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SHIELD (Sustained Homeostatic Imbalance due to Environmental-exposure Linked to Deployment)
February 24 @ 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Free
2025 SHIELD Conference Schedule
February 24th | 12:00 pm EST
Conference Opening
12:00 – 12:10 pm ET | Dr. Nancy Klimas – Conference Introduction
12:10 – 12:25 pm ET | Dr. Lea Steele – “Population Research and What Has Been Learned about Associations with Exposures”
Gut Health Metabolic (Energy)
12:30 – 12:50 pm ET | Dr. Ashok Tuteja
12:50 – 1:10 pm ET | Dr. Saurabh Chatterjee – “Gut Microbiome and Chronic Fatigue: Links to Immune and Cellular Metabolism”
Q&A Session:
1:10 – 1:20 pm ET | Dr. Irina Rozenfeld, Dr. Violetta Renesca, Dr. Saurabh Chatterjee
Neuroscience (CNS)
1:25 – 1:45 pm ET | Dr. Ashok Shetty – “Neuroinflammation and Related Therapeutic Studies in GWI Models”
1:45 – 2:05 pm ET Dr. Helena Chandler – “Overview of WRIISC Research”
2:05 – 2:25 pm ET | Dr. Kimberly Sullivan & Dr. Rosemary Toomey – “Objective and Subjective Cognitive Decline and Associated Biomarkers in Veterans with GWI”
Q&A Session:
2:25 – 2:35 pm ET | Dr. Nancy Klimas, Dr. Kimberly Sullivan, Dr. Helena Chandler, Dr. Ashok Shetty
Immune/Pain
2:40 – 3:00 pm ET | Dr. Dane Cook – “Chronic Widespread Pain in Gulf War Veterans – Acute and Chronic Exercise”
3:00 – 3:20 pm ET | Dr. Laila Abdullah – “Immune Responses in GWI”
Q&A Session:
3:20 – 3:30 pm ET | Dr. Irma Rey, Dr. Jim Baraniuk, Dr. Dane Cook, and Dr. Laila Abdullah
Conference Closing:
3:35 – 3:50 pm ET | Anthony Hardie
3:50 – 4:00 pm ET | Dr. Nancy Klimas: Closing remarks
