“Frontiers in Psychoneuroimmunology: Emotions, the Immune System and Performance”

Sometimes, you have to be in an optimal performance state even though you don’t feel like it. Athletes know this. So do healthcare providers. But your immune system and emotions may be working against you. Any inflammation, whether part of an allergy, an infection, or associated with injury can give rise to pro-inflammatory cytokines. These chemicals can derail your mood, your reaction time, and your motivation to push on. This second annual symposium will bring together some of the nation’s leading experts to discuss the impact emotions and the immune system have upon performance. Whether it’s a sports arena, hospital, or war zone, this three-day program will include both theory and practical exercises. Attendees will gain a better understanding of the cause of sub-optimal performance, as well as potential solutions.
 
Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to understand how stressful memories of traumatic events can impact the immune system and performance, describe how self-destructive emotions can be triggered by the injury and the immune system as well as understand how shift-work and crossing time zones can impact the immune system and performance.
 
The USF College of Nursing will host “Frontiers in Psychoneuroimmunology: Emotions, the Immune System and Performance”, the second annual national conference for the Center for Psychoneuroimmunology September 17th-20th, 2009 at Saddlebrook Resort  in Tampa, FL .
 

To register visit: http://www.cme.hsc.usf.edu/pni/