Introductory Workshop

Introduction to Neuromodulation for Rehabilitation

September 4 through 6, 2024

In person on the Medical University of South Carolina campus

This three-day in-person workshop will provide you with foundational knowledge including background, theory, safety, and methodology of a range of neuromodulation and operant conditioning techniques integrated with medical rehabilitation principles. We will provide a combination of lectures and laboratory demonstrations/hands-on participation in addition to panel discussions with our faculty addressing the examination and treatment of cognitive, speech and language, and sensorimotor function.

Applications to attend closed on July 12. 

Workshop Agenda

(subject to change, all times Eastern)

In person, College of Health Professions Building C, Room C317, 77 President Street

Day 1: Wednesday, September 4, 2024

8:30 a.m.

On-site registration and breakfast

8:45 to 9:00 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction
Steve Kautz, Ph.D., and Rick Segal, PT, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, MUSC

9:00 to 10:00 a.m.

Neuromodulation for Rehabilitation: A Biopsychosocial Overview of Opportunities and Risks
Michelle Woodbury, Ph.D., OTR/L
Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, MUSC

10:00 to 10:15 a.m.

Walk to Basic Science Building, room BSB 435

10:15 to 11:15 a.m.

Hands-On Human Neuroanatomy Opportunity
Heather Boger, Ph.D. 
Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, MUSC

11:15 to 11:30 a.m.

Walk to College of Health Professions Building C, room C317

11:30 a.m. to noon

Lunch

Noon to 1 p.m.

NC NM4R Speaker Series: Modulating Inhibitory Control Non-Invasively with Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation
Inge Leunissen, Ph.D.
Maastricht University

via Zoom as lunch continues

1:15 to 2:15 p.m.

Physics of Brain Stimulation
Mark George, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, MUSC

2:15 to 4:15 p.m. (overlapping next session)

Lab Demonstration: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and ERIK Phantom
Mark George, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, MUSC

3:15 to 4:30 p.m. (overlapping next session)

Lab Demonstration: Neuronavigated TMS
John Kindred, Ph.D., and Korey Little 
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center

 

Day 2: Thursday, September 5, 2024

8:30 a.m.

On-site registration and breakfast

9 to 9:30 a.m.

Welcome Session: Follow up on Day 1 via Q&A with presenters

9:30 to 10:45 a.m.

Operant Conditioning and Its Functional Implications
Aiko Thompson, Ph.D., and Blair Dellenbach, MSOT
Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, MUSC

10:45 to 11:30 a.m.

Multimodal Approach Talk
Allison Lewis, PT, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, MUSC

11:30 a.m. to noon

Operant Conditioning Methods Overview
Aiko Thompson, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, MUSC

Noon to 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 to 2:30 p.m.

Lab Demonstration: Hands-on Spinal Reflex Testing and Operant Conditioning
Evoked Potential Operant Conditioning (EPOC) Lab, CHP C105a

2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Lab Demonstration: Motor-Evoked Potential (MEP) Conditioning
Evoked Potential Operant Conditioning (EPOC) Lab, CHP C106

3:30 to 4 p.m.

Follow-up, Q&A, adjourn

 

Day 3: Friday, September 6, 2024

8:30 a.m.

On-site registration and breakfast

9 to 10:00 a.m.

Transcranial Focused Ultrasound (TFUS)
Kevin Caulfield, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, MUSC

10 to 11:15 a.m.

Transcranial Electrical Stimulation—Controlling the Parameter Space of Direct Current and Alternating Current Modalities
Kirstin-Friederike Heise, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Medicine, MUSC

11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Lunch

12:15 to 1:15 p.m.

Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS)
Bashar Badran, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, MUSC

1:15 to 2:15 p.m.

taVNS Demonstration
Xiaolong Peng, Katie Tucker and Falon Sutton
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, MUSC

1:15 to 2:15 p.m.

TtaVNS: Reconnecting Latent and Injured Pathways in Infrants
Dorothea Jenkins, M.D. 
Departments of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, MUSC

3:15 to 3:45 p.m.

Wrap up, Q&A, feedback, adjourn