Roberta Bgeginski

Western University

Sessions in which Roberta Bgeginski attends

Monday 10 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Opening remarks
15 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Graham Carr, Concordia University (Speaker)

Habib Benali, Concordia University (Speaker)

9:15 AM
9:15 AM
Metabolism, Obesity, Nutrition - MON lab from the Cell to the Whole Body
15 minutes, 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

Sylvia Santosa, Concordia University (Speaker)

At MON Lab we combine unique biological, physiological and nutritional techniques to investigate and understand the underlying effects of obesit...
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
Will adding long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids to the diet of a 'new moms' help her baby’s immune system develop?
45 minutes, 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Catherine Jane Field PhD, RD, University of Alberta (Keynote speaker)

The majority of immune development and the ability to ‘tolerate’ food proteins occurs after birth, during the period when most infants’ are cons...
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
The effects of age and age of obesity onset on adipocyte size and adipose tissue fibrosis
15 minutes, 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Laurent Turner, Concordia University, PERFORM Centre (Presenter)

10:30 AM
10:30 AM
Round Table / Q & A
15 minutes, 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Personalized fNIRS to monitor and reconstruct brain activity in realistic lifestyle conditions
15 minutes, 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Christophe Grova PhD, Concordia University (Speaker)

In this talk, we will present our recent developments in the context of Personalized functional Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy (fNIRS) investigatio...
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
Clinical translation of diffuse optical methods
45 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Maria Angela Franceschini PhD, Harvard University (Keynote speaker)

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) are two established techniques which allow monitoring brain health ...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Cardiovascular fitness does not influence relationships among sex, cortical thickness and overweight in aging
15 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Brittany Intzandt (Presenter)

2:15 PM
2:15 PM
Round Table / Q & A
15 minutes, 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Wednesday 12 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Quantifying connectivity: Applications across the lifespan
15 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Christopher Steele PhD, Concordia University (Speaker)

Regional brain function is determined by its local structure and connectivity. I will present work from our lab that strives to quantify connect...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Targeted executive function training to improve mobility and cognition in older adults
15 minutes, 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Karen Li PhD, Concordia University (Speaker)

Safe mobility is vital to the functional independence of older adults. Executive functions such as working memory updating and dividing attention p...