85 - Pathogenic Mechanisms Associated With CNS Infections

Thursday, October 12, 2023

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM US ET

Location: 157 ABC

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Mahalia Desruisseaux, MD

Associate Professor
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT, United States
Luiz Bermudez, MD

Professor
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR, United States

SF

Shelli Farhadian, MD PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT, United States

Slides
Kiran Thakur, MD FAAN (she/her/hers)

Herbert Irving Associate Professor of Neurology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Orangeburg, NY, United States

Slides
Laura Cox, PhD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, United States

Disclosure(s):

Mahalia S. Desruisseaux, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Luiz Bermudez, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

explain the local CNS immune system in the protection against infection;
describe the current level of knowledge about the participation of the microbiome in neurodegenerative diseases;
recognize how the systemic infections affect the brain

3:15 PM – 3:40 PM US ET

Effect of Systemic Infection on the Brain
Speaker: Shelli F. Farhadian, MD PhD – Yale School of Medicine
3:40 PM – 4:05 PM US ET

Viral Infections of the CNS
Speaker: Kiran T. Thakur, MD FAAN (she/her/hers) – Columbia University Irving Medical Center
4:05 PM – 4:30 PM US ET

Role of the Microbiome in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Speaker: Laura Cox, PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard Medical School