Speakers

Clifford J. Woolf, MB, BCH, PhD
Director, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center and Program in Neurobiology, Boston Children’s Hospital
Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School “Modeling CIPN using stem cell derived human neurons”

M. Catherine Bushnell, PhD
Scientific Director, Division of Intramural Research
Senior Investigator, Pain and Integrative Neuroscience Branch (PAIN) NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health “Brain modifications after peripheral nerve injury”

Jeffrey Milbrants, MD, PhD
James S. McDonnell Professor and Head of Genetics, Professor of Pathology & Immunology, Medicine, and Neurology Washington University School of Medicine
“Axonal Health: Metabolism Takes Center Stage”

Robert W. Gerau, IV, PhD
Dr. Seymour and Rose T. Brown Professor of Anesthesiology
Director, Washington University Pain Center
Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology “Studies of human sensory neuron physiology in translational pain research”

The Symposium will begin at 1:00pm at the Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center, 104 Haven Ave Room 401. Reception and poster session to follow from 4:30-6:00 pm

Junior faculty and fellows / postdocs who are attending the Symposium are encouraged to present a poster.  Posters do not have to be original [i.e. they can be repurposed] but they must address some aspect of the TFFI mission, namely to identify the causes of and cures for CIPN or to increase our understanding of fundamental aspects of somatosensation.  Both basic and clinical research posters are welcome.
 
Please submit a brief abstract no later than Wednesday, April 18th for consideration.

For details on setting up the poster presentation session, please contact Jennifer Heredia.

**A prize will provided to the top two presenters**