Introduction to the initiatives of the newly formed Student Committee in Neurometabolism

Ivan de Araujo, PhD - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY "The Gut-Brain Axis and the Physiology of Reward"

Symposium dedicated to the latest research studying the crossroads between metabolism and psychiatric illness: 14:45: Cynthia Calkin, MD, CCFP, FRCPC, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University "Insulin resistance and blood-brain barrier dysfunction in refractory psychiatric illness: Underlying mechanisms and new targets for treatment" 15:15: Xavier Fioramonti, PhD INRA CR2 Researcher - NutrtiNeuro, Université de Bordeaux “Insulin modulates the serotonergic network to control emotional behaviors” 15:45: Margaret Hahn, PhD, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto "Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Glucose Dysregulation: Brain and Body Cross-Roads"

Two oral and two poster presentation awards of $250 ea will be offered thanks to the CMDO FRQS research network