Wouter D. van Marken Lichtenbelt
Professor Emeritus Ecological Energetics and Health
School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM)
Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
markenlichtenbelt@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Wouter van Marken Lichtenbelt is former head of the research group Thermophysiology & Metabolism Maastricht University (TherMU: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/research/thermu)
The fundamental aspect of the research line is the effect of environmental temperatures on physiology and behavior. This ranges from indoor environment in western populations to extreme conditions in Siberia.
The study results show significant beneficial effects of excursions outside the thermoneutral zone; i.e. being exposed to heat and cold positively affects metabolic and cardiovascular health and increases resilience to extremes.
The applied part of the research puts emphasis on how daily indoor environmental conditions relate to thermal comfort, behavior, health and prevention of the metabolic syndrome. His group searches for an optimal mix of different lifestyles and environmental factors to create a healthy sustainable indoor environment.
Title of his talk:
Human thermal adaptation and health: Individual and cultural aspects
Hugo D. Critchley
Professor, Chair of Psychiatry
Trafford Centre for Medical Research, University of Sussex, UK
H.Critchley@bsms.ac.uk
Prof Critchley trained in physiology and medicine at the University of Liverpool and gained his DPhil in experimental psychology from the University of Oxford. He then embarked on his psychiatry training, and has pursued his interest in brain imaging studies for the last 20 years. He was based at the KCL Institute of Psychiatry in London, before moving to the UCL Institute of Neurology. In 2006 Prof Critchley left his position as Principal Research Fellow / Senior Clinical Fellow at the Wellcome Department of imaging neuroscience, to join Brighton and Sussex Medical School as the Foundation Chair in Psychiatry.
Professor Hugo Critchley pursues a lifelong interest in normal and abnormal human behaviour from the perspective of mind-body interaction. His work helps define the way in which states of bodily arousal are controlled by the brain and how thoughts, feelings and behaviours are shaped by physiological changes in the body. Hugo’s team applies this understanding to gain new insights into psychological symptoms and mental health disorders, including psychosis and anxiety.
Prof Critchley leads active research programmes within BSMS, and as co-director of the Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex; these projects combine patient studies, neuroimaging and autonomic physiology. He also works clinically as a Consultant Psychiatrist within Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. His specialist clinical service evaluates neurodevelopmental conditions in adults.
Title of his talk: TBA