Scientific Organization of Medical Students

The Brain Awareness Week 2009 is now over!

I would like to thank the organizers (SNN and SOMS), the sponsors (EDAB, SNN, and “Carol Davila” University), the contestants and the participants for contributing to yet another successful event!

I would also like to thank our international surfers for their interest in our “live web coverage” of the event provided by SOMS site editors.
The visitor statistics provided by “Google Analytics” DURING the event is presented below:

I am looking forward for your feedback by Saturday March 28th!
(This anonymous evaluation will serve to improve the quality of further events and to convince our sponsors for continuing support).

Please rate the following questions:

Sincerely,
Mihai Moldovan MD, PhD
Copenhagen University, DK

P.S. From today, you may rate the overall relevance of individual posts as well, using the rating scale below.

Last updated :Monday March 23rd, 2009 ; 08:49 AM.

Rezumatele celor 15 aplicatii se afla aici: baw2009-aplicatii

Ordinea prezentarilor a fost trasa la sorti de Silvia Ioan.

Participantii la Competitia BAW si prezentarile lor orale in format PDF sunt:

1. Intuneric banane sau ochelari albastri (Liana Nedescu)

2. Ticaiti? Atunci dormiti eficient (Alexandra Constantinescu)

3. Exercitiul fizic si somnul (Elena Mihu)

4. Somn de calitate (Liliana Dragomirescu)

5. Vitaminele aerului (Alexandru Calin)

6. Tehnici de imbunatatire a somnului (Anca Andreea)

7. Branza si somnul (Daniela Parvu)

8. Importanta somnului in viata cotidiana (Ingrid Lazaridou)

9. Cum putem imbunatati calitatea somnului (Maria Radoveanu)

Marele premiu a fost decernat lui Alexandru Calin iar 2 premii speciale au primit Dragomirescu Liliana si Ingrid Lazaridou.

Felicitari tuturor participantilor!

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Last updated :Saturday March 21st, 2009 ; 12:25 PM.

Programme:

1. Sleep and EEG (Student: Alexandra Constantinescu; UMF Carol Davila)

2. Power napping (Student: Luisa Baca; UMF Carol Davila)

3. Heart rate variability (Student: Ioana Goganau; UMF Carol Davila)

4. Sleep and dreaming in Greek and Roman philosophy (Student: Chirita Costel, UMF Carol Davila)

5. Imagining a scientific sleep study (Dr. Mihai Moldovan; Copenhagen University)

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Last updated :Friday March 20th, 2009 ; 09:48 AM.

Programme:

1. BAW 2009 competition preselection: 6 ideas on how to get a better sleep

Preselection winner: Radoveanu Maria Elena

2. Sex differences in structural and functional brain development (student: Ioana Goganau)

3. Attention! there is a singing (student: Liana Nedescu)

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Last updated :Saturday March 14th, 2009 ; 08:29 PM.

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Am primit 15 aplicatii. Pentru a selecta cele 10 aplicatii pentru prezentare orala, am solicitat unei comisii evaluarea rezumatelor cu scorul 1-15 (1 cel mai bun). Comisia a fost formata din membrii ai diasporei stiintifice, alumni SOMS: Daniela Paula Popa (Paris, FR), Dragos Alexandru Nita (Toronto, CA) si Andrei Ilie (Oxford, UK) .

Primii 9 clasati se califica direct pentru prezentarea orala de Vineri 20 Martie.

Stim ca este posibil ca unele rezumate sa nu reflecte calitatea reala a prezentarii. De aceea am hotarat sa mai dam si ultimilor 6 clasati o sansa! In cadrul sesiunii extraordinare SOMS de miercuri 18 martie, vor avea ocazia sa prezinte oral si cea mai buna prezentare va ramane in competitie.

Instructiuni prezentare orala:

- slideuri Microsoft Office Power Point: cuvinte cheie, dimensiuni font >18 ( recomandabil bold), culori vizibile;

- maxim 10 minute;

- vorbire clara, sonora;

- referinte/bibliografie;

Clasamentul preliminar

1. Anca Andreea, Tehnici de imbunatatire a somnului (UMF “Carol Davila” Bucuresti, Facultatea Medicina, Anul 6) - confirmat

2. Ovidiu Sanders, Sexual climax and its role in sleep induction (UMF Carol Davila, Facultatea de medicina, Anul 6)

3. Dragomirescu Liliana,Somn de calitate (Facultatea Sociologie si Asistenta Sociala, Anul 1) - confirmat

4. Nedescu Liana, Intuneric, banane sau ochelari albastri? (UMF “Carol Davila” Bucuresti, Facultatea Medicina, Anul 3) - confirmat

5. Mihu Elena Mihaela, Exercitiul fizic si somnul (UMF “Carol Davila” Bucuresti, Facultatea Medicina, Anul 3) – confirmat

6. Parvu Daniela Adriana, Branza si somnul (UMF “Carol Davila” Bucuresti, Facultatea Medicina, Anul 2) - confirmat

7. Lazaridou Ingrid, Importanta somnului in viata cotidiana (UMF “Carol Davila” Bucuresti, Facultatea Medicina, Anul 2) - confirmat

8. Alexandra Oana Constantinescu, Are you ticking? Then sleep efficiently! (UMF “Carol Davila” Bucuresti, Facultatea Medicina, Anul 3) - confirmat

9. Alexandru Calin, Vitaminele aerului (UMF “Carol Davila” Bucuresti, Facultatea Medicina, Anul 2) - confirmat

10. Radoveanu Maria Elena, Factori ce influenteaza somnul (UMF “Carol Davila” Bucuresti, Facultatea Medicina, Anul 1) - confirmat

11. Stanculescu Doina Ioana, Mâncarea si calitatea somnului (UMF “Carol Davila” Bucuresti, Facultatea Medicina, Anul 2)

12. Irina Cristescu, Somnul, astazi (UMF “Carol Davila” Bucuresti, Facultatea Medicina, Anul 2) - confirmat

13. Mihaela Musat, Fitoterapia in combaterea insomniei (UMF “Carol Davila” Bucuresti, Facultatea de Farmacie, Anul 1)

14. Luisa Baca, Reflexoterapia – tehnicile stravechi de relaxare si vindecare (UMF “Carol Davila” Bucuresti, Facultatea Medicina, Anul 2)

15. Balasoiu Elena, Odihna pasiva (Facultatea de Psihologie si Stiintele Educatiei, Anul 1) - confirmat

Asteptam de la voi sa ne confirmati, pana luni 16 martie, la contact@soms-cduniv.org participarea pentru competitiile de Miercuri si de Vineri! Scorul de la aceasta evaluare preliminara este doar o fractie din scorul final! Competitia ramane deschisa!

Last updated :Wednesday March 11th, 2009 ; 08:30 PM.

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 (March 20th, 3 p.m.):

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 . 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.

Registration for the BAW2009 competition was closed on March 8th 23:59 (GMT+1). The finalists will be notified of selection by March 13th.

Satellite events:

Neuroscience Lab Open Day(March 18th, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.; Ana-Maria Zagrean, Leon Zagrean): Medical students will be guided in the Center for Excellence in Neuroscience, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy.

Extraordinary SOMS meeting (March 18th, 6 p.m., Physiology Library, 1st floor)

1. BAW 2009 competition preselection: 6 ideas on how to get a better sleep

2. Sex differences in structural and functional brain development (student: Ioana Goganau)

3. Attention! There is a singing (student: Liana Nedescu)

Workshop on power napping (March 19th, 5 p.m., Physiology Library, 1st floor ; 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.

Last updated :Monday March 9th, 2009 ; 01:00 AM.