Vanessa Paragas
Sessions in which Vanessa Paragas attends
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...
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
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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9:15 AM
9:15 AM
- Children, Teens, Sleep, and School
- 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM | 45 minutes
- This talk will discuss sleep of children as they transition to teens in the context of research that examines associations between brain systems...
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10:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
- Round Table / Q & A
- 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | 15 minutes
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Circadian Rhythms and Sleep: Implications for Neurologic and Metabolic Health
- 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Sleep and circadian disturbances are common and represent risk factors for the development of some of the most prevalent and challenging chronic...
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2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Multimodal assessment of sleep state misperception in insomnia disorder
- 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM | 15 minutes
2:15 PM
2:15 PM
- Round Table / Q & A
- 2:15 PM - 2:30 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-2:50pmLoneliness 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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9:15 AM
9:15 AM
- Age Differences in Motor and 'Non-Motor' Brain Regions Correlate with Motor Function
- 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM | 45 minutes
- With aging, there are declines in sensorimotor functions such as fine motor control, gait and balance. Moreover, the largest age differences in ...
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10:00 AM
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
- Round Table / Q & A
- 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | 15 minutes
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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1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Beyond the medicine cabinet: Non-pharmacological approaches to treat cognitive-motor disorders
- 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM | 45 minutes
- Disorders of gait and cognition are central to many age related conditions and diseases. While there are medications available to treat some of ...
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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