Courses

Spotlight on the Gut-Brain Axis

Program Date: 30 September 2020

Publication Date: 23 November 2020

Continuing Education Credits: Nurse Contact 1.0 CE; Dietitian 1.0 CPEU

Course Description

In this course, Lisa Renzi-Hammond, PhD, will review a brief historical perspective on the “new” phenomenon of the gut microbiota and the gut-brain axis; examine how the microbiota is acquired and how to feed the gut-brain axis in infancy and early childhood; and discuss the mechanisms for how nutrition can influence the function of the gut-brain axis and improve cognitive and immune function. Originally presented as a live webinar on 30 September 2020.

Course Objectives
  • Tell a brief historical perspective on the “new” phenomenon of the gut microbiota and the gut-brain axis.
  • Examine how the microbiota is acquired and how to feed the gut-brain axis in infancy and early childhood.
  • Review the mechanisms for how nutrition can influence the function of the gut-brain axis and improve cognitive and immune function.

Performance Indicators: 4.1.2, 8.1.1, 8.1.4

Activity Code: 177802

Course Instructor Bio(s)

Lisa Renzi-Hammond, PhD

Associate Professor
University of Georgia
Athens, GA, USA

Dr Lisa Renzi-Hammond earned her BS, MS, and doctorate degrees from the Psychology Department at the University of Georgia. While at the University of Georgia, Dr Renzi-Hammond specialized in visual neuroscience and neurological development and studied how implementing behavioral changes influences vision system function, as well as risk for acquired ocular and neurological diseases. Dr Renzi-Hammond completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin as a member of three different disciplinary groups: the Center for Perceptual Systems, the Institute for Neuroscience, and the Nutrition Sciences Department. Dr Renzi-Hammond also served as a visiting scientist at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center on Ageing at Tufts University in Boston, MA, where she was a member of the Carotenoids in Health Laboratory.

Following her graduate and post-graduate training, Dr Renzi-Hammond returned to the University of Georgia as faculty, where she founded the Human Biofactors Laboratory and published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on the topic of nutrition and visual and neurological function. She has presented this research in a wide variety of national and international venues. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the UGA College of Public Health, the UGA Neuroscience Program, and is adjunct faculty in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences Program in the Department of Psychology.

Category

Abbott Nutrition’s Provider Statement for Nursing CEs:

Abbott Nutrition Health Institute is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider #CEP 11213.

Abbott Nutrition’s Statement for Dietitian CPEUs:

This educational activity has been prior-approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR credentialed practitioners will receive the specified continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/material.