Mind, Mood and our Microbiome:
Emerging Connections
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Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian
Host the
35th Annual Women’s Health
Symposium Luncheon
Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian
hosted the 35th annual Women’s Health
Symposium luncheon benefitting the Iris Cantor
Women’s Health Center on Tuesday, October 24. The
symposium, titled Mind, Mood and our Microbiome:
Emerging Connections, was moderated by Dr. Orli
Etingin, director of the Iris Cantor Women’s Health
Center. The event drew over 300 attendees and was
held at the Citigroup Executive Conference Center.
Presenters Dr. David
Artis, Director of the Jill Roberts Institute
for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the
Michael Kors Professor in Immunology at Weill
Cornell Medicine; and Dr. Conor
Liston, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and
Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine and Assistant
Attending Psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill
Cornell Medical Center, discussed a number of topics
including clinical conditions, such as depression,
anxiety, learning difficulty and immune deficiency,
may all arise from altered brain–gut signaling
pathways; discoveries, as well as potential new
forms of prevention and treatment of common
conditions like diabetes, obesity and arthritis.
http://weill.cornell.edu/womens_health_symposium/