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Schedule

Wednesday, May 5, 2021
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Pre-Conference Workshop
*Additional Registration and Qualilfications Required

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Clinician Implementation Workshop for the Resilience & Adjustment Intervention Nancy Hsu Psy.D., Ana Mills Psy.D., Kristin Graham Ph.D., Herman Lukow Ph.D., Jennifer Marwitz, M.A.
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Thursday, May 6, 2021
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Help Desk - Test Technology and Get your Questions Answered Conference Staff
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Welcome & Announcements Conference Staff & Nathan Zasler, M.D.
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Rosenthal Lecture: What's Really Changed in Three Decades of Cognitive Rehabilitation? McKay Sohlberg, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Break & Visit Virtual Exhibit Hall
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Keynote Presentation: The New Rules of Resilience: Why Resilience Isn't Merely Bouncing Back Taryn Stejskal, Ph.D.
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch & Visit Virtual Exhibit Hall
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Breakout Session: Mutual Mentoring Hour - Breakout Session Cynthia Rolston, Ph.D.
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Breakout Session: Virtual Tour or Sheltering Arms Institute and Discussion with the Chief Medical Officer Richard D. Kunz, M.D.
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Break & Visit Virtual Exhibit Hall
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Breakout Session: Leveraging Population-Based Epidemiological Studies to Evaluate the Later-Life Health Consequences of Lifetime TBI Raj G.Kumar, Ph.D. MPH
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Breakout Session: Practical Guidance for Clinicians: Evidence-Based Recommendations for Teleneuropsychological Assessment Jessica Alva M.D., Ph.D., Tammy Wildgoose, Ph.D. and Sarah Clark, M.D.
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Help Desk - Staff available to answer questions Conference Staff
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Trivia Social Hour! Conference Staff

Friday, May 7, 2021
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Welcome & Announcements Conference Staff
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Jeff Kreutzer Keynote Presentation: Weasilience: Handling Life's Wild Moments Carole Starr
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break & Visit Virtual Exhibit Hall
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Ethics Presentation: Heading Forward Ethically: Ethical Decision-Making and Brain Injury Rehabilitation Christine Reid, Ph.D., CRC
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch & Visit Virtual Exhibit Hall
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Breakout Session: Racial/Ethnic and Immigration-Based Disparities in the 10 Years after TBI: Arrest Probability, Functional Independence, Depression, Anxiety, and Life Satisfaction Chimdindu Ohaygagha M.S., Mike Pugh M.S. & Paul Perrin, Ph.D.
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Breakout Session: Early Neurorehabilitation and Recovery from Disorders of Consciousness in Patients with Severe COVID-19: Findings from a Pilot Study Brian Im, M.D. & Lindsey Gurin, M.D.
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Break & Visit Virtual Exhibit Hall
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Breakout Session: Built to Last-Partnerships as the Cornerstone of Virginia's Brain Injury Community A Case Study in Meaningful Collaboration: Sheltering Arms Institute & Brain Injury Association of Virginia Laura Bennett, M.A., Debra Holloway CBIS, Amy Smith, OTD & Alison Clarke C.T.R.S.
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Breakout Session: Aging and Traumatic Brain Injury Steven Flanagan, M.D.
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Help Desk & Visit Virtual Exhibit Hall