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ForwardDecember 11, 2025: 15th Jane Murphy and Alec Leighton, Lecture in Psychiatric Epidemiology - Nutrition, Nutrient Supplements, and Late-life Mental Health
Nutrition, Nutrient Supplements, and Late-life Mental Health
Description:
In recent years, there has been growing interest in the role of nutrition and nutrient supplements in promoting late-life brain health, especially mood and cognition. This presentation will describe research translating evidence from nutritional epidemiology to nutrient supplement-based preventive interventions for late-life depression and cognitive decline, including key results from the broader scientific literature and from the presenter’s own work.
Target Audience
This program is intended for Psychiatrists, Psychologists, General and Family Practice Physicians, Psychiatric Nurses, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, and Social Workers.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the activity, participants will be able to:
- List at least one major confounder that can affect the results of observational studies of vitamin D and late-life cognition.
- Identify at least one subclass of dietary flavonoids associated with a lower risk of late-life depression.
- Describe the main results from a randomized trial of multivitamins with minerals for late-life cognition.
SPEAKER(S)
Olivia I. Okereke, MD, MS
Terry and Jean de Gunzburg MGH Research Scholar 2021-2026
Chief, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Aging, Mass General Brigham AMC Psychiatry
Olga Danieli, Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Depression, Harvard Medical
School
Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of
Public Health
Olivia Okereke, MD, MS
Dr. Okereke is a Board-certified geriatric psychiatrist and Chief of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Aging and Director of the Psychiatry Center on Disparities at the Mass General Brigham Academic Medical Center Department of Psychiatry. She is the Terry and Jean de Gunzburg MGH Research Scholar 2021-2026, the Olga Danieli Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Depression at Harvard Medical School, and Associate Professor in Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on modifiable risk factors and prevention of adverse mental aging, including late-life depression and cognitive decline, and reduction of health disparities in aging. She has published over 175 peer-reviewed journal articles, and her Google Scholar H-index is 61. Her expertise in aging has been recognized with invitations to national and international meetings and expert panels. She contributes to the next generation of scholars in aging and mental health through PI, mentoring, and/or steering leadership roles on multiple NIH T32, R25, and P30 grants with a specific focus on training for early-career scientists. Dr. Okereke has been extensively involved in organizational leadership, community education and service over the past 20 years, and her roles have included membership on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Association MA/NH Chapter, Chair of the Chapter Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee and Chair of the Annual Meeting; election to the Board of Directors of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) and two-terms of service on the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Council on Geriatric Psychiatry. She has been recognized with the Distinguished Fellow honor from both the AAGP and the American Psychiatric Association, as well as the Outstanding Psychiatrist Award for Research from the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society.
Disclosures:
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of IHP and Massachusetts General Hospital. IHP is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
IHP designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours
Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 13, sections 13, 14, 14A, 15 and 15D and Chapter 112, sections 74 through 81C authorize the Board of Registration in Nursing to regulate nursing practice and education.
This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR 5.00) for 1.00 contact hours of nursing continuing education credit. Advance practice nurses, please note: Educational activities which meet the requirements of the ACCME (such as this activity) count towards 50% of the nursing requirement for ANCC accreditation.
- 1.00 Social Workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the MGH Institute of Health Professions is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. MGH Institute of Health Professions maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 clock hours for continuing education credits.
- 1.00 Participation
This course allows other providers to claim a Participation Certificate upon successful completion of this course.
Participation Certificates will specify the title, location, type of activity, date of activity, and number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ associated with the activity. Providers should check with their regulatory agencies to determine ways in which AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may or may not fulfill continuing education requirements. Providers should also consider saving copies of brochures, agenda, and other supporting documents.
- 1.00 Psychologists CE Credit
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 1.00 CE credit.
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, MGH Institute of Health Professions is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
1.0 Physicians
MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.
1.0 Physician Associates/Assistants
AAPA Credit Designation Statement – Live
MGH Institute of Health Professions has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
AAPA Credit Designation Statement – Enduring Materials
MGH Institute of Health Professions has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until {Expiration Date). PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
1.0 Nursing
MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 1.0 contact hours for nurses. The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
1.0 Pharmacists
This activity provides 1.0 contact hours of continuing education credit.
NOTE FOR PHARMACISTS: Upon closing of the electronic evaluation, IHP will upload the pharmacy-related continuing education information to the CPE Monitor within 60 days. Per ACPE rules, IHP does not have access nor the ability to upload credits requested after the evaluation closes. It is the responsibility of the pharmacist or pharmacy technician to provide the correct information [NABP ePID and DOB (in MMDD format)] in order to receive credit for participating in a CE activity.
1.0 Psychologists:
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 1.0 CE credit.
1.0 Social Workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, MGH Institute of Health Professions is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. MGH Institute of Health Professions maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 clock hours for continuing education credits.
1.0 IPCE Credit
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.