NC NM4R 2025 Symposium: Tracing the Neurobehavioral Effects of Neuromodulation

Save the Date: Tracing the Neurobehavioral Effects of Neuromodulation. March 13th, 2025 Join us for a 1-day online and in-person symposium discussing cutting-edge, multimodal research that contributes to the understanding of how modulating the nervous system affects neurobehavioral processing. This event will highlight the need for future developments and pathways to sustainable funding with experts from research, industry, and funding agencies.

March 13, 2025, via Zoom

Join us for a one-day online symposium discussing cutting-edge, multimodal research that contributes to the understanding of how modulating the nervous system affects neurobehavioral processing. This event will highlight the need for future developments and pathways to sustainable funding with experts from research, industry, and funding agencies.

Register to attend!

 

Confirmed Speakers

  • Andrew Chen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Medical University of South Carolina
  • Michael D. Fox, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
  • Mark S. George, M.D., Distinguished University Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology and Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina
  • Eitan Schechtman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, UC Irvine
  • Bettina Schwab, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Brain Stimulation, University of Twente, NL
  • Inês Violante, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, and Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Engineering at the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London
  • Christoph Zrenner, M.D., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto


Agenda

(subject to change, all times Eastern)

College of Health Professions Building A, Room 205, 151 Rutledge Avenue, Charleston, SC

Thursday, March 13, 2025

8 to 8:30 a.m.

On-site registration

8:30 to 8:45 a.m.

Welcome, Introduction–10 years of NC NM4R
Steve Kautz, Ph.D., and Rick Segal, PT, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, MUSC

8:45 to 9 a.m.

Intelligent Brain Stimulation Has Arrived–New Ways to Close the Loop and Combine Methods
Mark S. George, M.D.
Distinguished University Professor of Psychiatry, Radiology and Neuroscience, MUSC
Layton McCurdy Endowed Chair
Director, Brain Stimulation Division
Editor-in-Chief, Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation

9 to 10 a.m.

Temporal Interference Stimulation to Shape Memory and Sleep-Dependent Consolidation
Inês Violante, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey
Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Engineering at the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College, London

10 to 11 a.m.

Manipulating Human Sleep to Improve Memory and Mental Health
Eitan Schechtman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, UC Irvine

11 to 11:15 a.m.

Break

11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Closed-Loop Brain Stimulation: Personalized Neurorehabilitation with Real-Time EEG-synchronized TMS, VR and Robotic Systems
Christoph Zrenner, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Cross-Appointments at the Institute for Biomedical Engineering and the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto
Neurologist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Head of Neurophysiology, Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention, Toronto, Canada

12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.

Lunch and Poster Session
CHP-A Atrium

1:45 to 2:45 p.m.

Mapping the Neurobehavioral Effects of Neuromodulation onto Brain Circuits
Michael D. Fox, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School
Raymond D. Adams Distinguished Chair of Neurology
Kaye Family Research Director of Psychiatric Brain Stimulation

2:45 to 3:45 p.m.

Neuromodulation by Weak Electrical Fields
Bettina Schwab, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Brain Stimulation, University of Twente, NL 

3:45 to 4:45 p.m.

Integrative Analysis of Multimodal Imaging and Mobile Health Phenotypes
Andrew Chen, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, MUSC

4:45 to 5:30 p.m.

Neuromodulation for Rehabilitation–The Funding Perspective
Timothy J. Brindle, Ph.D.
Scientific Program Manager, Musculoskeletal Health & Function, Rehabilitation Research Development and Translation, US Department of Veteran's Affairs

 

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