From the Experts: All Things Celiac Webinar
Virtual, Details Below
1:00PM - 2:15PM
Gut-Brain Health and Celiac Disease: Caring for Your Second “Brain”
Join us for our Spring 2025 webinar in the “From the Experts” series. Speakers will present on selected topics for 60 minutes, followed by 15 minutes for Q&A, on Friday, June 6, 2025 from 1:00 pm-2:15 pm ET.
Dr Alessio Fasano, MD, Director of the Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center at Mass General for Children; Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School; and Professor of Nutrition at T.H. Chan School of Public Health, will speak about the “crosstalk” between the gut microbiome and the brain, focusing on developmental disorders and mental health issues in the context of gluten-related disorders.
Deanna Kelly, PharmD, BCPP, the Dr. William and Carol Carpenter Professor in Psychiatry for Mental Illness at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Director and Chief of the Treatment Research Program at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, will share her research on schizophrenia, anxiety, and depression, which are often diagnosed as part of the impressive range of celiac disease symptoms.
Jacqueline Wolf, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and gastroenterologist, Celiac Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, will moderate the seminar. Chris Rich, executive director of the National Celiac Association, will open and close the webinar. A Q&A session follows the presentations; please submit general questions below or during the webinar on the Zoom platform.
Please note: This is an educational webinar, and no information is intended for diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. Please seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs): This course (220323-RSS) is approved by the Boston Children’s Hospital’s Continuing Education Department for 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits for physicians, 1.25 contact hours for nurses, 1.25 ACE CE continuing education credits for social workers, and 1.25 CEUs for Registered
Dietitians: Instructions for claiming credits will be made available during the webinar and transcripts will be available within 30 days.
Date & Time
Friday, June 6, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
To Register
To register for this event, please contact Melinda Dennis, Nutrition Coordinator, Celiac Center, BIDMC.