Amanda Rizk
PERFORM Centre
Sessions in which Amanda Rizk attends
- In Vivo Investigate the Effect of the Lactate on the Apoptosis, Necrosis, and Survival of the of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells
- Background: Different exercise intensity has a various effect on the immune system. Lactate is one...
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- Measurement of Centre of Pressure using the Wii Balance Board in Older Adults with Simulated Visual Impairment
- Postural stability is a complex skill dependent upon the coordination of motor, sensory and cognitive systems (Woollacott & Shumway-Cook, 2002)...
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- The Belief in Health Benefits of Digital Play Modulates Physiological Responses to Games Played for Cognitive Benefits
- Background: To create games that target older adults' interests in engaging in cognitively-boosting activities is a rising trend [1,2]. But, the no...
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9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Opening remarks
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
9:15 AM
9:15 AM
- Metabolism, Obesity, Nutrition - MON lab from the Cell to the Whole Body
- 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM | 15 minutes
- At MON Lab we combine unique biological, physiological and nutritional techniques to investigate and understand the underlying effects of obesit...
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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?
- 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | 45 minutes
- The majority of immune development and the ability to ‘tolerate’ food proteins occurs after birth, during the period when most infants’ are cons...
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10:15 AM
10:15 AM
- The effects of age and age of obesity onset on adipocyte size and adipose tissue fibrosis
- 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | 15 minutes
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Round Table / Q & A
- 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | 15 minutes
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Student poster presentations
- 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 30 minutes
- The following posters will be presented:11:00am-11:05amThe Potential of Probiotics in Preventing Diet-Induced Mitochondria...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Personalized fNIRS to monitor and reconstruct brain activity in realistic lifestyle conditions
- 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM | 15 minutes
- In this talk, we will present our recent developments in the context of Personalized functional Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy (fNIRS) investigatio...
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2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Cardiovascular fitness does not influence relationships among sex, cortical thickness and overweight in aging
- 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | 15 minutes
2:45 PM
2:45 PM
- Student poster presentations
- 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 30 minutes
- The following posters will be presented:2:45pm-2:50pmThe Child Focused Injury Risk Screening Tool (ChildFIRST) - Normative...
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Sleep and cognitive health: neural mechanisms and clinical perspectives
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
- Sleep is important for memory consolidation and cognitives performances during the day. There is increasing evidence that brain o...
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10:00 AM
10:00 AM
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Sexual dimorphism in clock gene function in the striatum
- 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM | 15 minutes
- Circadian clock genes are widely expressed in mammalian brain. Despite considerable knowledge about the role of these genes in the generation of...
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2:45 PM
2:45 PM
- Student poster presentations
- 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 30 minutes
- The following posters will be presented:2:45pm-2:50pmLoneliness and sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitud...
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Quantifying connectivity: Applications across the lifespan
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
- Regional brain function is determined by its local structure and connectivity. I will present work from our lab that strives to quantify connect...
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10:45 AM
10:45 AM
- Student poster presentations
- 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM | 30 minutes
- The following posters will be presented:10:45am-10:50amMeasurement of Centre of Pressure using the Wii Balance Board in Older Adu...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Targeted executive function training to improve mobility and cognition in older adults
- 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM | 15 minutes
- Safe mobility is vital to the functional independence of older adults. Executive functions such as working memory updating and dividing attention p...
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9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Rock your talk
- 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | 2 hours
- An innovative workshop aimed to help attendees develop effective presentation skills. Colleen brings a unique actor’s perspective to communicati...
- Workshop
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1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- PERFORM multidisciplinary research
- 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 2 hours
- Join us to learn about the multidisciplinary research taking place at the PERFORM Centre from Concordia’s top scientists. The student scientific...
- Panel