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