Colloquia: Christopher Coe

You are cordially invited to the 2009 Spring IU Animal Behavior Colloquia.

Monday, April 27, 2009
2:30 p.m.
Indiana Memorial Union, Dogwood Room

Christopher Coe, W.B. Cannon Professor of BioPsychology, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, will present, "The Psychological and Social Context of Immune Competence."

Abstract:
While it was once thought that the immune system functioned in a largely autonomous manner, it is now clear that both psychological state and neuroendocrine processes can significantly influence immune responses. In fact, this type of immunomodulation is critical for regulating immunity and sustaining health. This presentation will review lessons learned from studies in psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) and provide examples from both animal and human research. The PNI perspective is particularly important for understanding the greater disease vulnerability of young and aged individuals during the maturation and senescence of the immune competence across the life span.

Sponsored by the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior (CISAB) and the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

This speaker is part of the A501 Animal Behavior Seminar on “Hormones and Human Behavior” organized by Dr. Michael Muehlenbein.