2nd Annual Force-Based Manipulation Investigator Meeting

Date: June 29, 2023 - 11:30 a.m. ET to 1:30 p.m. ET

Event Description

The purpose of this meeting was to provide opportunities to share advances across the three Force-Based Manipulation research networks, promote collaboration, and avoid duplication of network efforts. The meeting’s open session featured programmatic network vision and goals and a keynote presentation by Dr. David Ginty of Harvard Medical School. The open session concluded with updates from the three research networks—ForceNet, Neurons_MATTR, and Spine-Work.

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Agenda

Open Session

11:30–11:45 a.m. | Welcome From the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institute and Center Leadership

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

11:45–Noon | Overview of NIH Force-Based Manipulation Research Networks

Dr. Alex Tuttle, NCCIH
Dr. Leslie Osborne, NINDS

Noon–12:30 p.m. | Keynote Speaker Presentation: The Sensory Neurons of Touch

Dr. David Ginty, Harvard Medical School

12:30–1:00 p.m. | Network Introduction

ForceNet:
- Dr. William Reed, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Dr. Chad Cook, Duke University
Neurons_MATTR:
- Dr. Ellen Lumpkin, University of California, Berkeley
- Dr. Gregory Gerling, University of Virginia
Spine-Work:
- Dr. Beth Winkelstein, University of Pennsylvania
- Dr. Victor Barocas, University of Minnesota

1:00–1:30 p.m. | General Questions and Answers to the Keynote Speaker and the Three Networks

Reasonable Accommodation
Individuals who need reasonable accommodation to participate should contact info@nccih.nih.gov by Thursday, June 15, 2023.