This year’s American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) conference takes place December 8-11 in Orlando, Florida. Faculty from the Department of Psychiatry will be contributing via the president’s plenary, panels, study groups, and posters. The schedule of talks is listed below.

 

President’s Plenary

Cannabinoids: Addiction, Mental Health and Therapeutics

Speaker: Yasmin Hurd, PhD

When: Sunday, 8:00-11:30 am; Dr. Hurd will speak at 8:30 am on unlocking the neurobiological impact of developmental cannabis and psychiatric risk

Where: Bonnet Creek I-VI

 

Panels

Using Stem Cell Models to Explore Polygenic Risk for Psychiatric Disease

Chair and presenter: Kristen Brennand, PhD

When: Monday, 8:30-11:00 am; Dr. Brennand presents at 8:40 am on exploring synergistic effects of schizophrenia risk variants using stem cells

Where: Grand Ballroom 2

Clinical and Pre-Clinical Implications for Ion Channels in Psychiatric Disorders

Presenter: James Murrough, MD, PhD

When: Monday, 3:00-5:30 pm; Dr. Murrough presents at 4:55 pm on targeting KCNQ channels for the treatment of depression

Where: Bonnet Creek XII

Recent Advances in the Role of Social Factors in Drug addiction: Preclinical and Clinical Studies

Co-chair and presenter: Keren Bachi, PhD

When: Monday, 3:00-5:30 pm; Dr. Bachi presents at 4:20 pm on neurocircuitry of simulated social interactions in cocaine addiction: implications for real-world social competence

Where: Grand Ballroom 2

Toward Precision Psychiatry in Eating Disorders – Computational Modeling of Brain Response and Behavior for Diagnostic Classification, Disease Model Development, and Outcome Prediction

Presenter: Laura Berner, PhD

When: Tuesday, 8:30-11:00 am; Dr. Berner presents at 9:50 am on neural computations of inhibitory control after remission from bulimia nervosa

Where: Bonnet Creek VII

Neuroimmune Signaling in Mental and Physical Health: Mechanisms and Interventions

Presenter: Vilma Gabbay, MD

When: Tuesday, 8:30-11:00 am; Dr. Gabbay presents at 9:50 am on neuroimmunological correlates of reward function in youth across psychiatric conditions

Where: Bonnet Creek IX

The Power of Transdiagnostic Circuit, Physiologic, and Behavioral Data to Support and Refine Critical RDoCs Domains

Chair and presenter: Harold W. Koenigsberg, MD

When: Tuesday, 8:30-11:00 am; Dr. Koenigsberg presents at 9:50 am on examining impaired emotion regulation as a transdiagnostic domain

Where: Bonnet Creek XII

Targeting Balance Among Limbic and Cortical Networks to Prevent Suffering and Suicide

Presenter: Helen Mayberg, MD

When: Tuesday, 3:00-5:30 pm; Dr. Mayberg presents at 4:55 pm on searching for a depression switch: electrophysiological changes with initial exposure to therapeutic subcallosal cingulate DBS

Where: Bonnet Creek VII

Biomarkers in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Promise for Differentiation, Subtyping, and Treatment

Presenter: Jennifer Foss-Feig, PhD

When: Wednesday, 8:30-11:00 am; Dr. Foss-Feig presents at 9:50 am on EEG response to simple sensory stimuli as a potential biomarker for predicting outcomes and differentiating syndrome-specific profiles in autism

Where: Grand Ballroom 2

Modeling and Dissection of Decision-Making Deficits Across Mood, Anxiety, Substance, and Psychotic Disorder

Presenter: Vincenzo Fiore, PhD

When: Wednesday, 2:30-5:00 pm; Dr. Fiore presents at 3:50 pm on modelling addiction in the intersection between endophenotypes and the role of environment complexity

Where: Bonnet Creek VII

Using Genome Editing Technologies to Understand the Mechanisms of Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Presenter: Peter Hamilton, PhD

When: Wednesday, 2:30-5:00 pm; Dr. Hamilton presents at 3:50 pm on CREB-mediated activation of Zfp189 in nucleus accumbens and how it drives behavioral responses to psychostimulants, but not opiates

Where: Bonnet Creek XI

Shared Risks for Brain and Heart Across the Lifespan: Impact of Sex

Presenter: Thalia Robakis, MD, PhD

When: Wednesday, 2:30-5:00 pm; Dr. Robakis presents at 2:40 pm on multi-morbidities of insulin resistance: diabetes, dementia, and depression

Where: Bonnet Creek XII

 

Study groups

ABCD Data Use: Challenges and Opportunities for Prospective and Current ABCD Data Users

Co-chair: Muhammad Parvaz, PhD

When: Sunday, 3:00-5:30 pm

Where: Bonnet Creek X

Should MDMA and Psilocybin be Used for the Treatment of PTSD?

Co-chair and participant: Rachel Yehuda, PhD

When: Tuesday, 3:00-5:30 pm

Where: Bonnet Creek XI

What Should the General Psychiatrist Know About Genetics?

Co-chair: Dorothy Grice, MD

Participant: Antonia New, MD

When: Tuesday, 3:00-5:30 pm

Where: Bonnet Creek X

 

Teaching Day Session

Neural-Immune Interactions

Speaker: Scott Russo, PhD

When: Wednesday, 11:30 am–1:30 pm; Dr. Russo will speak on neuroinflammatory mechanisms in depression

Where: Bonnet Creek I-VI

 

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