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“Babies, Brain, and Behavior in CP”

7th Biennial Meeting
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2022
ISTB (Interdisciplinary Science Technology Building)
Michigan State University 
766 Service Rd,  East Lansing, MI

Sponsored by CPRCoM - Cerebral Palsy Research Consortium of Michigan

Special thanks for financial and administrative support from Michigan State University, The Arnold Werner Fund, and the University of Michigan

Agenda

Conference Presentations

Session I: BRAINS and BABIES

Dr Renée Lajiness-O'Neill, PhD

Professor of Psychology, Eastern Michigan University

PediaTrac: A novel method to monitor and screen infant-toddler development and longitudinal surveillance

Dr Rebecca Knickmeyer, PhD

Associate Professor in Pediatrics and Human Development and Interim Chief of Neuro-engineering at the Institute for Quantitative Health Sciences and Engineering at Michigan State University.

ORIGIN: The Organization for Imaging Genomics in Infancy, Who We Are and What We've Learned

Dr Jessica Pruente, MD

Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan

 I-ACQUIRE: An Early Look at Early Intervention for Neonatal Stroke 

Dr Nigel Paneth, MD, MPH

Emeritus University Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
and Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University

Is the prevalence of Cerebral Palsy decreasing?

Session II: BEHAVIOR and COMMUNICATION

Dr Steven Korzeniewski, PhD

Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University

Update on Cerebral Palsy Diagnosis

Dr Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker, PhD, CCC-A/SLP

 Associate Professor, Communication Sciences & Disorder, Rehabilitation
and Health Sciences PhD Program, University of Kentucky

CFCS - Communication Function Classification System: Ten years later

Dr Jane Huggins, PhD

 Associate Research Scientist, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Assistant Research Scientist,
Biomedical Engineering, Director, University of Michigan

Challenges and Strategies when Introducing Children with Cerebral Palsy to Brain-Computer Interface Assistive Technology

KEYNOTE: Dr Bernard Dan, MD, PhD

Pediatric Neurologist, Professor of Neurophysiology and Developmental Neurology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; Editor-in-Chief of Developmental Medicine

KEYNOTE “The emperor's old clothes: who is helped by calling cerebral palsy CP?”

Session III: ADULTS and CP

Dr Edward Hurvitz, MD

 James W. Rae Collegiate Professor and Chair, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan

Patient Reported Outcomes in Adult CP: The MyCP registry

Dr Daniel Whitney, PhD

Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan

Bone development, fracture risk, and post-fracture consequences for individuals with cerebral palsy

Session IV: CP and COMMUNITY


Piotr Pasik, MA 

Instructor, Kinesiology, and leader of MSU Adaptive Sports and Recreation Club, Michigan State University

Impact of Adaptive/Wheelchair Sports on the Quality of Life of Individuals with Cerebral Palsy

Duncan Wyeth, MA

Retired Executive Director, Michigan Commission on Disability Concerns;
Adjunct Faculty Member Counseling, Educational Psychology & Special Education, Michigan State U. Community member “CP Research Network”

“Beyond his expiration date”!

Karen Weinstein, BS

“Think outside the box”