You’re invited to join the Clinical TMS Society for this installment of our Grand Rounds Webinar Series: Creating an Effective Research Poster by presenter Valerie Metzger-Smith, B.S.
Learning objectives:
- Learn the process of designing an informative, yet aesthetically pleasing research poster
- Understand how to translate your research onto a poster and make the biggest impact
Date: On-Demand
Format: Webinar using Zoom Video Communications
Cost: Members: $25 | Non-members $50
Presenter: Valerie Metzger-Smith, B.S. - Research Manager
Ms. Metzger-Smith has been working with TMS in clinical research at the VA San Diego Healthcare System since 2014. She is an expert in TMS neuronavigation software and hardware operation as well as TMS treatment set-up and troubleshooting. In addition, she has successfully designed and presented 5 research posters over the past two years, each pertaining to the use of TMS as a treatment modality.
Conferences Presented At:
- Society for Neuroscience, San Diego 2016
- Clinical TMS Society, San Diego 2017
- Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, Washington D.C. 2017
Experience:
- Lead technician for TMS treatment sessions since 2014
- Processes anatomical MRI data in Brain voyager QX including cortex segmentation, inflation and manual repair of artifacts
- Completes real-time neuronavigation module setup and co-registration with TMS
Active Studies:
- Long Term Efficacy of rTMS in Managing MTBI-Related Headache
- Improving functions in Veterans with Post-traumatic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain
- Alleviating Headache and Pain in GWI with Neuronavigation Guided rTMS
Completed Studies:
- Effect of low frequency transcutaneous magnetic stimulation on sensory and motor transmission
- Leung A, Shukla S, Lee J, Metzger-Smith V, He Y, Chen J, Golshan S: Effect of low frequency transcutaneous magnetic stimulation on sensory and motor transmission. Bioelectromagnetics; 2015 (PMCID 25989482)
- Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex rTMS in Alleviating MTBI Related Headaches and Depressive Symptoms
- Leung, A., Metzger-Smith, V., He, Y., Cordero, J., Ehlert, B., Song, D., . . . Lee, R. (2017). Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex rTMS in Alleviating MTBI Related Headaches and Depressive Symptoms. Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface. doi:10.1111/ner.12615