Conference is open to the public.

See and hear individuals who have overcome disabilities as a result of cutting-edge technology in neuroscience. Panel discussion topics will include retinal and cochlear implants, obsessive compulsive disorder, and spinal cord injury. Frontiers 2008 will provide a glimpse into the future and the potential for new forms of treatment based on revolutionary advances in modern medicine.

Brown University
Salomon Center for Teaching
Monday June 9, 2008
8:30 am – 1:30 pm

Sponsored by The Division of Biology and Medicine of Brown University
in conjunction with
Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy

Registration: 8:30 am – 9:00 am
Program: 9:00 am – 12 noon
Lunch & speaker: 12 noon – 1:30 pm

Admission: $25.00 per person
(students free)

For more information email:
Office of BioMed Communicatons

This program is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM

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Keynote Speaker:

Col. Geoffrey Ling, MD, PhD
Program Manger, DARPA

Speakers include:

Dean Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS, FACOG
Dean of Medicine and Biological
Sciences, Brown University

Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy

John P. Donoghue, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience
Brown University
Director, Brian Science Program

Panelists include:

Michael M. Chorost, PhD, BA ’87
Author, Rebuilt, How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human

Benjamin D. Greenberg, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
and Human Behavior
Brown University

Andrew Cappuccino, MD, FACS, FAAOS, FAASS
Buffalo Spine Surgery
Buffalo Bills Orthopedic Surgeon

P. Hunter Peckham, MS, PhD
Professor of BioMedical Engineering
Case Western University

Jennifer French, Co-Founder & President
Neurotech Network

Mark S. Humayan, MD, Professor
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California

Gerry Radano, MSW
Mental Health Advocate
Author, Contaminated, My Journey Out of OCD

Mario Della Grotta, BS

Moderator:

Joe Palca
Science Correspondent
National Public Radio