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Agenda

Slides presented at the meeting which have been approved for public posting are provided below. In addition, breaks for coffee and lunch have been removed from the agenda.

 

Day 1: Wednesday, February 25, 2015Slides Approved for Dissemination
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. --- Opening Remarks
Welcome from the NIH Common Fund and SPARC
Dr. James M. Anderson – Director, NIH, OD/DPCPSI
Dr. Roderic Pettigrew – Director, NIH, NIBIB
Introducing the SPARC Program 
Dr. Alan Willard – Acting Deputy Director, NIH, NINDS
Charge for the SPARC Workshop
Dr. Gregory Germino – Deputy Director, NIH, NIDDK
Slides are not available
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. --- Overviews --- Session Chair: Dr. Terry Powley
Overview of Current Approaches
Dr. Kip Ludwig – NIH, NINDS (20 min)
Overview of Current Approaches
Challenges in Neuromodulation Therapy 
Dr. Milton Morris – MEH BioMedical, LLC (20 min)
Challenges in Neuromodulation Therapy
Overview of the Autonomic Nervous System
Dr. Yvette Taché – University of California, Los Angeles (20 min)
Overview of the Autonomic Nervous System
9:50 - 11:20 a.m. --- Session 1: Neural Circuits in Organs and Diseases – Opportunities for Neuromodulation in the Lower Urinary Tract --- Session Chair: Dr. Helen Raybould
Neural Control and Neuromodulation of Lower Urinary Tract Function
Dr. William C. de Groat – University of Pittsburgh (20 min)
Neural Control and Neuromodulation of Lower Urinary Tract Function
Technology Response:
Dr. Graham Creasey – Stanford (15 min)
Slides are not available
Dr. Nico Rijkhoff – Aalborg University (15 min)Dr. Rijkhoff's slides
Open Discussion (40 min)Not Applicable
12:00 - 12:30 p.m. --- Session 2: Data Coordination Panel – Case Studies and Ontologies --- Session Chair: Dr. Vinay Pai
Dr. Roger Mark – Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDr. Mark's slides
Dr. Mark Musen – Stanford UniversitySlides are not available
Dr. Stephen Schürer – University of MiamiDr. Schürer's slides
Dr. Matthew McAuliffe – NIH, CITDr. McAuliffe's slides
12:30 - 2:45 p.m. --- Session 3: Neural Circuits in Organs and Diseases – Opportunities for Neuromodulation in Complex Systems --- Session Chair: Dr. Ranu Jung
Neuromodulation: the Autonomic Nervous System and Gastrointestinal Tract Disorders
Dr. Terry Powley – Purdue University (20 min)
Dr. Powley's slides
Technology Response: Gastrointestinal System 
Dr. Richard McCallum – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (15 min)
Dr. McCallum's slides
Open Discussion (15 min)Not Applicable
Autonomic Regulation of Cardiac Excitability: Scientific Foundations & Human Arrhythmia
Dr. Kalyanam Shivkumar – University of California, Los Angeles (20 min)
Dr. Shivkumar's slides
Technology Response: Arrhythmia
Dr. Igor Efimov – George Washington University (15 min)
Dr. Efimov's slides
Modulation of Cardiac Afferent Signaling: A New Strategy for Heart Failure Therapy?
Dr. Irving Zucker – University of Nebraska (20 min)
Dr. Zucker's slides
Technology Response: Heart Failure
Dr. Hani Sabah – Henry Ford Health System (15 min)
Dr. Sabah's slides
Open Discussion (15 min)Not Applicable
3:15 - 5:00 p.m. --- Session 3: Neural Circuits in Organs and Diseases – Opportunities for Neuromodulation in Complex Systems --- Session Chair: Dr. Ranu Jung
Opportunities for Electrical Neuromodulation of Respiratory Function 
Dr. Marian Kollarik – Johns Hopkins University (20 min)
Dr. Kollarik's slides
Technology Response: Airway/Lung 
Dr. Brendan Canning – Johns Hopkins University (15 min)
Slides are not available
Open Discussion (15 min)Not Applicable
Vagus Nerve Blockade for the Treatment of Obesity and Its Co-morbid Illnesses 
Dr. Sayeed Ikramuddin – University of Minnesota (20 min)
Dr. Ikramuddin's slides
Open Discussion (35 min)Not Applicable
5:00 p.m. --- Adjourn
Day 2: Thursday, February 26, 2015Slides Approved for Dissemination
8:00 - 10:00 a.m. --- Session 4: Mechanisms of Nerve/Organ Interaction --- Session Chair: Dr. Yvette Taché
The Autonomic Innervation of the Pancreatic Islet: A Cautionary Tale of Mouse and Human Studies 
Alejandro Caicedo – University of Miami (25 min)
Slides are not available
The Inflammatory Reflex: A Mechanistic Approach to Bioelectronic Medicine 
Dr. Kevin Tracey – Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (25 min)
Slides are not available
Plasticity on the Vagal Afferent Pathway: Nutrient and Microbial Drivers 
Dr. Helen Raybould – University of California, Davis (25 min)
Dr. Raybould's slides
Duodeno-pancreatic Innervation: A Dichotomous Neural System with Implications for Inflammation and Metabolic Disease 
Dr. Pankaj Jay Pasricha – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (25 min)
Dr Pasricha's slides
Open Discussion (20 min)Not Applicable
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. --- Session 5: Cross-Cutting Technologies --- Session Chair: Dr. Graham Creasey
Animal Models
Dr. Viviana Gradinaru – California Institute of Technology (10 min)
Dr. Gradinaru's slides
Dr. Kim Butts Pauly – Stanford University (10 min)Dr. Butts Pauly's slides
Human Models 
Dr. Ranu Jung – Florida International University (10 min)
Dr. Jung's slides
Dr. Kevin Kilgore – Case Western Reserve University (10 min)Dr. Kilgore's slides
Open Discussion (20 min)Not Applicable
11:30 - 11:45 a.m. --- Parallel Efforts - ElectRx and Bioelectronics
Dr. Dr. Doug Weber – DARPASlides are not available
Dr. Roy Katso – GlaxoSmithKlineDr. Katso's slides
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. --- Opportunities for the SPARC Program
Dr. Dr. William C. de Groat – University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Kevin Kilgore – Case Western Reserve University
SPARC Workshop Summary and Opportunities
12:45 p.m. --- Adjourn

 

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