifications
April 1st, 2024
Early and online registration closing
April 11th & 12th, 2024
Onsite registration at the event only
Organizing Committee:
Leslie Morse, DO (Conference Co-Chair)
David Darrow, MD (Conference Co-Chair)
Tay Netoff, PhD, UMN (Conference Director; Co-Director, CNE)
Robert Wudlick, BS, UMN, GUSU to Cure Paralysis
Ann Parr, MD, UMN
Ricardo Battaglino, UMN
Amanda Derasmi, UMN
Uzma Samadani, MD, UMN, MN VA Hospital
Megan Gill, Mayo
Kristin Zhao, Mayo
Peter Grahn, Mayo
Igor Lavarov MD/PhD, Mayo
Susan Harkema, PhD, University of Louisville
Susan Howley
Matthew Roderick, U2FP
Sam Maddox, U2FP
Joe Dailey, GUSU to Cure Paralysis
David Magnuson, PhD, University of Louisville
Dwight Nelson, PhD (Sponsorship Director)
Andrew Monk, UMN (Event Manager)
Taylor Lopez-Angel, UMN (Event Manager)
Karrie Molitor, UMN (Event Manager)
Sincerely,
11th Annual Minnesota Neuromodulation Symposium Team
The MN Neuromodulation Symposium is a proud part of the Institute for Engineering in Medicine’s (IEM) Innovation Week at the UMN. Click on the links above for details about each event.
