Webinar ‘Nutrition for the ageing brain during COVID-19 era’

Digital, Zoom
29/09/2021
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Programme
The webinar discussed functional aspects of COVID19 impacts on brain health, and how nutrition could play a role.

Speakers

  • Dr Helen Brooker (University of Exeter, UK) "The impact of COVID-19 on a healthy longitudinal over 50s cohort"
  • Dr Joël Pincemail (CHU Liège, BE) "Oxidative stress status in COVID-19 patients during their stay in intensive care unit and after hospital discharge. Potential repercussion on cognitive dysfunction"
  • Prof. Jan F. Stevens (Oregon State University, USA) "Potentially beneficial effects of polyphenols on brain aging and SARS-CoV-2 cellular hijacking: Multiple immunometabolic pathways converge in mitochondria"

Moderators:

  • Dr David Vauzour (University of East Anglia, UK)
  • Prof. Wim Vanden Berghe (University of Antwerp, BE)

Registration
To register for the webinar, click here.

* Upon request, registrants will receive a voucher of equivalent value to the webinar fee, to be deduced from the cost of registration for the 4th Symposium on ‘Nutrition for the Ageing Brain’, 25-26 August 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.

Contact
For more information on this digital event, please contact Dr Lucie Geurts, Scientific Unit Coordinator at lgeurts@ilsieurope.be.