The long COVID syndrome: Lingering illness after the pandemic


Invitation

The Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Section of Medical Sciences

kindly invites you to the following event:

The long COVID syndrome: Lingering illness after the pandemic

Date and time: 5th of May 2022, 10:00 am.

Venue: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Main Building, 2nd Floor

Big Lecture Hall (Széchenyi István Square 9., Budapest 1051)

Streaming service will be available on the MTA YouTube channel

Chairpersons: Veronika Müller & Sándor Szabó

Program:

10:00 – 10:05 Opening remarks

Gábor L. Kovács, vice-chair, Section of Medical Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

10:05 – 10:25 What is really ‘Long COVID’?

Veronika Müller, Hungary & Sándor Szabó, USA

10:25 – 10:45 Lessons from the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine development

Katalin Karikó, Germany – USA

Introduction: Gábor Tigyi, USA

10:45 – 11:05 COVID-19 is, in the end, an endothelial disease

Peter Libby, USA

11:05 – 11:25 The main cardiovascular manifestations of Long COVID

Béla Merkely, Hungary

11:25 – 11:45 Fatigue, dyspnea & pulmonary signs in Long COVID

Veronika Müller, Hungary

11:45 – 12:05 The neurologic manifestations of Long COVID

József Janszky & Tamás Dóczi, Hungary

12:05 – 13:00 Lunch break

13:00 – 13:20 Nutritional deficiencies that may predispose to Long COVID

John Schloss, USA

13:20 – 13:40 The post-COVID stress syndrome & other neuroendocrine changes in Long COVID

Sándor Szabó, USA

13:40 – 14:00 Specific coronavirus associated disease in children: MISC

Attila Szabó, Hungary

14:00 – 14:20 The current therapeutic options for Long COVID

Klára Gyires & Szilvia Sebők, Hungary

14:20 – 14:40 Break

14:40 – 15:00 The socioeconomic impact of COVID-19

Zoltán Ács, UK – USA

15:00 – 15:40 The prevalence & incidence of Long COVID in Ukraine, Greece, Germany & Hungary

Iryna Muzyka & Oksana Zayachkivska, Ukraine; Anna Karakatsani, Greece; Andreas Stengel, Germany; Veronika Müller, Hungary

15:40 – 16:00 Round table discussion

16:00 – 16:20 Q & A