The First International Conference on Culture, Ethnicity, and Brain Injury Rehabilitation will be held  March 12 and 13, 2009 in Washington, D.C. This conference will bring together brain injury rehabilitation experts from different countries and cultures to discuss and share ideas regarding effective assessment, intervention, and research practices.

Program faculty include speakers from Asia, Australia, South America, United Kingdom, Spain, Canada, and the United States.  A full spectrum of topics relating to neurobehavioral, cognitive, functional, vocational, psychosocial, family, and medical aspects of rehabilitation will be addressed via lectures, workshops, panel presentations, and posters. Sessions will also focus on health care disparities, successfully conducting research with multi-ethnic populations, and meeting the clinical care needs of diverse patient populations.

If you have questions or would like more information about the conference please contact Juan Carlos Arango, Ph.D., jcarangolasp@vcu.edu, 804 828-8797.