Visceral and Interoceptive Systems Physiology (VISP) Symposium

8:30      Welcoming remarks 
8:45      Keynote Address: Sahib Khalsa, MD PhD. UCLA: Interoceptive Neuroscience: at the intersection of health and disease
9:30      Maya Kaelberer, PhD. U of A: What the gut tells the brain  
9:50      Kati Gothard, MD PhD. U of A: Interoception and decision making  
10:10     Mario Romero-Ortega, PhD. U of A: Wiretapping the heart-spleen and brain-renal conversations
          10:30 – 11:00. Coffee break
11:00    Keynote Address: Eliza Bliss-Moreau, PhD. UC Davis: Animal models of interoception
11:45    Closing Discussion of the morning session
         12:00 – 1:30  Poster session and time for Lunch
1:30      Paulo Pires, PhD. U of A: How to interpret the BOLD signal in human interoceptive research
1:50      Haijiang Cai, PhD. U of A: Satiation in the amygdala and parasubthalamic nucleus 
2:10     John Konhilas, PhD. U of A: Does the gut play a role heart disease?
2:30     Kara Marshall, PhD. Baylor College of Medicine: Interoceptive signals from the urinary tract
         2:50 – 3:00  Short break
3:00    Diego Bohorquez, PhD. Duke University: Our gut sense in health and disease
3:30    Closing Discussion of the afternoon session