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National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

2024 Annual Force-Based Manipulation Investigator Meeting

Date: June 28, 2024 - 10:00 a.m. ET to 12:05 p.m. ET

Virtual

Event Description

This meeting will provide opportunities to share advances across three National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded force-based manipulation research networks, promote collaboration, and avoid duplication of network efforts. The meeting’s open session will feature updates from the trans-network scientific working groups and a keynote presentation by Valeria Vásquez, Ph.D., associate professor at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. 

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Agenda

Open Session

(All times are Eastern Time)

10:00 a.m. | Welcome From NIH Institute and Center Leadership

  • Helene M. Langevin, M.D., Director, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
  • Lyn Jakeman, Ph.D., Director of the Division of Neuroscience, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

10:10 a.m. | Force-Based Manipulation Network Updates

  • Chad Cook, PT, Ph.D., M.B.A., Director of Clinical Facilitation Research, Duke University - ForceNET Updates
  • Beth A. Winkelstein, Ph.D., Deputy Provost, University of Pennsylvania - SPINE-WORK Updates
  • Ellen Lumpkin, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology, Development, and Physiology, University of California, Berkeley - NeuronS_MATTR Updates

10:30 a.m. | Trans-Network Scientific Working Group Progress

  • Chad Cook, PT, Ph.D., M.B.A., Director of Clinical Facilitation Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (Duke University) – Framework and Taxonomy
  • Mary Barbe, Ph.D. Professor, Cardiovascular Sciences (Temple University) – Mechanisms
  • Greg Kawchuk, D.C., Ph.D., Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine - Physical Therapy (University of Alberta) – Methodology and Technology

11:15 a.m. | Keynote Speaker Presentation

  • Valeria Vasquez, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (UTHealth Houston) 
    Fine-Tuning Mechanosensitive Ion Channels: From Basic Science to Translational Research         

11:55 a.m. | Question and Answer Session

12:03 p.m. | Concluding Remarks

  • Alex Tuttle, Ph.D., Program Director, NCCIH

12:05 p.m. | Adjourn Open Session                                                  

If you are an individual with a disability who needs reasonable accommodations to participate in this event, please contact the NCCIH Clearinghouse at nccih-info@mail.nih.gov by June 14.