Featured Speaker: Walter Koroshetz, M.D.
Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D., was selected Director of NINDS on June 11, 2015. Dr. Koroshetz joined NINDS in 2007 as Deputy Director, and he served as Acting Director from October 2014 through June 2015. Previously, he served as Deputy Director of NINDS under Dr. Story Landis. Together, they directed program planning and budgeting, and oversaw the scientific and administrative functions of the Institute. He has held leadership roles in a number of NIH and NINDS programs including the NIH’s BRAIN Initiative, the Traumatic Brain Injury Center collaborative effort between the NIH intramural program and the Uniformed Health Services University, and the multi-year work to develop and establish the NIH Office of Emergency Care Research to coordinate NIH emergency care research and research training.
Agenda
Welcome
Joel Ybe, PhD, Indiana CTSI IU Bloomington Navigator
Bill Hetrick, PhD, Deputy Director of Indiana CTSI
“CTSI: How We Can Help and What We Are Planning”
Sharon Moe, MD, Indiana CTSI co-director and IU School of Medicine
Sarah Wiehe, MPH, MD, Indiana CTSI co-director and IU School of Medicine
“Caring for Care Partners of Persons with Dementia: The I-CARE Telehealth Clinical Trials”
Richard Holden, PhD, School of Public Health, Chair of Health & Wellness Design
“Challenges Related to the Aging Population in Indiana”
Lindsay Weaver, MD, Indiana Department of Health, Chief Medical Officer
“Hearing Loss and Dementia – From Epidemiological Insights to the ACHIEVE Clinical Trial”
Frank Lin, MD, PhD, John Hopkins University, Prof of Otolaryngology and Director, Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health
“Current Interdisciplinary Research in Assessment and Treatment of Laryngeal Dystonia”
Rita Patel, PhD, School of Public Health, CTR awardee
“A Model of Persecutory Ideation Integrating Neuroimaging, Physiological Arousal, & Life Stress”
Krista Wisner, PhD, College of Arts and Sciences, Core pilot awardee
“Participatory Co-Design of a Mobile Stress Intervention for Breast Cancer Survivors: Lessons Learned and Next Steps”
Evan Jordan, PhD, School of Public Health, Assistant Professor and TPH awardee
“Neighborhood Social Context and Older Adult Well-being”
Kathleen Cagney, PhD, University of Michigan, Director of the Institute for Social Research
“Using Network Science to Identify Disparities in Aging Brain Health, Before Really Bad Things Happen”
Gagan Wig, PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, Center for Vital Longevity, School of Behavioral & Brain Sciences
“NINDS Research to Reduce Suffering Due to Alzheimer-Related Dementias and Stroke”
Walter Koroshetz, MD, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Director
Closing Remarks
Bill Hetrick, PhD, Deputy Director of Indiana CTSI
