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Karen Li PhD

Professor, Psychology
Concordia University
Participates in 1 Session

Karen Li completed her doctoral studies in 1996 at University of Toronto, followed by post-doctoral fellowships at Duke University in North Carolina and the Max Planck Institute for Lifespan Development in Berlin, Germany. She joined the Psychology department at Concordia University in 2000 and is presently a Full Professor of Psychology, with a research focus on cognitive aging, and the role of executive functions in multitasking, gait, and posture. She directs the Laboratory for Adult Development and Cognitive Aging, and has received funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and Fonds de recherche du Québec. She is a member of the PERFORM Centre for preventive health research, the Centre for Research in Human Development, and the engAGE Centre for Studies of Aging.

Sessions in which Karen Li PhD participates

Wednesday 12 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
1:00 PM
1:00 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...

Sessions in which Karen Li PhD attends

Not scheduled

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

Poster

The effects of physical inactivity among older adults have been established as a "public health crisis" because of their heightened risk of cardiov...

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)

9:30 AM
9:30 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
1:00 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
2:15 PM
2:15 PM
Round Table / Q & A
15 minutes, 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Tuesday 11 May, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
1:00 PM
1:00 PM

Shimon Amir PhD, Concordia University (Speaker)

Circadian clock genes are widely expressed in mammalian brain. Despite considerable knowledge about the role of these genes in the generation of...
1:15 PM
1:15 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)
9:00 AM
9:00 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
9:15 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
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
Round Table / Q & A
15 minutes, 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
10:45 AM
10:45 AM
Student poster presentations
30 minutes, 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
The following posters will be presented:10:45am-10:50amMeasurement of Centre of Pressure using the Wii Balance Board in Older Adu...
1:15 PM
1:15 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 ...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Round Table / Q & A
15 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM