2014 Conference
2014 Conference
Preconditioning Adaptive Responses in Biology and Medicine Building Biological Shields Against Disease and Injury
April 22 – 23, 2014
Proceedings
Presentations
- Extending Injury- and Disease-Tolerant Phenotypes by Repetitive Conditioning: Promoting Long-Lasting Protection in the CNS
Jeff Gidday, Washington University School of Medicine [PDF]
- Optimizing Pre- and Post-conditioning Clinical Outcomes: A Dose Response Perspective
Edward Calabrese, University of Massachusetts/Amherst [PDF]
- Remote Ischemic Conditioning: From Inspiration to Clinical Translation
Karin Przyklenk, Wayne State University School of Medicine [PDF]
- Cardioprotection: Challenges and Possibilities
Derek Haulsenloy, University College [PDF]
- Pre-conditioning with Low Level Laser (Light) Therapy
Michael Hamblin, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard-MIT [PDF]
- Implementation of Intermittent Fasting Prescriptions: Breaking Through the Barriers
Mark Mattson, National Institutes on Aging [PDF]
- Dose-Response Effects of Low-Level Light Therapy on Brain and Muscle
Prof. Dr. Francisco Gonzalez-Lima, The University of Texas at Austin [PDF]
- Welcome
Carmel Mothersill, McMaster University [PDF]
- Adaption by Low Dose Radiation Exposure: A Look at Scope and Limitations for Radiation Protection
Ron Mitchel, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited [PDF]
- Intermittent Energetic Challenges, Adaptive Responses and Health: Lessons from the Brain
Mark P. Mattson, Ph.D, Chief, Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging IRP, Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine [PDF]
- Hypoxic Preconditioning Strategy for Stem Cell Transplantation Therapy after Ischemic Stroke
Shan Ping Yu, Professor and O. Wayne Rollins, Endowed Chair, Emory University School of Medicine [PDF]
- Final Conference Perspectives
Colin Seymour, McMaster University [PDF]
- Assessing the Promise of Remote Conditioning: New Clinical Developments
Andrew Redington, University of Toronto [PDF]
Awards
2014 Outstanding Leadership Award: Mohan Doss 
Dr. Mohan Doss received BSc degree in Physics from Madras University, India and his MSc degree in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. He obtained MS and PhD degrees in Physics from Carnegie-Mellon University. After 10 years of post-doctoral research in USA and Canada, he became a Medical Physicist in the Nuclear ...
2014 Outstanding New Investigator Award: Rehana Leak 
Rehana Leak is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at Duquesne University and studies stress-induced adaptations or toxicity in models of neurodegeneration. Dr. Leak was trained in Neuroscience at Barnard College (B.A., graduated magna cum laude with Phi Beta Kappa induction) and the University of Pittsburgh (M.S., Ph.D., National Science Foundation graduate scholarship). Following a brief ...
2014 Outstanding Career Achievement Award: Mark P. Mattson 
After receiving his PhD degree from the University of Iowa, Dr. Mattson completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Developmental Neuroscience at Colorado State University. He then joined the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine where he advanced to Full Professor.
In 2000, Dr. Mattson took the position of Chief of the ...
