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| A Message from the
President |
 by Aubrey Ewing,
Ph.D.
Welcome
There
is much happening in the world of applied psychophysiology and
biofeedback, so much so that we felt a "Special Edition" of our
E-Newsletter was in order. This is my first opportunity as AAPB
President to welcome our new members publicly. On behalf of the
Board of Directors and your AAPB colleagues, welcome to the
Association! Membership is the essence of who we are as an
organization, and AAPB strives to be relevant to what you do in your
daily professional lives. In this E-News you will read about some of
AAPB's ongoing initiatives, which I hope will provide a glimpse of
the value of your membership. I would like to know how you think
we're doing, and to hear your ideas about how AAPB can better serve
you and all of our stakeholders. We are also interested in knowing
how you would like to be involved in your Association; committee
participation, leadership, writing, and presenting at our Annual
Meeting are all ways you can contribute. There are many
opportunities for you to share your knowledge and energy. Please
correspond with me aewing@ix.netcom.com.
Aubrey Ewing,
Ph.D.
President, AAPB |
| Fall Meeting on Blast Injuries: TBI,
PTSD, and Pain in Washington, DC |
By now I hope you have heard about
the AAPB Fall Conference, Blast Injuries: TBI, PTSD, and
Pain, which will be held November 7-8 in Washington, D.C. As
you will see in the conference
literature, the
faculty is world class and the content invaluable for all health
care practitioners who work with traumatic brain injury (TBI), PTSD,
and pain. The rates of TBI and PTSD appear to be significantly
higher in veterans returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars as
compared to previous conflicts, with some 30% of those with
combat-related injuries seen at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
being admitted for TBI. Blast injuries are a significant cause of
TBI and related problems. I do hope you will consider joining
us in Washington for this timely conference, and for some great
networking and dialogue amongst professional colleagues.
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Chet
Moritz, Ph.D. to Speak on Cortical Neuron Biofeedback at 2009 Annual
Meeting
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Speaking of
excellent opportunities for continuing education and networking, we
have breaking news about the AAPB 40th Annual Conference, April 2-4,
2009 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We learned today that Chet
Moritz, Ph.D. of the University of Washington Department of
Physiology & Biophysics, and principal investigator of the
study, "Direct control of paralysed muscles by cortical neurons"
published this July in Nature, has agreed to give our
invited Presidential Lecture. As described on CNN, this research
employed a classic biofeedback protocol to teach monkeys to recruit
motor cortex neurons not previously associated with hand and wrist
control in order to restore function in an anesthetically
immobilized arm. This brain machine interface work represents
the ultimate, and state of the science refinement of what we
do as biofeedback practitioners. It holds great promise
for the future development of treatment for paralysis resulting from
spinal cord injury.
The Annual Conference,
entitled AAPB 2009: Forty Years of Promoting Whole Person
Health, will feature a neurofeedback track with invited
speaker, Jaime Pineda, Ph.D. of the UCLA Brain Research Institute
speaking on the role of mirror neurons in Autism Spectrum Disorder
(ASD), and QEEG and neurofeedback in the diagnosis and treatment of
ASD. Renowned scientist, Dr. Rustum Roy, will also present a keynote
address on the emerging science of energy medicine. I hope you
will mark your calendars and plan to attend this excellent science
meeting. We are also planning an evening of fun as can only be had
in the high mountain west. More on this in a future
E-News. |
| AAPB
Focuses on Initiatives that Serve Member Interests and Strategic
Themes |
Finally, I'd like
you to be aware of a number of important initiatives in which AAPB
is currently involved. As you read about these, I hope you will see
how they serve one or more of AAPB's strategic themes: science,
education, professional support, and technology.
