Speakers

Mitra Lavasani, PhD

  • Research Scientist
  • Director, Translational Cell Therapy Lab
  • Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
  • Associate Professor Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University
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Farzaneh A. Sorond, MD, PhD

  • Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs
  • Dean Richard H. Young and Ellen Stearns Young Professor
  • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
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Henry S. Bienen

  • Interim President and President Emeritus
  • Northwestern University
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Farzaneh A Sorond, MD, PhD

  • Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs
  • Dean Richard H. Young and Ellen Stearns Young Professor
  • Professor, Neurology (Stroke and Vascular Neurology), Neurology (Neurocritical Care)
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Judith Moskowitz, PhD, MPH

  • Vice Chair for for Scientific & Faculty Development, Department of Medical Social Sciences
  • Professor, Medical Social Sciences (Intervention Science)
  • Professor, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
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Prakash Jayabalan MD, PhD

  • Physician Scientist Director
  • Nancy W. Knowles Strength and Endurance Lab, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
  • Associate Professor, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
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Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD

  • Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine
  • Feinberg School of Medicine
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Douglas Vaughan, MD

  • Director, Potocsnak Longevity Institute
  • Irving S. Cutter Professor of Medicine Emeritus
  • Chief Academic Officer, Northwestern Medicine
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Tamar D. Gefen, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • Feinberg School of Medicine
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Leora R. Cherney

  • Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Scientific Chair, Think + Speak Lab
  • Director - Center for Aphasia Research and Treatment
  • Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and Communication Sciences & Disorders
  • Coleman Foundation Chair
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