The Cerebellum is most commonly known for its role upon regulating rate, rhythm, force and accuracy of movement. However its role is by no means limited to motor control and it is the aim of our conference to further expand our knowledge on the varying roles of the Cerebellum and how it integrates with the following:
With a deeper understanding of the Cerebellum, we in turn hope to facilitate discussion with the panel of guest speakers, of how this knowledge can be related to our current clinical practice.
Dr. van Wegen is senior researcher in motor control, learning and rehabilitation in movement disorders. His research over the years has focused on the coordination of locomotion and balance in relation to neurorehabilitation, specifically in Parkinson’s Disease, Stroke, MS and the elderly. Dr. van Wegen is currently employed at the VU University Medical Center (dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine) and member of the MOVE research institute amsterdam. He is local coordinator in several national and international multicenter grant projects (EU, ZonMW, Hersenstichting). In addition, he islecturer and coordinator of several Bachelor and Master courses in Medicine and Human Movement Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Dr. Van Wegen is also deputy-treasurer of the Dutch Society of Neurorehabilitation (www.dsnr.nl).
Dee Birtles is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Research in Child Development, University of East London. She previously held research posts at University College London in the Department of Anatomy, studying the role of the cerebellum in visually guided behaviour and in the Visual Development Unit where she combined interests in developmental visual neuroscience and visuomotor control with longitudinal studies of children with developmental disorders including children with Down syndrome, Williams syndrome and children born very preterm. Her current research activity at UEL includes a long-term follow-up of a cohort of children with Down syndrome studying perceptual-motor behaviour from infancy to adolescence and the development of bimanual coordination in young children and children with brain injury.
Dr. Deborah Budding is a board certified neuropsychologist who works with children, adolescents, and adults in the Los Angeles area. She has a background in literature and magazine publishing prior to earning her Ph.D. in psychology. She is co-author of “Subcortical Structures and Cognition: Implications for Neuropsychological Assessment,” which was published in 2008, as well as peer-reviewed articles related to subcortical contributions to cognitive and emotional function, including a Consensus paper on cerebellar contributions to both movement and cognition published in 2013. She has strong interests in neuroscience, art, and video games, not necessarily in that order. Dr. Budding is a supervising faculty member at Harbor-UCLA’s neuropsychology training program and is increasingly involved in research involving transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). She has particular interest in the cerebellum’s contributions to non-motor function, in brain-behavior relationships in neurodevelopmental disorders, and in finding ways to amplify the voices of women and people of color in science education
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