The 2015 Summer School on Stress will be held in Grenoble, France at Clinique Universitaire d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie and Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience (GIN, INSERM U836), CHU de Grenoble from June 29th, 2015 - July 2nd, 2015. Accreditation is provided the University of California-Irvine School of Medicine, California, USA. The presenting faculty are all former PhD students of Hans Selye, th
e ‘father of biologic stress’; hence the school is very authentic, free of frequent distortions & over-implications of stress. It is comprehensive & interactive since it covers virtually all aspects of stress, based in part by oral or poster presentations of participants. Course goals: to better understand the concept of biologic stress, its manifestations, mechanisms & its pharmacologic ramifications (e.g., the anti-inflammatory & immune-modulating actions of glucocorticoids & the possibility of drug-interventions in severe distress), & to learn new avoidance, management & coping strategies. Certificate of attendance will be provided! Main topics:
• The origins of stress concept & the seminal discoveries of Hans Selye
• What is stress, what is not
• Stress: distress vs. eustress & transtress – similarities in the adrenal glands, big difference in the brain
• The neuroendocrine mechanisms of stress; physiologic & pharmacologic actions of glucocorticoids
• Effect of stress on immune response & its role in the mechanisms of various diseases
• Stress & structural GI diseases, e.g., gastro-duodenal ulcers, IBD (inflammatory bowel diseases)
• Stress & functional GI disorders, e.g., motility disorders, IBS (irritable bowel syndrome)
• PTSD & organ systems involved in biologic stress
• Management strategies for stress: Pharmacologic interventions and/or life style changes
• My good & bad experience with stress: Challenges & lessons learned (Short, oral or poster presentations by attendees)
• Stress in our daily lives – from distress to eustress: Open forum with participation of all registered attendees
Abstracts submission (for oral or poster presentation): Abstracts should be sent to Prof. Zayachkivska [email protected] before the deadline of May 15, 2015. Authors of submitted abstracts get 30 euros discount (enter Abstract2015 code at checkout!)
Registration fee (includes access to all presentations Monday-Friday, course material, lunch, coffee breaks, welcome reception & one group dinner & one sight-seeing tour): 150 euros for undergraduate students; 200 euros for PhD students ; 300 euros for others. Our special prices for hotel rooms in Grenoble are 80-150 euros. Please register at our website: www.stresseducation.org
Contacts: For scientific & professional issues: Sandor Szabo, MD, PhD, MPH [email protected] For registration, lodging & local accommodations: Valérie Sinniger, PhD. E-mail: [email protected]
