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Speakers

October 20 - 21, 2023 | Minneapolis Hilton
Speakers

Confirmed speakers as of May 31, 2023.

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  • Linda Bambrick, PhD
    Linda Bambrick, PhD

    Program Director at the Division of Neuroscience in Extramural Programs, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

  • Marco Baptista, PhD
    Marco Baptista, PhD

    Chief Scientific Officer, Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation

  • Ricardo Battaglino, PhD
    Ricardo Battaglino, PhD

    Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School

  • Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Marquette University

  • Lain DeSalvo, MA
    Lain DeSalvo, MA

    Competitive Grants Manager, Minnesota Office of Higher Education

  • Ann Goding, DPT
    Ann Goding, DPT

    Physical Therapist, Minneapolis VA Medical Center

  • Peter J. Grahn, PhD
    Peter J. Grahn, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic

  • Noam Y. Harel, MD, PhD
    Noam Y. Harel, MD, PhD

    Associate Clinical Professor in Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  • Elizabeth Koch, DPT
    Elizabeth Koch, DPT

    Physical Therapist, Minneapolis VA Medical Center

  • Melissa Miller, PhD
    Melissa Miller, PhD

    Health Science Program Manager, United States Department of Defense

  • Megan Moynahan, MS
    Megan Moynahan, MS

    Executive Director, Institute for Functional Restoration, Case Western Reserve University

  • Bill Murphy, PhD
    Bill Murphy, PhD

    Founding Director, Forward BIO Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Jessica Nielson , PhD
    Jessica Nielson , PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and the Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota

  • Ann Parr, MD, PhD
    Ann Parr, MD, PhD

    Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Research; Director, Spinal Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Medical School

  • Alexander "Sasha" Rabchevsky, PhD
    Alexander "Sasha" Rabchevsky, PhD

    Professor of Physiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine

  • Spinal Cord Injury Physician-Scientist, Mayo Clinic

  • Nathan Torgerson
    Nathan Torgerson

    Senior Distinguished Systems Engineer, Bakken Fellow, Technical Fellow, Neuromodulation, Medtronic

  • Sakina Valika, PT, DPT, NCS, MSCS
    Sakina Valika, PT, DPT, NCS, MSCS

    Managing Director, TryAbility Neurorecovery Center

  • Jill Wecht, EdD
    Jill Wecht, EdD

    Professor of Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai