Event Description
Could vaccines help prevent dementia? Emerging research suggests that vaccines against shingles, influenza, and other infections may offer benefits beyond preventing infectious diseases. This webinar will examine the latest evidence linking vaccination to reduced dementia risk, explore potential explanations for this connection, and discuss what these findings could mean for future vaccination recommendations and public health policy.
About the Speaker
Dawn Bowdish, PhD (Department of Medicine, McMaster University) is the Executive Director of the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, which is one of Canada’s largest respirology research institutes. In her role as Executive Director, she supports the Firestone’s mission to improve the lives of those living with chronic lung disease through research, education and clinical service. Her research interests include understanding how the aging immune system contributes to risk of respiratory infections, interacts with the microbiome and alters vaccine responses. During the COVID-19 pandemic she has co-led Canada’s largest study of COVID-19 infections and vaccinations in older adults living in long-term care and retirement communities and her team’s research findings have helped shape Ontario’s vaccination policies. As a member of the Board of Directors of the Lung Health Foundation, she advocates for increased research into lung health and advocates for increased vaccination against respiratory infections especially in older adults and those living with chronic lung disease.
Continuing Education
Instructions for claiming continuing education credit are provided during the webinar.
For questions regarding continuing education, please email cire.cme@ndsu.edu.
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Minnesota Medical Association and NDSU. The Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Minnesota Medical Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)
This activity is approved for 0.1 CEU of pharmacist and pharmacy technician credit by CEImpact. CEimpact is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
More information is available via the NDSU CAP Center.
