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)
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