One Day Symposium on Smell & Taste Disorders
One day symposium for clinicians and researchers
6th May 2022
£100 fee for those attending in person
£50 discounted fee for those attending via Zoom
5x CPD credits awarded
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA & FIFTH SENSE
- Patient perspectives
- Investigations
- Chemosensory testing
- Practical demonstrations
- Current and future management strategies
- Research priorities
Please contact K.Tate@uea.ac.uk for further details
Location address: University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Chancellor's Drive, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ, UK
Draft Schedule
Draft schedule for the day.
09:00 Registration and Coffee
10:00 Welcome from Prof. Carl Philpott and Duncan Boak
10:10 Patient voices:
- Chronic rhinosinusitis (June Blyth)
- Post-infectious olfactory dysfunction (Lucy Thomas)
- Post-traumatic olfactory dysfunction (Carl Hughes)
- Idiopathic (Ruth Sullivan)
- Congenital (Chessie Horwood)
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 workshop
13.30 Olfactometer and fMRI at UBIC (Rashed Sobhan and Kala Kumaresan; in person delegates to arrive at UBIC at 13:25)
5 minute interlude while in person delegates return to the New Science Building – remaining items on Zoom link
14.05 Sniffin’ Sticks extended test (Jane Woods & Mairenn Garden)
14.15 SSParot test (Kala Kumaresan & Mairenn Garden)
14.20 U-sniff paediatric test (Jane Woods & Andreas Espehana)
14.30 Retronasal testing (Shyam Gokani & Andreas Espehana)
14.45 Taste strips test (Jane Woods & Shyam Gokani)
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