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Welcome to Neuroscience Symposium 2024

The organizers of the Third Oklahoman Neuroscience Symposium are looking forward to receiving abstract submission from trainees at OU and invited institutions.

Please find preliminary information below about the program, speakers. You can upload your abstract on a separate page after you registered, please read the “Instruction for participants” section at the bottom of the page.

Schedule of Events

Day 1:

Date: November 14, 2024 

Neuroscience Symposium Social Event, Venue: Oklahoma City University, Devon Boathouse

Program: flash talks, dinner, award ceremony

Day 2:

Date: November 15, 2024; Venue: Nicholson Conference Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Campus 

Keynote speakers:

Dr. Dena Dubal, MD, PhD
Dr. Erik Leuthardt, MD
Program: breakfast and welcome, keynote talks (45’ + 15’ Q&A), invited talks (15’+5’ Q&A), selected talks from trainees (8’ + 2’ Q&A) based on abstract, lunch & poster session, award ceremony

Invited speakers: Jordan Williamson, PhD; Sarah Ocañas, PhD; Dr. Calin Prodan; David Miller, PhD; Andrew Conner, MD

Preliminary Schedule:
7:30am Breakfast and Registration
8:00am Zachary Smith, MD
David Sherry, PhD		 Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Cell Biology		 Welcome and introductory remarks from the directors of the Neuroscience PhD program
8:15am - 10:30am

Morning Session: Sex-related differences in brain function
8:15am Jordan Williamson, PhD University of Illinois, Dept. of Bioengineering
University of Oklahoma, Norman, 
Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering		 Sex differences in functional connectivity
8:35am Sarah Ocañas, PhD Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Contribution of sex to Alzheimer's disease
8:55am Calin Prodan, MD University of Oklahoma Health Sciences,
College of Medicine, Department of Neurology		 Hypertension and pregnancy in cognitive decline
9:15am Coffee break
9:30am Dena Dubal, MD, PhD
[KEYNOTE]		 University of California, San Fransisco Sex chromosomal contributions to neurodegenerative disease and the role of klotho hormon in the normal and diseased brain
10:30am Break
10:40am Selected talks from trainees - Based on abstract submission
11:40am Lunch & Poster session
1:40pm - 3:40pm

Afternoon Session: Brain-Machine Interfaces and Technology in Neurosurgery Operating Room
1:40pm David Miller, PhD University of Oklahoma, Norman,
Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering,
Dynamic Light, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital		 TBD: Development of optical imaging technologies for applications in neurosurgery and clinical neuroscience
2:00pm Andrew Conner, MD University of Oklahoma Health Sciences,
Department of Neurosurgery		 TBD: functional neurosurgery, epilepsy
2:20pm Break
2:30pm Erik Leuthardt, MD
[KEYNOTE]		 Washington University in St. Louis Brain computer interface (BCI) devices and their implications regarding patient care
3:30pm

Award Ceremony, Closing Remarks

 

Instructions for participants

The 3rd annual Neuroscience symposium will be held November 15, 2024 in the Nicholson Conference Center, Nicholson Tower, Oklahoma University Health Sciences. We invite abstract submission for oral and poster presentations at the Neuroscience in Neurosurgery Symposium. We encourage trainees across OUHSC pursuing neuroscience research to submit an abstract for an opportunity to present their research work and network with experts in the field! Further information is coming soon.

Please contact neurosciencephd@ouhsc.edu for further information.