BAW 2009
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March 16, 2009 10:00 am |
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March 22, 2009 10:00 am |
Brainstorming on improving sleep efficiency
Our
brains need to sleep. Our society pushes us to do more and sleep less. We would
like to use the BAW opportunity to increase the public understanding of sleep
and what neuroscience can teach us to get the most out of our sleep time.
This is
the 6th consecutive year when the National
Neurosciences Society of Romania and SOMS
organize BAW events with international
participation. The event will be held at the main auditorium at the Carol
Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest. As the popularity of
BAW in Bucharest is constantly increasing, we expect around 200 participants
for this year’s manifestation. Local media will be invited to cover these
events and to interview the main speakers.
Main event:
We plan
to organize the main event as a Brainstorming session.
Students
from health sciences (mainly but not limited to medicine, biology, psychology
and sociology) will be encouraged (posters, forum postings, newsletters) to
send by February 20 a scientific abstract for a
10-minute presentation on a practice to improve sleep efficiency in our everyday
life: (e.g Does power napping help? Should we drink coffee before going to nap?
Should we count sheep? Should we listen to music? Should we jog before going to
bed? etc.
The best
10 abstracts will be selected (by March 1st) to
be presented as oral 10-minute slideshows on the main BAW event (Friday March 20th). Presentations in both Romanian and in
English are accepted and the chosen language will in no way influence our
evaluation. Each presentation will be followed by a ~10-minute debate with a broad
panel of invited local and international experts including neuroscientists,
sleep physicians and psychologists.
As an
incentive, the best presentation will be awarded.
Satellite events:
Neuroscience Lab Open Day(March 18th; Ana-Maria Zagrean, Leon Zagrean): Medical
students will be guided in the Center for Excellence in Neuroscience, Carol
Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy.
Workshop on power napping (March 19th, 5 p.m. ; Mihai
Moldovan, Ioana Mindruta and the SOMS): Participants will be involved in
the theory of sleep quantification, debate the problems of designing a sleep
study followed by a “hands-on” involvement in polysomnography in the sleep
laboratory. Such manifestations were popular during previous BAW arrangements
at our university, leading to involvement of students with no previous research
experience in projects finalized with published papers in international
peer-reviewed journals (Ioan S et al. 2007; Ilie A. et al 2007) where EDAB
support was acknowledged.