Frontiers in Translational Neuroscience Plenary Session

Thursday, April 26
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Focuses on translational research related to clinical issues of importance. Four physician scientists outline their recent research findings, along with the clinical implications.

Moderator: Lisa DeAngelis, MD, FAAN
Chair, Science Committee and Scientific Program Subcommittee

Timothy F. Cloughesy, MD
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Title: Translational Approaches With Signal Transduction Inhibitors in Glioblastoma: Lessons Learned From Bench to Bedside and Back Again

Reisa A. Sperling, MD
Harvard University, Boston, MA
Title: Molecular and Functional Imaging Detection of Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease

Michael J. Zigmond, PhD
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: Exercise and Parkinson Disease: Studies with Animal Models

Christopher P. Austin, MD
National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
Title: Translational Therapeutics Development at NIH