On March 24, 2017, during Brain Injury Awareness Month, Penn Medicine will be hosting the Mind Your Brain. For the third annual Mind Your Brain Conference, we are seeking participants to provide presentations for our “breakout sessions” that will enhance, through education, advocacy, support, and research, the quality of life for those affected by brain injury, including patients, survivors, families and caregivers. You can help make a contribution and impact your local community by sharing your knowledge/information. We hope you’ll consider being a part of this important day.

This conference is provided to the community as a complementary education conference for survivors and caregivers. Help make a difference in some of the 1.7 million people who sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) annually (CDC).

All affected by brain injury should, and can, have immediate and equal access to services and support to help lead full and meaningful lives. This program will focus on sharing research, insights, and therapies designed to address the personal and medical issues of those impacted by brain injury.

Please review the call for presentations, which are due by noon on September 9.

We are seeking participants to run breakout sessions (45 minutes in length) geared towards survivors of TBI (which could be focused on concussion or more severe TBI), or for TBI family members and caregivers.

Please include the following information:

• Speaker credentials and/or background 
• 3-4 objectives for the session 
• Target audience 
• Abstract describing overall session (limit to 300 words)
• Multi-­media needs and/or room requirements 
• Disclosure of any potential conflict of interest 
• Reference list as appropriate 

Examples of past sessions: Yoga Recharge, Concussion Treatment Options, Strategize to Maximize, Fitness after TBI, Surviving and Thriving after Brain Injury, Evaluation and Treating Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury, Caring and Resilience Explored: Caregivers of Survivors of Brain Injury.
Send applications by email to LizLewis@mail.med.penn.edu

The Conference Committee consists of interdisciplinary professionals, clinical experts, researchers and brain injury survivors, who will review the proposals for submission. You will receive a response by October 1.

For more information about the  Mind Your Brain Conference: http://www.med.upenn.edu/cbir/Mind-Your-Brain-Conference.html

—Penn’s Center for Brain Injury and Repair