Event Location
University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
Event Dates
06 May 2022 - 06 May 2022
Event Website
https://rhinology-group.uea.ac.uk/smell-and-taste-symposium/
Event Cost
£100 fee for in person, £50 fee for Zoom
One day symposium for clinicians and researchers
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UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA & FIFTH SENSE
- Patient perspectives
- Investigations
- Chemosensory testing
- Practical demonstrations
- Current and future management strategies
- Research priorities
Draft Schedule
09:00 Registration and Coffee
10:00 Welcome from Prof. Carl Philpott and Duncan Boak
10:10 Patient voices:
- Chronic rhinosinusitis (TBC)
- Post-infectious olfactory dysfunction (Lucy Thomas)
- Post-traumatic olfactory dysfunction (Carl Hughes)
- Idiopathic (Ruth Sullivan)
- Congenital (Kathy Clugston – TBC)
11:00 Olfactory function – in health and disease (Simon Gane)
11:15 History taking and questionnaires (Lisha McClelland)
11:30 Coffee break
11:50 Investigating patients – what tests to organise (CP/Kala Kumaresan)
12:05 Psychophysical testing options (Katie Whitcroft)
12:20 Functional MRI and OERPs (Sara Bengtsson/Saber Sami/Caroline Huart)
12:45 Lunch
13:30 Functional MRI and Psychophysical testing workshops
(4 stations – fMRI @ UBIC, Sniffin’ Sticks, Taste testing, retronasal testing)
15:00 COVID-19 related olfactory dysfunction (Claire Hopkins)
15:20 Break for tea and coffee
15:40 Managing olfactory disorders – ask the panel (all speakers)
16:10 Future directions for treatment (Steven Munger)
16:30 Research priorities – the JLA PSP and Fifth Sense’s Research Hub (CP) with Hub Leads
16:50 Core Outcome Set for Trials in Olfactory Disorders (Kala Kumaresan)
17:00 Closing remarks with Prof. Carl Philpott and Duncan Boak
17:10 End