[BIC-announce] FW:AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULE : Symposium on PREVENTION OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES / Symposium sur LA PRÉVENTION DES MALADIES NEURODÉGÉNÉRATIVES
Jennifer Chew, Ms.
jennifer.chew at mcgill.ca
Thu Mar 18 15:25:45 EDT 2010
PLEASE NOTE THE AMENDED SCHEDULE BELOW.
Jennifer
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From: Rafael Languay [mailto:raflanguay at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:51 PM
To: Sandra McPherson, Dr.
Subject: Amendment to Schedule: Symposium on PREVENTION OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES / Symposium sur LA PRÉVENTION DES MALADIES NEURODÉGÉNÉRATIVES
Good day,
Could you please forward the amended schedule for the upcoming CNS Satellite Symposium : " PREVENTION OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES: Recent findings and future directions" on April 17th, 2010.
On the behalf of Drs. Jens Pruesner & M. Natasha Rajah,
Rafael Languay
Research Assistant for Dr. MN. Rajah
Dept. of Psychiatry, McGill University
Douglas Mental Health University Inst.
(514) 761-6131 ext 2877
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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 *jpg 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 - 08h40 Opening remarks: "Prevention of Neurodegenerative disease"
Vasavan Nair, MD, FRCPC (Morning Session Chair)
Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
08h40 -
09h20
''What Transgenic animal models teach us about the preclinical Alzheimer's pathology''
Claudio Cuello, MD
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
09h20 - 10h00 "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
10h00 -
10h20
Coffee Break (coffee & snacks will be served)
10h20 - 11h00
"Clinically silent dementing illnesses: opportunities for prevention"
Thomas J Montine, MD, PhD
Division of Neuropathology, University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
11h00 - 11h40 "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
11h40 - 12h00 Podium discussion: "Future directions in dementia prevention"
12h00 - 13h20 Lunch break
****************** AFTERNOON SESSION: TITLES & SPEAKERS ******************
13h20 -
13h30
Welcome Remarks for Afternoon Session
M. Natasha Rajah, PhD (Afternoon Session Chair)
Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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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Bonjour
Les laboratoires de Dr. Jens Pruessner et celui de Dr. Rajah organisent un symposium satellite parallèlement à la conférence du Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) qui se tiendra à Montréal le 17 avril prochain.
Le symposium portera sur LA PRÉVENTION DES MALADIES NEURODÉGÉNÉRATIVES.
Je voudrais savoir s'il serait possible de faire circuler ce courriel?
Pour plus d'information et pour s'inscrire, SVP visiter le site suivant:
http://cns-satellite.mcgill.ca/index.html <http://cns-satellite.mcgill.ca/index.html>
Vous pouvez aussi nous contacter au 514-761-6131 ext. 2877.
Merci beaucoup et bonne journée.
Pour le compte des Drs. Jens Pruessner & Maria Natasha Rajah,
Rafael Languay
Assistant de recherche de Dr. MN. Rajah
Dept. de Psychiatrie, Université McGill
Douglas Mental Health University Inst.
(514) 761-6131 ext 2877
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