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

9 to 9:15 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

9:15 to 10:15 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

10:15 a.m. to 11:15 p.m.

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

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

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

12:15 to 1:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:15 to 3:15 p.m.

TMS Lab Demonstration
Mark George, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, MUSC

3:15 to 4:30 p.m.

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 a.m.

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

10 to 11:15 a.m.

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

11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m

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

12:15 to 1:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:15 to 2 p.m.

Lab Demonstration: MEP Conditioning
Evoked Potential Operant Conditioning (EPOC) Lab, CHP C105a

2 to 3:30 p.m.

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

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
Brenna Baker-Vogel and team
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, MUSC

1:15 to 2:15 p.m.

Title to be announced
Dorothea Jenkins, M.D. 
Departments of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, MUSC

3:15 to 3:30 p.m.

Wrap up, Q&A, feedback, adjourn