WINGS Symposium 2024
Thursday, 07 November 2024, 2pm to 5pm
Online via Teams
Hosted by The WINGS Committee
Join via TeamsThe WIN Global Scholars (WINGS) programme aims to build links between WIN and MRI researchers in the Global South. WIN Global Scholars will continue their research projects at their current institution, while being remotely affiliated with WIN for one year.
We are delighted to hold the WINGS Symposium 2024, where past and present scholars, and their supervisors, present their work and celebrate the programme.
Program
14:00 - 14:05 Welcome
14:05 -14:25 Sapna Mishra: Long-Term Neurological Impact of COVID-19 on Human Brain: An MRI Based Study
Supervisor: Dr. Tapan Kumar Gandhi
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi
14:25 - 14:45 Rabeet Tariq: Mapping and preserving executive functions of brain tumor patients
Supervisor: Prof. Syed Ather Enam
Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
14:45 - 15:05 Emmanuel Nwosu: Early brain developmental changes in children born to mothers with antenatal depression in high- and low-income settings
Supervisor: Dr Nynke Groenewold and Dr Jonathan Ipser
University of Cape Town, South Africa
15:05 - 15:25 Sheri Koopowitz: The effect of trauma exposure on resting-state connectivity of the default mode and salience networks
Supervisor: Dr Jonathan Ipser
University of Cape Town, South Africa
15-minute break
15:40 - 16:00 Fernanda de Moraes: Connecting theoretical models to brain structure: a physical study of cortical gyrification
Supervisor: Dr. Bruno Mota
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
16:00 - 16:20 Delfina Lahitou: Impact of childhood adversity on emotional regulation in patients with schizophrenia
supervisor: Dr. Mariana Castro
Institute of Neurosciences (INEU) FLENI-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
16:20 - 16:40 Alumni: André Paschoal and Ángeles Tepper
16:40 - 17:00 Discussion and Closing