Neuroscience Expo Will Feature Interactive Learning

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 9, 2015) – The University of Kentucky's Kentucky Neuroscience Institute, Office of Clinical Simulation and the UK HealthCare/Norton Healthcare Stroke Care Network have joined forces to offer a new kind of symposium for neuroscience and stroke care.

The Clinical & Translational Neuroscience Exposition on June 26 will be an informative, interactive event exploring the latest advancements in the neurosciences and stroke care. The Expo replaces the Clinical Neuroscience Winter Expo, which was cancelled in March due to weather. 

"We wanted this to be very different from traditional symposia, so the Expo is designed to be highly interactive," Dr. Michael Dobbs, interim chair for the University of Kentucky's Department of Neurology and director of UK HealthCare's Stroke Network, said. "Through the use of interactive learning methods and patient simulation equipment, our goal is to help attendees learn by doing and translate this new-found experience to current treatment practices."

Speakers from multiple specialties have been chosen to be able to cover a broad range of neuroscience topics in this one-day event.

The keynote speaker will be Dr. Avindra Nath, clinical director of NINDS, the director of the Translational Neuroscience Center and the chief of the Section of Infections of the Nervous Systems at the National Institutes of Health in Washington, who will present "Cracking the Code of Neuroinflammatory Disorders."

Pointing to the fact that the human and economic impact of neurological disorders is exacerbated by a prevailing shortage of neuroscience specialists and the burgeoning aging population, Dobbs emphasized augmenting multi-specialty provider groups’ neuroscience awareness and knowledge base is key to improving equitable access and patient outcomes.

"Our goal with this event is to provide that guidance in a new and interesting way, to the ultimate benefit of patients."

Attendees can register online or in person the day of the event at 7:00 a.m. in Pavilion A of the Albert B. Chandler Medical Center. 

Registration fees range from $12-$50, a reduction from the registration fees for the Winter Expo. Anyone who registered for the Winter Expo qualifies for a full refund and can re-register online or in person.

For more information about the Expo or to register, go to: http://www.cecentral.com/live/10269