Preterm brain development: the importance of the “everyday”

Sunday, April 30, 2023

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Location: Convention Center: 146 C

CE: Live CME: 1.50

Selected By: CNS
Co-sponsored By: NBS, AAP, SoNPM, SDBP

Chair(s)

Steven Miller, MDCM MAS (he/him/his)

Head & Professor, Pediatrics
University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
VC

Vann Chau, MD (he/him/his)

The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Disclosure(s):

Steven Paul Miller, MDCM MAS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Vann Chau, MD: Xenon Pharmaceutical (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Research Support including clinical trials & the principal or named investigator)

Session

Description: This Hot Topic Symposium will provide an overview of the importance of the “everyday” in preterm brain development. The session will begin with two talks on how everyday exposures in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, specifically nutritional intake and analgesia exposure, impact early brain development in infants born preterm. This will be followed by an overview of how social determinants of health influence early fetal and neonatal brain development. The session will end with a review of recent advances in the field of neonatal neuroimaging and how these methods can be used to study the impacts of everyday exposures on early brain development.

Learning Objectives:

Understand how everyday exposures (ex: nutrition, analgesia) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit contribute to early brain development and neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants.
Recognize the impacts of social determinants of health on early brain development and neurodevelopment.
Identify appropriate advanced neuroimaging methods to study the impact of exposures on neonatal brain maturation in their research studies.

Presentations:

2:00 PM – 2:05 PM ET

The importance of the “everyday” in preterm brain development: Setting the stage
Speaker: Steven Paul Miller, MDCM MAS (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine
2:05 PM – 2:22 PM ET

The impact of nutrition on preterm brain development and neurodevelopmental outcomes
Speaker: Emily WY Tam, MDCM, MAS, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – The Hospital for Sick Children
2:22 PM – 2:39 PM ET

Early-life analgesia exposure and preterm brain health
Speaker: Thiviya Selvanathan, MD (she/her/hers) – The Hospital for Sick Children
2:39 PM – 2:56 PM ET

Social determinants of brain maturation
Speaker: Christopher D. Smyser, MD, MSDCI (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis
2:56 PM – 3:13 PM ET

Recent advances in neonatal neuroimaging: A window to studying the influence of “everyday” exposures on brain development
Speaker: Serena J. Counsell, PhD (she/her/hers) – King's College London