Symposium 'Kick off Angelini Brain Health Chair'
- For whom
- Alumni , Press , Students
- When
- 03-06-2025 from 11:30 to 18:00
- Where
- UZ Gent, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent
- Language
- English
- Organizer
- Department of Head and Skin - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Contact
- lien.vanhoorne@ugent.be
Symposium at the occasion of the Angelini Brain Health Chair launch. The chair is the first in its kind at Ghent University to perform research in the field.
Program
- 11:30 - Welcome & Lunch
- 12:30 - Neuroscience and Brain Health @ Ghent University (by Prof Rik Van de Walle)
- 13:00 - The Brain Health Mission, a strategic roadmap to Brain Health in Europe (by Prof Paul Boon)
- 13:30 - Brain Health from the industry perspective (Dr. Rafal Kaminski)
- 14:00 - Brain Health Research, the UGent Angelini Brain Health Chair (by Prof Kristl Vonck)
- 15:30 - Brain health: the ethical desirability of moral bio-enhancement (by Prof Farah Focquaert)
- 15:50 - The Neurologist's role in promoting Brain Health (by Prof Veerle De Herdt))
- 16:10 - Brain Health, the importance of recognizing cognitive impairment (by dr. Marta Scarioni)
- 16:30 - The role of artificial intelligence in Brain Health research (by Prof Sofie Van Hoecke)
- 16:50 - Gene, cell and tissue engineering (by Prof Robrecht Raedt)