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Introduction
News from MHeNs - the 2015-2020 evaluation and plans for the future - David Linden

MHeNs PhD Programme: an update
PhD coordinator Martin van Boxtel

Chairman: Nina Possemis

Scientific session 1:

Lifestyle-boosted resilience towards brain damage and cognitive impairment. Irene Heger

Resilience towards depressive and anxiety symptoms after acquired brain injury; Johanne Rauwenhoff

Shake your synapses:
musical intermezzo with INOX

Chairman: Dennis van der Meer

Scientific session 2:

Biopsychosocial mechanisms of mental variation in daily life. Machteld Marcelis

Genomic and exposomic drivers of mental health trajectories and resilience. Sinan Gülöksüz

Chairman: Daan van Kruining

Interactive Poster session
(each Group 30 minutes)

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Lunch break

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Chairman: Stella Voulgaropoulou

E-pitches PhD abstracts:

Cognitive resilience against brain damage depends on white matter network connectivity: The Maastricht Study. Nathan De Jong

Choroid plexus volume is associated with levels of CSF proteins predominantly expressed by the choroid plexus in non-demented individuals with AD pathophysiology. Aurore Delvenne

Hippocampal subfields associations with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes: The Maastricht Study. Jennifer Monereo-Sánchez

Chairman: Sarah Hescham

Scientific session 3

Biological underpinnings of resilience and risk to the effects of psychological trauma on mental health. Bart Rutten

What happens in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit? Translational research on effects and treatment of procedural pain. Bert Joosten

Chairman: Seb Koehler
Keynote speaker: Denise Park,
School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas, Dallas, USA

Chairman: David Linden

Awards
(Best elevator pitch and Best 3 E-posters)

Closing