[BIC-announce] FW: Symposium on PREVENTION OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES

[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

 FOR YOUR INFORMATION.  JENNIFER 
 

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				Dear Colleagues, 
	I would like to let you know about an upcoming symposium entitled 
	" PREVENTION OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES: Recent findings and future directions" 
	Sponsored by Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging and McGill University. 
	This is an official satellite symposium for the upcoming Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference to be held 
	in Montreal this April. The date of the satellite symposium is Saturday, April 17, 2010  from 8:30am-5:00pm. 
	The Symposium will be held at the Le Portage Room, Hilton Bonaventure in Montreal. 
		Below you will find the program of the symposium. More details can be found in the attached *pdf file. 
	Please register online at: http://cns-satellite.mcgill.ca/index.html 
	We hope to see you there! 
	Sincerely, 
	Symposium Co-Organizers 
	Dr. Jens Pruessner, PhD                                                            AND                      Dr. M. Natasha Rajah, PhD                  
	Director, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging                                                                  Researcher, DMHUI 
	Research, DMHUI                                                                                                      Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, McGill University               
	Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, McGill University 
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	Title: 	PREVENTION OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES: Recent findings and future directions
	
	PRÉVENTION DE LA MALADIE NEURODEGENERATION: Découvertes récentes et directions futures 	
	Location: 	Le Portage Room, Hilton Montréal Bonaventure; 900, de La Gauchetière West, Montréal (Québec) H5A 1E4 	
	Date/Time: 	April 17 2010,  08h30 - 17h00 	


	****************** MORNING SESSION: TITLES & SPEAKERS ******************
	
	
	08h30 - 08h45 	Opening remarks: "Prevention of Neurodegenerative disease" 
	Vasavan Nair, MD, FRCPC
	Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 
		
	08h45 - 09h30 	"Clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease: What we have learned" 
	Serge Gauthier, MD, FRCPC
	McGill Center for Studies in Aging, Douglas Mental Health Research Institute, McGill University
	Montreal, Canada 	
	09h30 - 10h15 	"Clinically silent dementing illnesses: opportunities for prevention" 
	Thomas J Montine, MD, PhD
	Division of Neuropathology, University of Washington
	Seattle, WA, USA 	
	10h15 - 10h45 	Coffee Break (coffee & snacks will be served) 	
	10h45 - 11h30 	"How can we give AD prevention trials greater efficiency and better prospects of success?" 
	John C. S. Breitner, MD, MPH
	Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System
	Seattle, WA, USA 	
	11h30 - 12h00 	Podium discussion: "Future directions in dementia prevention" 	
	12h00 - 13h30 	Lunch break 	
	

	****************** AFTERNOON SESSION: TITLES & SPEAKERS ****************** 
	
	
	13h30 - 14h00 	"Can fMRI Detect the Prodromal Stage of Neurodegenerative Disorders?"
	Stephen M Rao, PhD
	Schey Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at CWRU
	Cleveland, USA 	
	14h00 - 14h30 	"Neuroimaging as a tool for Prevention in Alzheimer's Disease"
	Howard Chertkow, MD, FRCP(C)
	Bloomfield Centre for Research in Aging, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University
	Montreal, QC, Canada 	
	14h30 - 15h00 	Coffee Break (coffee & snacks will be served) 	
	15h00 - 15h30 	"Multiple Memory Systems and Aging" 
	Veronique Bohbot, PhD
	Douglas Mental Health Research Institute, Dept. Of Psychiatry, McGill University 	
	15h30 - 16h00 	"Present and future directions in neuroimaging research of brain plasticity examined through motor learning and memory"
	Julien Doyon, PhD
	Functional Neuroimaging Unit, IUGM, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada 	
	16h00 - 16h30 	"Pharmacogenomics and Prevention: Lessons from MCI Trials" 
	Judes Poirier, PhD, C.Q.
	Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University
	Montreal, QC, Canada 	
	16h30 - 16h45 	Closing Remarks: "Prevention: Where do we go from here?"
	Jens Pruessner, PhD
	McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University
	Montreal, Quebec, Canada 	
			
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