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
