Festschrift in Honor of Donald Stein

Donald G. Stein Emory University

This Festschrift will honor Donald G. Stein and his lifetime contributions to physiological psychology. The celebration will begin with a banquet on Sunday, May 24, 2009, and continue with a day-long program on Monday, May 25, 2009.

Donald G. Stein is a physiological psychologist and Asa G. Candler Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine. Stein’s research has long examined the processes underlying recovery of function after traumatic brain injury, producing major contributions to the field. His laboratory was one of the first contemporary groups to confront the doctrine of 'localization of function' by demonstrating that functioning in adult subjects can indeed be spared after removal of critical brain structures. In the mid-1980's Stein’s lab was the first to demonstrate sex differences in the outcome of severe injuries to the frontal cortex. Stein continues to build upon his distinguished research program and is currently focusing on determining the physiological substrates responsible for progesterone’s beneficial effects in the treatment of traumatic brain injury.

The festschrift is sponsored by the Association for Psychological Science, Taylor and Francis, Emory University, and the University of Oregon.

The program features a distinguished group of former colleagues and students, including:

Banquet in Honor of Donald Stein

Don Stein at Oregon
Daniel Kimble, University of Oregon

Delineating a Theoretical Construct: Dynamic Cell Morphology and Plastic Change in the Brain
William T. Greenough, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Georgina Aldridge, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Feng Pan, New York University Medical Center
C. Lee Cox, New York University Medical Center
WenBiao Gan, New York University Medical Center

Remembering, Trauma and Working Through
Jeffrey J. Rosen, City College of New York
Wilma G. Rosen, City University of New York

Morning Coffee Break

Axon Sprouting and Reorganization of Function After Brain Injury: Lessons from the Hippocampal Formation
Julio J. Ramirez, Davidson College

Vision Restoration After Brain Damage by Training and Non-Invasive Electrical Brain Synchronization
Bernhard A. Sabel, University of Magdeburg, Germany
Carolin Gall, University of Magdeburg, Germany

Use of Neurotrophic Factors to Reduce Behavioral Deficits in Rodent Models of Huntington’s Disease
Gary Dunbar, Central Michigan University

The Influence of Environmental Enrichment and Therapeutic Interventions on Restoration of Function Following Traumatic Brain Injury
Jeffrey S. Smith, University of Portland

Lunch Break

Searching for Principles Underlying Brain Plasticity and Behavior
Bryan Kolb, University of Lethbridge, Canada

Cerebral Metabolic Diaschisis Following Traumatic Brain Injury: Effects on Recovery of Function
David Hovda, University of California, Los Angeles

Plasticity, Context Recognition and Rehabilitation in Brain Injury
Anne-Lise Christensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Afternoon Coffee Break

From Benchtop to Bedside: The ProTECT® Clinical Trial
Arthur L. Kellermann, Emory School of Medicine
David W. Wright, Emory School of Medicine

Are There Sex Differences in Traumatic Brain Injury? Does Progesterone Have a Role?
Donald G. Stein, Emory University

2009 Program Committee

Daniel Cervone, University of Illinois at Chicago (Chair)

• Sian Beilock, University of Chicago;
• Ying–yi Hong, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
• Daniel Klein, State University of New York, Stony Brook;
• Tyler Lorig, Washington and Lee University;
• Joseph A. Mikels, Cornell Univeristy;
• Kris Preacher, University of Kansas;
• Deborah E. Rupp, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
• Timothy Strauman, Duke University;
• Tor Wager, Columbia University;
• Tracy Zinn, James Madison University

Contact the Convention Department or call +1 202.293.9300.