Proa Comunicación has advised the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation in the communication of its XII Scientific Conference, which brought together in Madrid on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th October "the most expert and knowledgeable professionals" on the mental health of children between 6 and 12 years old, in the words of the scientific coordinator of the conference, Dr. María Concepción Guisasola. Experts who, in various round tables and conferences, have addressed all aspects of this vital period.
Middle childhood is a stage that, as Dr Guisasola pointed out at the opening ceremony, "plays an important role in a child's healthy development towards maturity". "For some authors, children in middle childhood definitely experience almost daily physical, cognitive, social and emotional changes, and the indicators of their success are their secure attachments, satisfying relationships and effective coping skills," she pointed out as she explained in detail the reasons that led the organising committee to analyse this topic in depth.
During the opening day, three round tables were held on 'The world of children', 'Cognitive development in childhood' and 'Neurodevelopmental disorders', as well as the fellows' conference, which, on this occasion, was given by Dr. Lorena Fernández de la Cruz, a clinical psychologist, currently working at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, who spoke on 'Risk factors and adverse consequences in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)'.
Research Project Grants 2017
From left to right. Dr. Alfredo Giménez-Cassina Sendón, Dr. José Ángel Alda Díez, Dr. José Javier Lucas Lozano, Ms. Alicia Koplowitz, Dr. Pablo Mir Rivera, Dr. David Fraguas Herraez, Dr. María José López Espinosa and Dr. Pariente (Dr. Elena de la Serna Gómez's team).
The President of the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation, Doña Alicia Koplowitz, presented grants to seven research projects during the second session of the XII Scientific Conference. The programmes selected in this edition are three in Neuroscience, three in Psychiatry and one in Neuropaediatrics and the grants have been collected by:
- Dr. José Ángel Alda Díez. Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Barcelona. "Characterisation of the metabolic profile (bacterial and non-bacterial) in children and adolescents with ADHD and evaluation of its value as a diagnostic marker". PSYCHIATRY.
- Dr. Pariente, from Dr. Pariente's team. Elena de la Serna Gómez. Centre for Biomedical Research Network (CIBER), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. "Common and differential characteristics in children of schizophrenia patients diagnosed with ADHD, children of healthy parents diagnosed with ADHD and controls". PSYCHIATRY.
- Dr. David Fraguas Herraez. Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital, Madrid. "Prevention of cellular ageing in adolescents with first psychotic episode treated with N-acetyl cysteine". PSYCHIATRY.
- Dr. Alfredo Giménez-Cassina Sendón. Severo Ochoa" Molecular Biology Centre. Autonomous University of Madrid. CSIC. "Rescue of mitochondrial function in human neurons derived from patients with Friederich's Ataxia". NEUROSCIENCE.
- Dr. María José López Espinosa. Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana, FISABIO-Salud Pública de Valencia. "Relationship between prenatal exposure to endocrine disruptors, placental microbiota and child and adolescent neurodevelopment. The INMA Project". NEUROPAEDIATRICS.
- Dr. José Javier Lucas Lozano. Severo Ochoa" Molecular Biology Centre. CSIC/FSO of Madrid. "Polyadenylation by CPEB4 of genes causing autism spectrum disorders in the maternal immune activation model". NEUROSCIENCE.
- Dr. Pablo Mir Rivera. Institute of Biomedicine, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville. "Identification of new neural mechanisms of tic control in Tourette Syndrome". NEUROSCIENCE.
This year, a total of 113 research projects applied for the grants: 48 in Psychiatry, 43 in Neuroscience and 22 in Neuropaediatrics. All of them have been examined by three Evaluation Boards, which have chosen the seven selected.
The second and last session of the 12th Scientific Conference of the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation featured a keynote lecture by clinical professor Charlotte Ulrikka Rask on psychosomatic disorders in childhood. Previously, two round tables were held on 'Mental development in childhood' and 'Severe mental disorders of very early onset (before the age of 13)'.
