This year’s American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) conference takes place virtually December 6-9. 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.
Monday, Dec. 7
Loneliness and Social Isolation in the COVID-19 Era: New Directions for Neurobiology and Mental Health Research
Concurrent Panel and Study Group Sessions
When: 1:30-3:30pm
Participant: Dennis Charney, MD
Clinical High Risk (CHR) for Psychosis: Where Do We Go Next?
Concurrent Panel and Study Group Sessions
When: 1:30-3:30pm
Chair: Cheryl Corcoran, MD, MS
Participant: Yulia Landa, PsyD
Irritability: Translational and Transdiagnostic Approaches to Neural Circuitry, Development, and Treatment
When: 1:30-3:30pm
Presenter: Manish Jha, MD
Aggression: Gaps in our Knowledge and Strategies to Enhance Research in the Field
Concurrent Panel and Study Group Sessions
When: 5:30-7:30pm
Participants: Nelly Alia-Klein, PhD; M. Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez, MD, PhD
Tuesday, Dec. 8
Sensitive Postnatal Time Windows for Prefrontal Cortical Circuit Maturation
Concurrent Panel and Study Group Sessions
When: 8:30-10:30am
Presenter: Hirofumi Morishita, MD, PhD
Functional and Systems Genomic Approaches to Psychiatric Disorders
Concurrent Panel and Study Group Sessions
When: 8:30-10:30am
Chair: Kristen Brennand, PhD
Presenter: Laura Huckins, PhD
Mobile DNA in Brain Diseases
Concurrent Mini-Panel Sessions
When: 2:30-3:30pm
Presenter: Sandhya Chandrasekaran, BS
Insight Into Sex Differences in Psychiatric Syndromes From Transcriptomic and Genomic Analyses
Concurrent Panel and Study Group Sessions
When: 5:00-7:00pm
Chair: Eric Nestler, MD, PhD
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Pipeline and Workforce of Physician-Scientists
Concurrent Panel and Study Group Sessions
When: 5:00-7:00pm
Chair: M. Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez, MD, PhD
Moderator: Antonia New, MD
Participant: René Kahn, MD, PhD
Wednesday, Dec. 9
Targeting Brain Circuits for Reward and Affect With Deep Brain Stimulation
Concurrent Panel and Study Group Sessions
When: 8:30-10:30am
Chair: Helen Mayberg, MD
Presenter: Martijn Figee, MD, PhD