vila woo

Concordia University

Sessions in which vila woo attends

Monday 10 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

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

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...

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

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 ...

Tuesday 11 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:00 AM

Sleep and cognitive health: neural mechanisms and clinical perspectives

15 minutes, 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Thien Thanh Dang-Vu MD, PhD, Concordia University (Speaker)

Sleep is important for memory consolidation and cognitives performances during the day. There is increasing evidence that brain o...

9:15 AM

Children, Teens, Sleep, and School

45 minutes, 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Mary A. Carskadon PhD, Brown University (Keynote speaker)

This talk will discuss sleep of children as they transition to teens in the context of research that examines associations between brain systems...

1:15 PM

Circadian Rhythms and Sleep: Implications for Neurologic and Metabolic Health

45 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Phyllis C. Zee MD, PhD, Northwestern University (Keynote speaker)

Sleep and circadian disturbances are common and represent risk factors for the development of some of the most prevalent and challenging chronic...

Wednesday 12 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

9:15 AM

Age Differences in Motor and 'Non-Motor' Brain Regions Correlate with Motor Function

45 minutes, 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Rachael Seidler, University of Florida (Keynote speaker)

With aging, there are declines in sensorimotor functions such as fine motor control, gait and balance. Moreover, the largest age differences in ...

10:00 AM

Effect of hearing ability and cognitive-motor dual-task performance on executive function training in healthy middle-aged and older adults

15 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Rachel Downey, Concordia University (Presenter)

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...

1:15 PM

Beyond the medicine cabinet: Non-pharmacological approaches to treat cognitive-motor disorders

45 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Joe Verghese MBBS, MS, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Keynote speaker)

Disorders of gait and cognition are central to many age related conditions and diseases. While there are medications available to treat some of ...