Save the date! For more details, please visit www.walkahead.org
Date/Time
Date(s) – 10/25/2015
8:00 am – 11:00 am
Location
Yeatman’s Cove at Sawyer Point Park
Category(ies)
]]>
Please mark your calendars for the 2015 Midwest Regional Brain Tumor Conference. This is a FREE educational event for patients with brain tumors, their caregivers and family/friends.
We will provide information about registration, topics and presenters as it becomes available.
Your Support is Appreciated!
This program is offered for free to patients and family members from across the region, but as costs continue to rise each year, we are seeking additional support. If you would like to help support this conference, please consider sending a donation of $20 or more to:
UC Brain Tumor Center
C/O UCNI Office of Development
PO Box 670570
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0570
You can also make an online gift to support the conference by clicking here.
Date/Time
Date(s) – 10/24/2015
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Location
Sharonville Convention Center
Category(ies)
Bookings
Your Support is Appreciated!
This program is offered for free to patients and family members from across the region, but as costs continue to rise each year, we are seeking additional support. If you would like to help support this conference, please consider sending a donation of $20 or more to:
UC Brain Tumor Center
C/O UCNI Office of Development
PO Box 670570
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0570
You can also make an online gift to support the conference by clicking here.
Date/Time
Date(s) – 10/24/2015
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Location
Sharonville Convention Center
Category(ies)
Bookings
Please join us for the 3rd annual Forget-Me-Not Gala, which supports research in the prevention and treatment of cognitive decline at the Memory Disorders Center at the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute.
The wine-pairing dinner and silent auction is the brainchild of John Van Kirk, PhD, founder of the Wine Merchant and a retired Xavier University marketing professor who lost his wife, Rosemary, to Alzheimer’s disease in 2012.
The gala’s silent auction will feature thousands of dollars’ worth of wines and other fine gifts. Contact [email protected] or (513) 558-6769.
Date/Time
Date(s) – 09/25/2015
6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Location
The Phoenix
Category(ies)
]]>
Save the date! For more information, please visit www.sunflowerrev.org.
EVENTS
Cyclist – 100K, 40K, 25K
Walker/Runner 5K
Wheelchair Participant
Children 12 and Under
Date/Time
Date(s) – 09/13/2015
8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location
Yeatman’s Cove at Sawyer Point Park
Category(ies)
]]>
Parkinson’s heroes Pete Hershberger, left, and Jerry Wuest
Please mark your calendars for the ever-popular Jerry Wuest-Pete Hershberger Dinner Gala & Golf Classic!
Dinner Gala
The dinner will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2, at Receptions Western Hills, 3302 Westbourne Drive., Cincinnati, Ohio, 45248.
Golf Classic
The golf event will be held Monday, August 3, at Legendary Run Golf Course, 915 E. Legendary Run, Cincinnati, Ohio 45245. Shotgun start at 11 a.m. Dinner and awards to follow at 5 p.m.
Proceeds benefit the Parkinson’s Disease Support Network of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana (PDSNOKI), which is a strong supporter of the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family Center for Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders.
For more information about golf, sponsorship opportunities, or raffle/silent auction donations, please contact Diana Peters at (513) 451-1750 or [email protected].
Date/Time
Date(s) – 08/02/2015 – 08/03/2015
All Day
Location
Receptions Banquet Center
Category(ies)
]]>
Scott Layman and his neurosurgeon, Dr. George Mandybur
Putting for Parkinson’s is an annual golf outing and dinner party that supports the James J. and Joan A. Gardner Family for Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. The event is co-chaired by its founders, Joy and Scott Layman.
Complete details will be forthcoming!
As in previous years, sponsorships and silent auction donations are being gratefully accepted.
To donate to the silent auction, please contact Joy Layman at (859) 445-1935.
For sponsorship information, please contact Lori Selm, Program Coordinator at the UC Gardner Center, at (513) 558-4050.
Date/Time
Date(s) – 07/17/2015
All Day
Location
Highland Country Club
Category(ies)
]]>
Attention Middle and High School Coaches, Athletic Trainers, Parents and Athletes…
Soccer, Football, Hockey, All Contact Sports!
There is a lot of fear associated with concussions in sports, yet there are ways to help keep athletes safe from concussion. Join us for a FREE half-day of training, hands-on exercises, and a sneak preview of some of the hottest innovations being developed by researchers and engineers at the University of Cincinnati.
Schedule of the Day
8-9:45 a.m. Fear and Concussions*
* This clinic meets the Ohio Department of Health annual coaching education requirement
- Defining Concussions
- Concussion Facts
- Concussions and Kids
- Ohio Return to Play
- Cedric Peerman, Special Teams Captain of the Bengals, on a player’s perspective of going through the concussion protocol, and vision training for injury prevention
9:45-10 a.m. Break – Snacks
10 a.m.-12 p.m. Interactive Training
- Diagnosis on the Sideline – Using the 3-question item and flashcard concussion assessment tools
- Balance Checks – Assessing balance on the sideline the way UC Health sports medicine physicians do it in the training room
- Rehabilitation Techniques – Dynavision light board training, exercises to improve vision and balance, ocular muscles training
- Post-Injury Management – Things you can do while healing (other than resting in a dark room)
- Vision Training Techniques – See the hit coming so that you can be less vulnerable and absorb the hit better
- Prevention Training – Neck strengthening exercises, proper tackling techniques, USA Football Heads Up tackling and blocking demonstrations
12-12:15 p.m. Break and Snacks
12:15-1:15 p.m. Protecting Brains of the Future
A showcase of innovations in prevention, diagnosis and treatment being developed in the University of Cincinnati Colleges of Medicine, Engineering, Nursing and DAAP
- Concussion Biomarkers (Medicine)
- Concussion Research (Engineering)
- Futuristic Helmet Designs (DAAP)
- Projects from Design + Nursing: From Laboratories to Users, The Transformation of Concussion Prevention
Parking passes: Free parking passes provided with RSVP in advance
For more information, call (513) 584-3931
This is a program of the UC Sports Neuroscience Initiative, which includes the Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, and the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitative Medicine.
Date/Time
Date(s) – 06/20/2015
8:00 am – 1:15 pm
Location
Richard E. Lindner Center
Category(ies)
Bookings
Bookings are closed for this event.
New Location: Bob Goin Football Team Meeting Room, 2nd Floor, Richard E. Lindner Center
Co-hosts: Jon Divine, MD, and Cal Adler, MD
Purpose: Investigator updates, introduction of new interested investigators, and brainstorming session for collaborative projects.
Format: 20-minute updates and presentations, followed by round-table discussion.
RSVP by June 12 to Kim Hasselfeld at [email protected].
Date/Time
Date(s) – 06/19/2015
8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location
Richard E. Lindner Center
Category(ies)
]]>
This free webinar is sponsored by the American Brain Tumor Association. It features Christopher McPherson, MD, a neurosurgeon with the UC Brain Tumor Center.
Register online >>
Date/Time
Date(s) – 05/27/2015
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Category(ies)
]]>