Did you know your intestines and brain are having a constant conversation? Not only does your brain affect how you feel physically, but your gut can affect how you feel mentally. When you consider that Canada has the world’s highest reported prevalence of a gut condition called Inflammatory Bowel Disease (which includes Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis), it is important to better understand this link and what it means for those with gut diseases such as IBD. The financial costs of IBD to the healthcare system are close to $3 billion per year, but what are the personal mental health costs? And what can researchers do with this knowledge to improve the lives of Canadians?
Moderator:
Dr. Charles Bernstein
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Bingham Chair in Gastroenterology Research; Head - Section of Gastroenterology, and Director, Inflammatory Bowl Disease Clinical and Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Panelists:
Dr. Jean-Eric Ghia
Assistant Professor, Immunology and Internal Medicine Section of Gastroenterology, College Of Medicine, Faculty if Health Sciences, University of Manitoba; Director, Basic Biology Research, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Clinical and Research Centre; research scientist, Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba.
Dr. Lesley Graff
Professor and Head, Clinical Health Psychology, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba; Medical Director, WRHA Clinical Health Psychology Program, Health Sciences Centre
Paula Sturrey
Patient
