Speaker: 

Marco Loggia, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, Center for Integrative Pain NeuroImaging (CIPNI)
Faculty, MGH/HST Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging

Event Host: 

Norman W. Kettner, DC, DACBR, DCBCN, FICC
Dean of Research
Emeritus Professor, Department of Radiology

The Joseph W. Howe Oration in Diagnostic Imaging is designed to honor Dr. Howe’s extensive contributions to and achievements in the education, research, and practice of chiropractic radiology.  We are pleased to announce that the 16^th Annual Joseph W. Howe Oration in Diagnostic Imaging will be held live at Logan University, in classroom G-134, with a livestream for those who cannot attend in person.  The livestream link will be available soon.  Please join us in the celebration of the 16^th Annual Joseph W Howe Oration in Diagnostic Imaging on Friday, June 2, 2023, at 11:30-12:30 CST.

The Orator this year is Marco Loggia, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Co-Director, Center for Integrative Pain NeuroImaging (CIPNI) and Faculty, MGH/HST Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging . Dr. Loggia’s lecture is titled “From brain to joint: imaging pain-related inflammation in humans using integrated PET/MRI”.  I think you will find the Oration quite informative and hope you can join us.

New this year, 1-hour of CE will be provided for Missouri and Illinois for those attending the in-person Howe Oration lecture. There is no charge for this event and the CE will be sponsored by the Logan University Research and Alumni Relations Departments. We request that you pre-register for the Oration if you would like CE credit. Please click below to register:

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Handouts:

Download Program Here

Neuroimmune signatures in chronic low back pain subtypes.

Alshelh Z, Brusaferri L, Saha A, Morrissey E, Knight P, Kim M, Zhang Y, Hooker JM, Albrecht D, Torrado-Carvajal A, Placzek MS, Akeju O, Price J, Edwards RR, Lee J, Sclocco R, Catana C, Napadow V, Loggia ML. Neuroimmune signatures in chronic low back pain subtypes. Brain. 2022 Apr 29;145(3):1098-1110. doi: 10.1093/brain/awab336. PMID: 34528069; PMCID: PMC9128369.

Microbes, microglia, and pain.

Dworsky-Fried Z, Kerr BJ, Taylor AMW. Microbes, microglia, and pain. Neurobiol Pain. 2020 Jan 29;7:100045. doi: 10.1016/j.ynpai.2020.100045. PMID: 32072077; PMCID: PMC7016021.

Neuroinflammation of the spinal cord and nerve roots in chronic radicular pain patients.

Albrecht DS, Ahmed SU, Kettner NW, Borra RJH, Cohen-Adad J, Deng H, Houle TT, Opalacz A, Roth SA, Melo MFV, Chen L, Mao J, Hooker JM, Loggia ML, Zhang Y. Neuroinflammation of the spinal cord and nerve roots in chronic radicular pain patients. Pain. 2018 May;159(5):968-977. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001171. PMID: 29419657; PMCID: PMC5908728.

Forever Remembered, Forever Missed…..

Joseph William Howe, DC, DACBR, FICC, Fellow, ACCR
May 27, 1930 – October 21, 2022