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Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Preconference Tutorial Webcasts." National Research Council. 2007. Smart Prosthetics: Exploring Assistive Devices for the Body and Mind: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11864.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Preconference Tutorial Webcasts." National Research Council. 2007. Smart Prosthetics: Exploring Assistive Devices for the Body and Mind: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11864.
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Preconference Tutorial Webcasts

September 18, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. EDT (10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. PDT)


Closed Loop Systems to Facilitate Homeostatis


Robert F. Kirsch

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Chair for Graduate Programs

Case Western Reserve University


Preclinical Trials, Translation to Humans, and Commercialization


Mark Humayun

Professor of Ophthalmology

Associate Director of Research

Doheny Retina Institute

Keck School of Medicine

University of Southern California


Medical Device Regulation: A Primer


Frances Richmond

Director, Regulatory Science Program

School of Pharmacy

University of Southern California

Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Preconference Tutorial Webcasts." National Research Council. 2007. Smart Prosthetics: Exploring Assistive Devices for the Body and Mind: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11864.
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September 27, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. EDT (10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. PDT)


Prosthetics Applications in Plastic Brain / Learning and Training


Randolph J. Nudo

Director, Landon Center on Aging

Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

University of Kansas Medical Center


Engineering the Biointerface for Enhanced Bioelectrode and Biosensor Performance


Buddy D. Ratner

Director, University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB)

Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering

University of Washington


Cell Instructive Polymers for Tissue Regeneration


David J. Mooney

Gordon McKay Professor of Bioengineering

Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Harvard University


Biophysics of Neural Stimulation and Recording


Warren M. Grill

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Associate Professor of Neurobiology

Associate Professor in Surgery

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Duke University

Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Preconference Tutorial Webcasts." National Research Council. 2007. Smart Prosthetics: Exploring Assistive Devices for the Body and Mind: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11864.
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October 4, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. EDT (10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. PDT)


Neural Encoding and Decoding


Apostolos P. Georgopoulos

Regents Professor

McKnight Presidential Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience

Director, Center for Cognitive Sciences

American Legion Brain Sciences Chair

Professor of Neuroscience, Neurology, and Psychiatry

University of Minnesota Medical School

Director, Brain Sciences Center

Director, The Domenici Research Center for Mental Illness

Veterans Affairs Medical Center


Evidence for Aberrant Sensory and Motor Learning in Focal Dystonia: Implications for Learning Based Sensorimotor Training to Improve Motor Control and Cognition


Nancy Byl

Professor, Physical Therapy

University of California, San Francisco


Neural Biomaterial Interfaces in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine


Molly Shoichet

Professor and Director, Undergraduate Collaborative Bioengineering

Canada Research Chair in Tissue Engineering

University of Toronto

Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Preconference Tutorial Webcasts." National Research Council. 2007. Smart Prosthetics: Exploring Assistive Devices for the Body and Mind: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11864.
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October 6, 2006, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. EDT (10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. PDT)


Making Orthotics Smarter to Optimize Functional Ambulation for Persons with Disabilities


Bradford C. Bennett

Research Director

Motion Analysis and Motor Performance Laboratory

Assistant Professor of Research

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

University of Virginia


Patient/Subject Risk Benefit Considerations from a Military Perspective


Kenneth C. Curley

Chief Scientist

U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center

Associate Director for Science and Medicine, Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine

Assistant Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, Surgery, and Biomedical Informatics

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences


Patient/Subject Risk Benefit Considerations—Clinician/Scientist Perspective


Khaled J. Saleh

Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

Associate Professor, Health Evaluative Sciences Division

Division Head and Fellowship Director, Adult Reconstruction

University of Virginia

Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Preconference Tutorial Webcasts." National Research Council. 2007. Smart Prosthetics: Exploring Assistive Devices for the Body and Mind: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11864.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Preconference Tutorial Webcasts." National Research Council. 2007. Smart Prosthetics: Exploring Assistive Devices for the Body and Mind: Task Group Summaries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11864.
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The 2006 conference, “Smart Prosthetics: Exploring Assistive Devices for the Body and Mind,” attracted scientists, engineers and medical researchers to participate in a series of task groups to develop research plans to address various challenges within the prosthetics field. Eleven conference task groups gave the participants eight hours to develop new research approaches to various challenges, including: build a smart prosthesis that will grow with a child; develop a smart prosthetic that can learn better and/or faster; refine technologies to create active orthotic devices; and describe a framework for replacing damaged cortical tissue and fostering circuit integration to restore neurological function. Representatives from public and private funding organizations, government, industry, and the science media also participated in the task groups. This book provides a summary of the conference task groups. For more information about the conference, visit the Smart Prosthetics conference site.

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