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Overview

The NC NM4R Workshop, "Current Topics in Transcranial Electrical Stimulation," is to be presented both in-person on the campus of Medical University of South Carolina and remotely via Zoom on June 1 and 2, 2022.

To register for attendance, please provide us with some further information about yourself.

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Program

Day 1: June 1, 2022, Basic Principles and Methodology for TES Healthy Individuals

8:00 - 8:30 a.m.: Breakfast and Registration

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.:Welcome to NC NM4R & historical perspective of NM4R - Steve Kautz, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, NC NM4R, Medical University of South Carolina

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. : Fundamental physics and principles of tES - Jordan Hopkins, Medical University of South Carolina

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.: Markers of neuroplasticity and mechanisms of action of tDCS - John Kindred, Ph.D., Ralph H. Johnson VAMC

11:00 – 11:15 a.m.: Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:15 p.m. : Mechanisms of action of tACS - Kirstin-Friederike Heise, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina

12:15 – 1:00 p.m. : Lunch (Provided) - Discussion of your interests and general Q&A (TBA)

1:00 – 1:30 p.m.: Short introduction to electrode placements – orientation to EEG coordinates - Kirstin-Friederike Heise, Ph.D.

1:30 – 3:30 p.m. : Hands-on training: A primer on common tES devices Standardized and HD electrode placement skills
How do I place these electrodes? Practicing different montage arrangements – extracephalic placements Review
John Kindred, Ph.D., Kirstin-Friederike Heise, Ph.D.

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.: Keynote Speaker - Marom Bikson, Ph.D., The City College of New York of CUNY

5:15 – 6:30 p.m.: Meet and greet NM4R faculty reception (Atrium, College of Health - Professions Building A, 151 Rutledge Avenue)

Day 2: June 1, 2022 (All times EDT) Clinical Applications and Considerations for Healthy and Patient Populations

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. : Day 1 Recap Breakfast & Registration

8:30 – 10:00 a.m.:Advancing tES methodology for the application in research and clinical practice - Wayne Feng, M.D., MS Duke University School of Medicine, Giuseppina Pilloni, Ph.D., NYU Grossman School of Medicine

10:00 – 10:15 a.m. : Coffee Break

10:15 – 11:45 a.m. : tES as a tool to pre-condition therapeutic interventions through focal and widespread neural mechanisms
Pratik Chhatbar, M.D., Ph.D, Duke University School of Medicine
Justin Riddle, Ph.D., Carolina Center for Neurostimulation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

11:45 – 12:30 p.m. : Lunch (Provided) - Discussion of commercially available tDCS equipment and general

12:30 – 1:45 p.m. : Theoretical underpinnings of electrical field modelling - Gozde Unal, Ph.D., The City College of New York of CUNY

2:00 – 4:15 p.m.: Hands on Training – Electrical Field Modeling
Kevin Caulfield, Medical University of South Carolina
Kirstin-Friederike Heise, Ph.D.

4:30 – 5:30 p.m.: Expert Panel Discussion – Increasing rigor of studies using tES
Moderator: Kirstin-Friederike Heise, Ph.D.
Marom Bikson, Ph.D.
Mark George, M.D., Medical University of South Carolina
Wayne Feng, M.D., Duke University Medical Center (Tentative)
Maria Nurminskaya Ph.D., National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
Sahana Kukke, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

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