UofT Women's Brain Health Rounds: Dr. Cindy Barha & Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose
The purpose of the UofT Women’s Brain Health Rounds is to bring together clinicians, investigators, and basic research scientists to bridge the knowledge gaps on women’s brain health in neurology and related disciplines. Rounds will include case reports, research in progress, and clinical studies on issues affecting women’s brain health with or without concomitant diagnosis of neurological condition.
Audience: Clinicians, Research Scientists, Neurology Residents and Fellows, PhD and master’s students as well as interested public.
Topic: Sex Differences in Exercise Efficacy on Cognitive and Brain Outcomes
Speaker: Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose, PhD, PT
Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Healthy Aging
Professor, Dept. of Physical Therapy
Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Topic: Mechanisms of Exercise Effects on Cognition: Possible Role of Biological Sex
Speaker: Dr. Cindy Barha, PhD
Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Neuroscience,
Brain Health and Exercise
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology,
University of Calgary