{"id":5320,"date":"2014-10-31T10:50:49","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T14:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?p=5320"},"modified":"2014-10-31T10:50:49","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T14:50:49","slug":"joining-forces-tbiptsd-conference-to-be-held-nov-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2014\/10\/31\/joining-forces-tbiptsd-conference-to-be-held-nov-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Joining Forces: TBI\/PTSD Conference to be Held Nov. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2014\/10\/31\/joining-forces-tbiptsd-conference-to-be-held-nov-4\/operation-iraqi-freedom-v\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5321\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2014\/10\/U.S.-Soldiers-Wide.jpg\" alt=\"(Courtesy Flickr user James)\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5321\" height=\"1179\" width=\"2784\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2011 the White House established the Joining Forces initiative to promote the education, research and clinical care for military members with TBI and PTSD.\u00a0 The Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC)\u00a0 was one of the original participants in the program. This year the Medical Campus will host the Third Annual Joining Forces Conference on Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 8 a.m.-noon in Hiebert Lounge. Faculty, students and staff are invited to attend guest lectures and participate in the poster session.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers at the event include internationally renowned faculty researchers at BU School of Medicine and the VA Boston Healthcare System. BU is among the leaders in research and collaborative care for concussions and PTSD. VA Boston is a national leader in clinical care and research for veterans with post-deployment disorders, including TBI, PTSD, other anxiety disorders, affective disorders and\u00a0 comorbid substance abuse. VA Boston also has one of the most comprehensive mental health treatment systems in the country for veterans and is the nation\u2019s largest recipient of VA research dollars supporting more than 150 research projects on PTSD, traumatic brain injury and other post-deployment disorders. VA Boston also is the home of the Behavioral Sciences and Women\u2019s Health Sciences divisions of the National Center for PTSD.<\/p>\n<p>Mark your calendar to learn about the cutting edge research being performed at our institutions in these fields.\u00a0 Hear how advances in research may be used to identify individuals at risk for prevention, intervention and treatment.\u00a0 After the formal lectures a poster session will highlight additional areas of research.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">BUMC and VA Boston Joining Forces TBI\/PTSD Conference<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Tuesday, Nov. 4, 8 a.m.-Noon<br \/>\nBUSM Instructional Building, Hiebert Lounge, 14th Floor<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8 \u2013 8:30 a.m.\u00a0Registration and Breakfast<\/li>\n<li>8:30 \u2013 8:50\u00a0Introductions and Welcome (<em>Drs. Anna Hohler<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Gary Kaplan<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>8:50 \u2013 9:35\u00a0\u201cPosttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Female OEF\/OIF\/OND Veterans: Overview of Recent Research Findings\u201d by\u00a0<em>Dawne Vogt, PhD,<\/em>\u00a0acting deputy director, Women\u2019s Health Sciences Division, National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System and associate professor of Psychiatry, BUSM<\/li>\n<li>9:35 \u2013 9:45\u00a0Break<\/li>\n<li>9:45 \u2013 10:30\u00a0\u201cCurrent Concepts in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy\u201d by\u00a0<em>Ann McKee, MD,<\/em>\u00a0Chief of Neuropathology, VA Boston Healthcare System, professor of Neurology and Pathology, BUSM<\/li>\n<li>11:15 \u2013 noon\u00a0Poster Viewing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2011 the White House established the Joining Forces initiative to promote the education, research and clinical care for military members with TBI and PTSD.\u00a0 The Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC)\u00a0 was one of the original participants in the program. 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