NIMH Grant for RCT Study of Neurofeedback Treatment of AD/HD
The
announcement this summer of the award of an NIMH grant to Eugene
Arnold, M.D., and Nicholas Lofthouse, Ph.D. at Ohio State
University, to conduct a first of its kind large scale, randomized
controlled study on neurofeedback treatment of ADHD signaled an
opportunity for science to convincingly demonstrate the efficacy
that smaller scale research has already shown. AAPB responded with
an ad hoc Science Initiative Task Group, comprised of Joel Lubar,
Ph.D. and ISNR President, John Nash, Ph.D. to offer consultation on
the research project. The investigators enthusiastically accepted
AAPB's offer to consult, and will utilize our experts for input on
experimental design, subject selection, and research
protocol.
Insurance Initiative Focuses on Coverage
for Headache
AAPB's Insurance Committee, Chaired
by Ron Rosenthal, Ph.D., in conjunction with the Biofeedback
Neurofeedback Alliance (BNA) is working on a proposal to
CMS/Medicare to revise the National Coverage Determination (NCD) on
biofeedback to cover treatment for headaches. The larger goal of the
Insurance Initiative is to increase insurance coverage for
biofeedback treatment of headache and other
disorders.
University Initiative to Attract Student,
Faculty Interest in BF/NF
We are pleased to announce
that Connie Schrader, Ph.D. of the University of North Carolina at
Asheville will Chair an AAPB and BNA joint project we are calling
our University Initiative. This is an effort to attract new
people to the science and practice of applied psychophysiology,
general biofeedback, and neurofeedback, and to certification and
association membership, through promoting the incorporation of
AP/BF/NF related coursework into university
curricula. | |
| Welcome New
Members! |
| We welcome the
following individuals who have become new members of AAPB
since June, 2008. We're delighted to have you join the premier
international society for mind-body interactions in research,
healthcare and education. Thank you for joining the AAPB
community. We hope to meet many of you at the Annual Meeting in
Albuquerque.
Eleni Bagourdi,
Los Angeles, CA
Mary Beasley, Austin, TX
Renee Behinfar,
Scottsdale, AZ
Megan Brent, Lawrence, KS
Jim Cahill, Carlsbad,
CA
Bernardo Carbo, Davie, FL
Wendy Carmody, Lawrence,
KS
Agatha Colbert, Portland, OR
John Davis, Hamilton,
ON
Rami Elbadrawy, Fort Wayne, IN
Frances Engstrom, Mill
Valley, CA
Kristine Falco, Sisters, OR
John Fisher,
Northampton, MA
Mindy Fritz, Forney, TX
David Gaffney,
Saginaw, MI
Leesa Haire, Silver City, NM
Ruby Igarashi, Aiea,
HI
Cheryl Jewell, White Plains, NY
Stanley Kisiel,
Newington, CT
Barry Larson, Maplewood, MO
Robert Longo,
Lexington, NC
Linda Nerenberg, La Mesa, CA
Thom Pfeil,
Galveston, TX
Thomas Portney, North Augusta, SC
Veronica Reis,
San Diego, CA
Susan Rhodes, Fremont, CA
Ros Rodriguez,
Plymouth, MI
Jesus Rosario, San Ramon, CA
Rebekah Runyon,
Crestwood, KY
Andrea Russell, Tucson, AZ
Jeffrey Rutstein,
West Windsor, NJ
David Schlichting, Minocqua, WI
Reid
Schwartz, Chicago, IL
Philip Scott, Vacaville, CA
Clive
Stephens, Canberra, ACT
Kathy Tisko, Dallas,
TX
Evelyn Treuil, Stroudsburg, PA
L.P. Leandro Velasco,
Huntsville, TX
Leslie Villelli, Sandpoint, ID
John Wade,
Houston, TX
Deborah Wheelihan-Dasher, Petersburg, MI
Ann
Wilson, Crystal Lake, IL
Vicki Wyatt, Oklahoma City,
OK
Shandiz Zandi, Los Angeles, CA
Waldemar Zgurski,
Bratkowice, Podkarpackie, Poland
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