NAIMS Workshop 2024
Imaging Barriers of the CNS
February 28, 2024
Hilton West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, Florida
The North American Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis Cooperative (NAIMS) Workshop will be taking place Wednesday, February 28 from 8:00 am - 7:00 pm at the Hilton West Palm Beach in West Palm Beach, Florida. The workshop will be held ahead of the ACTRIMS Forum 2024, being held February 29-March 2 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center and Hilton West Palm Beach.
The purpose of this workshop is to provide a review of the structure, function, and physiology of CNS blood barriers, how these are affected in multiple sclerosis, and opportunities to use neuroimaging to better understand disease progression and therapeutic intervention in MS. The workshop is targeted towards neurologists and radiologists interested in MRI for clinical research/clinical practice, as well as MRI physicists and image processing scientists interested in developing novel techniques applicable to neuroimaging in MS.
Registration for the NAIMS Workshop 2024 closed on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.
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| Delegate: professional employed by academic institution, hospital, government agency, or non-profit organization. | $100 |
| Young Investigator: student/trainee OR professional who has obtained an advanced degree (M.D. or Ph.D.) within seven years (2017 or later) of the time of the Forum. Proof is required. | $50 |
| Industry Representative: Professional who holds a non-research position and is employed by a pharmaceutical company or commercial entity. | $150 |
Accommodations
There is limited availability at the Hilton West Palm Beach in West Palm Beach, Florida for attendees of the NAIMS workshop. Click below to book your hotel rooms or visit the ACTRIMS Forum 2024 Travel page to see additional availability at other area hotels.
Organizing Committee
Caterina Mainero, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital
Simone Sacco, University of California—San Francisco
Yunyan Zhang, University of Calgary
| 7:15 - 8:15 am | Breakfast |
| 8:00 - 8:10 am | Welcome
William Rooney, Oregon Health & Science University |
| 8:10 - 10:30 am | CNS Barriers in Health & Disease
Moderators: Matthew Brier, Washington University in St. Louis and Christopher Hemond, UMass Memorial Medical Center | |
| 8:10 - 8:50 am | Endothelial Barriers: Structure and Immune (Dys)Function Britta Engelhardt, University of Bern, Switzerland |
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| 8:50 - 9:30 am | Epithelial Barriers: Structure and Function in the Choroid Plexus Richard Keep, University of Michigan |
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| 9:30 - 10:10 am | Illuminating the Structure and Function of Meningeal Barriers Dorian McGavern, National Institutes of Health |
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| 10:10 - 10:30 am | Discussion | |
| 10:30 - 10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45 am - 12:00 pm | Imaging Barrier Anatomy and Pathology in MS
Moderators: Richard Dortch, Barrow Neurological Institute and Simone Sacco, University of California—San Francisco | |
| 10:45 - 11:05 am | White Matter: Dynamic Contrast MRI: Concepts and Applications in MS William Rooney, Oregon Health & Science University |
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| 11:05 - 11:25 am | Gray matter: Imaging Cortical Lesions Caterina Mainero, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital |
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| 11:25 - 11:45 am | Meninges: Characterizing MS LME Using MRI Dan Harrison, University of Maryland |
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| 11:45 - 12:00 pm | Discussion | |
| 12:00 - 1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:45 pm | Imaging Markers: Emerging Opportunities
Moderators: Caterina Mainero, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital and William Rooney, Oregon Health & Science University | |
| 1:00 - 1:20 pm | Imaging Neuroinflammation of Choroid Plexus MS Neils Bergsland, University at Buffalo |
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| 1:20 - 1:40 pm | Retina: Blood Retinal Barrier and Correlates with Brain Pathology in MS Elizabeth Silbermann, Oregon Health & Science University |
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| 1:40 - 2:00 pm | BBB Permeability Beyond Gadolinium; Water Permeability Ian Tagge, Biogen |
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| 2:00 - 2:20 pm | Perivascular Space: Enlargement in MS Serhat Okar, National Institutes of Health |
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| 2:20 - 2:45 pm | Discussion | |
| 2:45 - 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00 - 4:45 pm | Breaking Barriers to Clinical [Trial] Translation
Moderators: Christopher Hemond, UMass Memorial Medical Center and Yunyan Zhang, University of Calgary | |
| 3:00 - 3:20 pm | Disease Modifying Therapies and CNS Barrier Function Stig Cramer, Glostrup Hospital/Region Hovedstaden |
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| 3:20 - 3:40 pm | Conventional Imaging to Detect BBB Breakdown Without Contrast Ponnada Narayana, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
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| 3:40 - 4:00 pm | Using PET to Image Treatment Response in MS Matthew Brier, Washington University in St. Louis |
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| 4:00 - 4:20 pm | Image Harmonization Across Institutions/Time Post-Acquisition Roland Henry, University of California—San Francisco |
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| 4:20 - 4:45 pm | Discussion | |
| 4:45 - 5:15 pm | Lightning Presentations | |
| 5:15 - 5:30 pm | Workshop Wrap-Up |
| 5:30 - 7:00 pm | NAIMS Workshop Reception & Poster Session |
Bill Rooney, Chair, Oregon Health & Science University
Matthew Brier, Washington University in St. Louis
Richard Dortch, Barrow Neurological Institute
Christopher Hemond, UMass Memorial Medical Center
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Program Schedule
The NAIMS Workshop will take place Wednesday, February 28, 2024. All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (EST). This schedule is subject to change.
