Presentations

Invited Talks

2024

  • Neurocognitive consequences of adult obesity. Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. Chicago, USA.

2023

  • Neural correlates of obesity across the lifespan. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine. Montreal, Canada.

2021

  • Navigating academic career after PhD. Alumni talk series. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig, Germany.

2020

  • Influence of metabolic syndrome on brain and cognition. Modern Diet and Physiology Research Center, Yale University, New Haven, USA.

2019

  • Does intranasal insulin administration preserve cognitive function after cardiac surgery? MRI aspect of the study at the McGill University Medical Centre.

Symposia

2022

  • Re-envisioning the future of academic training. Organizers: Carolina Makowski, Filip Morys, Phoebe Thomson, Anne Bilot. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting 2022, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Oral Presentations

2023

  1. Influence of obesity and MAPT/ApoE genotypes on brain structure and cognition. Talk presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Portland, Oregon, USA. 11-07-2023 – 15-07-2022.

2022

  1. Neuromolecular underpinnings of human obesity. Talk presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Porto, Portugal. 12-07-2022 – 17-07-2022.

2021

  1. Associations between sleep-disordered breathing, brain structure and cognitive decline in obesity. Talk presented at the Quebec Respiratory Health Research Network Meeting (virtual). 10-11-2021 – 11-11-2021.
  2. Cortical thickness, volume, and white matter’s fractional anisotropy confer genetic risk for obesity in adolescence. Talk presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (virtual). 12-07-2021 – 16-07-2021.
  3. Virtual histology of brain atrophy progression in de novo Parkinson’s disease. Talk presented at the 15th International Conference on Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s Diseases, Virtual Conference.

2020

  1. Progression of brain atrophy in Parkinson’s disease is shaped by connectome architecture and local vulnerability. Talk presented at the International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Virtual Conference (Top abstract).
  2. Obesity impairs cognitive function via metabolic syndrome and cerebrovascular disease: an SEM analysis in 15,000 adults from the UK Biobank. Talk presented at a virtual conference: Brain Plasticity - Influences of Lifestyle and Aging, organized by the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. 12-10-2020 – 13-10-2020.
  3. The relationship between BMI and volume of subcortical structures is age-dependent. Talk presented at the 2020 Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting (virtual). 26-06-26 - 2020-06-30.
  4. Influence of metabolic syndrome on brain and cognition. Talk presented at the Modern Diet and Physiology Research Center, Yale University. 19-05-2020.

2018

  1. Cognitive bias modification alters behavioral and brain responses to food cues in obesity. Talk presented at 51. Congress of the German Psychological Society. Frankfurt a.M., Germany. 2018-09-15 — 2018-09-20.
  2. Veränderung automatischer Verhaltenstendenzen bei Adipositas – Was passiert im Gehirn?. Talk presented at the 6th Scientific Congress of the German Society for Eating Disorders. Munich, Germany. 2018-03-01 - 2018-03-03.
  3. Dorsolateral and medial prefrontal cortex mediate influence of incidental priming on economic decisions in obesity. Talk presented at 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior; Montréal, QC, Canada. 2017-07-18 — 2017-07-22.
  4. Neural correlates of retraining automatic action tendencies in obesity. Talk presented at 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior; Montréal, QC, Canada. 2017-07-18 — 2017-07-22.

Poster Presentations

2023

  1. Influence of obesity and MAPT/ApoE genotypes on brain structure and cognition. Poster presented at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada.
  2. Link between brain structure and genetic predisposition for risky and impulsive behavior in children. Poster presented at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada.
  3. Influence of body mass index on white matter structure. Poster presented at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada.

2022

  1. Neuromolecular underpinnings of human obesity. Poster presented at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Annual Meeting. Glasgow, UK.
  2. Differentiating subgroups in overweight and obese children using data-driven clustering approach with brain imaging data. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Porto, Portugal.
  3. Associations between hypersomnolence, obesity, brain health and cognitive decline. Poster presented at the American Thoracic Society meeting.
  4. Brain regions associated with differences in polygenic risks scores for smoking in typical development. Poster presented at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Annual Meeting. Glasgow, UK.
  5. Brain regions associated with differences in polygenic risks scores for smoking in typical development. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting. San Francisco, US.

2021

  1. Associations of dietary fat and sugar and bodyweight with dopamine dependent stability and flexibility of working memory representations. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (virtual).
  2. Obesity genetic risk is related to weight gain via structural changes in the frontoparietal network. Poster presented at the 2021 Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting (virtual).
  3. Atrophy Progression in Parkinson’s Disease is Associated with Connectivity and Synaptic Activity. Poster presented at the 2021 Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting (virtual).

2020

  1. Connectome architecture influences brain atrophy progression in de novo Parkinson’s disease. Poster presented at the Grand Challenges in Parkinson’s Disease Virtual Conference.
  2. The relationship between BMI and volume of subcortical structures is age-dependent. Poster presented at the 2020 Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting (virtual).
  3. Obesity impairs cognitive function via metabolic syndrome and cerebrovascular disease: an SEM analysis in 15,000 adults from the UK Biobank. Poster presented at a virtual conference: Brain Plasticity - Influences of Lifestyle and Aging, organized by the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
  4. The Dynamics of Brain Connectivity at Rest Underpins Performance in Task. Poster presented at the 2020 Winter Conference on Brain Research, Big Sky, Montana, USA.

2018

  1. Hemispheric bias in resting state EEG and fMRI is related to approach/avoidance behaviors, but not BMI. Poster presented at 2018 Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting; Singapore.

2017

  1. Dorsolateral and medial prefrontal cortex mediate influence of incidental priming on economic decisions in obesity. Poster presented at 33rd Annual Conference of the German Association for the Study of Obesity; Potsdam, Germany.
  2. Neural correlates of cognitive bias modification in obesity. Poster presented at 33rd Annual Conference of the German Association for the Study of Obesity; Potsdam, Germany.

2016

  1. BMI mediates the relationship between temporal impulsivity and cognitive restraint in women. Poster presented at 32nd Annual Conference of the German Association for the Study of Obesity; Frankfurt, Germany.
  2. BMI mediates the relationship between temporal impulsivity and cognitive restraint in women. Poster presented at 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior; Porto, Portugal.

2015

  1. Influence of incidental priming with visual and gustatory cues on intertemporal choice in obesity. Poster presented at LIMIOR — 1st Leipzig International Meeting for Interdisciplinary Obesity Research; Leipzig, Germany.