6th Asia Pacific Prader-Willi Syndrome Conference
The 6th Asia Pacific Prader-Willi Syndrome Conference is about to close in-person registrations on August 15th.
The conference is being held AUGUST 30TH and 31ST, at the Rydges Central Sydney Hotel. Please visit the conference website www.appws.org for further information and registration. A virtual registration option is also available.
We are pleased to share with you some programme highlights below. Please also find programmes attached for:
Day 1 live streamed research sessions (some further sessions are available in person - please see www.appws.org/programme)
Day 2 all presentations available in person and via live stream
Day 1 Research Highlights
- Dr Deepan Singh - Guanfacine XR for the Reduction of Aggression and Self injury in PWS
- A/Prof Olivia Veatch - Elucidating the causes and consequences of sleep disturbances
- Dr Yoon Hi Cho - DCCR for the treatment of PWS
- Dr Tien Lee - Restoring the gut-brain pathways of hunger control using oral ARD-101
- A/Prof Daryl Efron - Does CBD reduce severe behaviour problems in children and adolescents with intellectual disability?
- Dr Lauren Rice - The relationship between cardiac activity and behaviour in PWS
Day 2 Family Support / Health Highlights
- Dr Deepan Singh - Mental health and behaviour: A review
- A/Prof Tania Markovic - Lifelong medical support
- Cate Fox - Healthy nutrition for children
- C/Prof Jane Franklin - Healthy eating for adolescents and adults
- Haylet Arnott and Anica Jansson - Encouraging communication in all ages
- Prof Brendon Yee - Sleep disorders
- Cindy Adams-Vining - Transition from School
- Dr Honey Heussler - Centre of Expertise
This conference also provides an excellent opportunity to meet and hear from our two plenary speakers:
Dr Deepan Singh, author of Neuro-behavioural Manifestations of Prader-Willi Syndrome, is a board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist, who has developed a strong interest and expertise in the management of Prader-Willi Syndrome.
Dr Singh serves as the Vice Chair of Ambulatory Services and Chief of Research and Grants at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. He has numerous peer-reviewed publications and presentations on the behavioural aspects of PWS. He remains active clinically and in clinical research. He serves on the scientific review boards for Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) and the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research. He is also part of the International Prader Willi Syndrome Organisation's Mental Health Network.
Professor Tony Holland, President of IPWSO since 2016, is a psychiatrist who has led a range of research that has guidied treatment and supports for people with intellectual disabilities, including specific research interests in the eating, behavioural and mental health problems associated with PWS. Tony Holland was awarded the positions of Health Foundation Chair in Learning Disabilities and Head of the Cambridge Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Group (CIDDRG) in the Dpt. of Psychiatry at Cambridge University in 2002. In 2010 he was elected a Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and in 2015 he was awarded a CBE for services to psychiatry.