2003 Program

Time	Activity
July 23
7:30-8:30am	REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30-8:45am	WELCOME AND OVERVIEW John Stone, Ph. D., Director Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information & Exchange (CIRRIE), State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.
8:45-9:30am	KEYNOTE ADDRESS *Characteristics of Successful International Research* Sharon Hrynkow, Ph. D., Deputy Director Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.
9:30-10:20am	CASE STUDIES: SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN REHABILITATION RESEARCH Moderator: John Stone, Ph.D., Director, CIRRIE *An International Investigation of Ageing with Spinal Cord Injury* Gordana Savic, M.D., Research Scientist The National Spine Injuries Center, Stoke Mandelville Hospital, Aylesbury, United Kingdom Susan Charlifue, Ph.D. (Cand.), M.A., Research Supervisor Research Department, Craig Hospital, Englewood, Colorado, U.S.A. *An International Research Partnership for Development of a Direct Brain Interface* Simon P. Levine, Ph.D., Professor Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. Bernhard Graimann, Ph.D., Assistant Research Scientist Department of Medical Informatics, University of Technology, Graz, Austria
10:20-10:40am	Break
10:40-12:00am	CASE STUDIES: SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS IN REHABILITATION RESEARCH, CONTINUED Moderator: Mary Stuart, Sc.D., Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Maryland- Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. *U.S. - Sweden (Telecommunication Access)* Gregg Vanderheiden, Ph. D., Professor, Director Trace R & D Center, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. Judith Harkins, Ph.D., Professor, Director Technology Access Program, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Gunnar Hellström, M.Sc., President Omnitor, Stockholm, Sweden *National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) / National Institutes of Health (NIH) Italian National Research Institute (INRCA) (Rehabilitation)* Francesco Benvenuti, M.D., Geriatric Medicine & Clinical Neurophysiology Specialist, Director Geriatric Rehabilitation, Italian National Research Institute on Aging (INRCA), Florence, Italy Steven J. Stanhope, Ph. D., Director Physical Disabilities Branch, National Institutes of Health (NIH/CC), Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. *Stanford University / Veterans Affairs (VISIT: Virtual Knowledge Based Network for Integrating Assistive Technologies) -France (Robotics)* Mounir Mokhtari, Ph.D., Associate Professor Disability Engineering & Communication Lab, Institut National des Télécommunications, Evry, France Machiel Van der Loos, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineer Rehabilitation R & D Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.
12:00-1:15pm	LUNCH (PROVIDED BY CONFERENCE)
1:15-1:45pm	ACCESSING INFORMATION ABOUT INTERNATIONAL & U.S. RESEARCHERS *Center for International Rehabilitation Research & Information Exchange (CIRRIE) Resources* Marcia E. Daumen, M.L.S., Information Resources Manager Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information & Exchange (CIRRIE), State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A. *National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) Resources* Mark Odum, Director National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC)
1:45-3:15pm	FUNDING AGENCY PERSECTIVES: RECOMMENDATIONS TO RESEARCHERS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL PROPOSALS Moderator: Joel Myklebust, Ph.D., Director, Planning, Budget and Evaluation Division, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), Washington, D.C., U.S.A. *National Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)* Francis V. Corrigan, Ed.D., Deputy Director National Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. *National Institutes of Health (NIH) / John E. Fogarty International Center* Kenneth Bridbord, M.D., M.P.H., Director Division of International Training and Research, Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in Health Scirnces, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. *National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR), National Institutes of Health (NIH)* Michael Weinrich, M.D., Director National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, (NCMRR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. *U.S. Department of State* David Levin, Senior Program Manager and Diversity Coordinator Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
3:15-3:30pm	Break
3:30-4:45pm	U.S. LATIN - AMERICAN RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS IN HEALTH & REHABILITATION Moderator: Eva Gavillan, Ed.D., Program Officer, National Institute on Disability & Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), Washington, D.C., U.S.A. *Rehabilitation Collaboration in the Western Hemisphere: The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Perspective* José Miguel Caldas de Almeida, M.D., Ph.D., Coordinator Mental Health Program, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office of the World Health Organization for the Americas *Partnerships and Strategic Alliances: A Concrete Way to Reduce Global Disease Burden and Health Disparities* Luis Salicrup, Ph.D. Program Officer The Americas & Canada Program, Division of International Relations, John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. *Case Study: Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation - The Argentina Project* Walter Videtta, M.D., Chief, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Hospital Nacional Professor Alejandro Posadas, Buenos Aires, Argentina Nancy Carney, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
4:45-5:15pm	DEVELOPING & MAINTAINING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS: TWENTY YEARS OF REFLECTION ON THE PROCESS & OUTCOME Ken Nash, Ed.D., Researcher National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT); formerly Director, Office of International Partnerships (RIT), Rochester, New York
5:15-5:30pm	CONCLUSIONS, SUMMING UP OF PRINCIPAL POINTS FROM DAY 1 Paul Ackerman, Ph.D., Consultant Stanley, Virginia
6:00-8:00pm	RECEPTION
July 24
8:15-9:15am	Continental breakfast
9:15-10:15am >	METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS: THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY, AND HEALTH (ICF) Moderator: Jerome Bickenbach, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Philosophy and Faculties of Law and Medicine, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada *A Universal Language in Research with Children: Issues with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health ICF* Rune J. Simeonsson, Ph. D., M.S.P.H., Professor of Education, Research Professor of Psychology Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A. Matilde Leonardi, MD, Pediatric Neurologist, Chair International Scientific Research & Disability Project / World Health Organization (WHO); Italian National Neurological Institute Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
10:15-10:30am	Break
10:30-11:45am	METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS: THE ICF, CONTINUED Dianne Caulfield, B.Sc., P.& O.T., MBA, Consultant, Classifications Standards Department, Canadian Institute for Health Information, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Gerry Hendershot, Ph. D., Consultant on Disability and Health Statistics University Park, Maryland, U.S.A. *Case Study: American Institutes for Research (AIR) Brazilian Academy of Science (Developmental Disabilities & Group Homes)* Maurice McInerney, Ph.D., Managing Director American Institutes for Research, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Cassia Maria Buchalla, M.D., Ph.D., Assessor World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for the Family of International Classifications in Portuguese, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
11:45-12:00	CONCLUSIONS, SUMMING UP OF PRINCIPAL POINTS David Keer, MA, Program Specialist Research Sciences Department, Co-chair, Interagency Subcommittee on Disability, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), College Park, Maryland, U.S.A. Paul Ackerman, Ph.D., Consultant Stanley, Virginia, U.S.A.
12:00-12:15pm	CLOSING John Stone, Ph.D., Director Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information & Exchange (CIRRIE), State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.

Sponsored by the Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange (CIRRIE), with support from the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).

Co-Sponsors/Collaborating Organizations:

Pan American Health Organization
U.S. Department of State
Fogarty International Center/NIH
National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research/NIH

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