Brittany Intzandt

Participates in 1 Session

Sessions in which Brittany Intzandt participates

Monday 10 May, 2021

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

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)

Sessions in which Brittany Intzandt attends

Monday 10 May, 2021

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

9:00 AM

Opening remarks

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

Graham Carr, Concordia University (Speaker)

Habib Benali, Concordia University (Speaker)

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

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)

11:00 AM

Student poster presentations

30 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

The following posters will be presented:11:00am-11:05amThe Potential of Probiotics in Preventing Diet-Induced Mitochondria...

2:45 PM

Student poster presentations

30 minutes, 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

The following posters will be presented:2:45pm-2:50pmThe Child Focused Injury Risk Screening Tool (ChildFIRST) - Normative...

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...

10:00 AM

A Randomized Pilot Trial of Exercise Training Versus Relaxation for the Treatment of Chronic Insomnia in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Effects on Insomnia Severity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness

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

Amanda Cammalleri (Speaker)

Wednesday 12 May, 2021

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

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...

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 ...

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 ...