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Bahiana hosted the 1st Brazilian Conference on Neuroimmunomodulation open to the public
Students and professionals in the field debated the main themes related to neuroimmunomodulation
14/11/2018
A Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública hosted the 1st Neuroimmunomodulation Journey on November 5th and 6th. The action was carried out at Campus Cabula and aimed at students and health professionals.
The event brought together researchers and renowned health professionals to disseminate and update the main topics related to neuroimmunomodulation. Thus, the meeting favored the exchange of ideas and enabled the inclusion of students in the research.
The initiative, coordinated by the professor and doctor in Immunology, Bernardo Galvão Castro Filho, had a workload of 15 hours, with a diversified schedule.
The opening of the Conference, on November 5th, began with a welcome from Dr. Bernardo Galvão after the meeting of the Management Committee of the INCT (National Institute of Science and Technology). The full conference, “Cell and Molecular Bases of Neuroimmune Interactions”, was coordinated by Dr. Humberto Castro Lima Filho, director of Bahiana Saúde, who called the occasion “a moment of reflection on a complex topic, with the possibility of interaction between researchers, doctors and students”.
Dr. Wilson Savino, researcher at Fiocruz in Rio de Janeiro, lecturer and participant in the first roundtable, “Neuroimmune Diseases”, addressed the effects of Zika and the need to democratize scientific language, as well as the coexistence of immune systems , endocrinological and neurological.
Savino, who coordinates the INCT in Neuroimmunomodulation, stated that the objective is, from this first meeting onwards, to carry out itinerant journeys, in order to transmit knowledge directly to the public in different cities. “The idea is to encourage scientific development”.
Catarina Ramos, a nursing student in the 6th semester, considered the initiative important for elucidating the reality of neuroimmune diseases, a theme with which the student identifies. “I participate in the HTLV clinic and observe the routine of patients who have this pathology”, says Catarina, highlighting the role of public policies in promoting the quality of life of these people.
The second roundtable, “Neuroimmunomodulation in Neurodevelopmental Diseases”, closed the actions of the first day. The roundtables “Neuroimmunomodulation in Psychiatric Diseases”, “Degenerative Diseases”, “Neuroimmunomodulation in Metabolic Diseases”, “Neuroimmunomodulation in Infectious Diseases” and the full conference “Immunoneuromodulation in Malaria” were part of the second day of activities.
Student of the 8th semester of Physiotherapy Giovanna Tannus reveals that her interest in the journey arose because of the relationship between the topic and the scientific initiation project she is developing: “Respiratory muscle strength in people with HTLV-1/HAM-TSP”. For Giovanna, it is opportunities like this that help her to increase her knowledge about the area: “It is a topic that is little discussed and a great challenge for all of us”.
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