ECNP Workshop Series
Immuno-Metabolism Axis of Mood Disorders: Towards Nutrition Interventions
Event Details
Date: February 15, 2024
Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm EST
Location: Online (Link will be sent to registration email)
An ECNP Workshop Series
The following workshops are brought to you by MITO2i and the ECNP Immuno-NeuroPsychiatry Network:
Metabolism
Chair: Ana Andreazza, Scientific Director, MITO2i and Professor, University of Toronto
Speakers:
Metabolomic signatures of major depression with suicidal ideation
- Robert K. Naviaux, Co-Director, The Mitochondrial and Metabolic Disease Center (MMDC)
Targeting cellular metabolic processes to develop improved therapeutics for mood disorders
- Husseini K. Manji, Co-Chair UK Govt Mental Health Mission and Professor, Oxford University
Discussant:
Andrew Nierenberg, Director Dauten Family Center for Bipolar Treatment Innovation
ImmunoPsychiatry
Chair: Igor Branchi, Senior Researcher and Group Leader at Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Speakers:
The Intersect of AI and Immunopsychiatry
- Benedetta Vai, Postdoctoral researcher, San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan
Connecting metabolism and immunopsychiatry
- Brenda Penninx, Professor, Amsterdam UMC/VUmc.
Discussant:
Marion Leboyer, Professor, Université Paris-Est Crétei
Nutrition
Chair: Francesca Cirulli, Research Director, Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Speakers:
Ketogenic Diet and Mood
- Christopher M. Palmer, Professor, Harvard Medical School
Nutrition and Immunopsychiatry
- Eline Van der Beek, Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen University, and Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences
Discussant:
Suzanne Dickson, Professor, University of Gothenburg