This year’s American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) conference takes place December 9-13 in Hollywood, Florida. Faculty from the Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will be contributing via panels, study groups, and posters. The schedule of panels and study groups is listed below.
René Kahn, MD, PhD, left, and Dolores Malaspina, MD, MPH, MSc
Panels
Novel Technological Strategies to Assess Suicidality and Develop Suicidal Phenotypes
Co-chair: M. Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez, MD, PhD
When: Monday, 3 – 4:15 pm
Where: Diplomat 1-2
Neural Computations as Markers of Stress, Anxiety, and Trauma
Co-chair and presenter: Daniela Schiller, PhD
When: Monday, 3 – 5:30 pm; Dr. Schiller presents 4:20 – 4:55 pm
Where: Atlantic Ballroom 3
Larger-Scale Transcriptome and Epigenome Mappings, Modeling and Analyses in Developing and Diseased Human Brain
Presenters: Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD, and Kiran Girdhar, PhD
When: Tuesday, 8:30 – 11 am; Dr. Akbarian presents 8:30 – 8:40 am; Dr. Girdhar presents 9:50 – 10:25 am
Where: Atlantic Ballroom 2
Neuroimaging as a Novel Tool to Enhance the Development of Psychotherapeutic Strategies
Chair: Harold Koenigsberg, MD
When: Thursday, 8 – 8:10 am; Dr. Koenigsberg presents 8:10 – 8:45 am
Where: Diplomat 1-2
Genomic Mechanisms in the Etiology of Bipolar Disorder
Presenter: Eli Stahl, PhD
When: Thursday, 8 – 10:30 am; Dr. Stahl presents 9:20 – 9:55 am
Where: Atlantic Ballroom 2
Challenges and Solutions to Elucidating Psychiatric Disease Biology From Genomic Association Using Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Assays
Presenter: Kristen Brennand, PhD
When: Thursday, 12 – 2:30 pm; Dr. Brennand presents 12:10 – 12:45 pm
Where: Regency Ballroom 3
Study Groups
What is the Importance of Animal Models to Neuropsychiatric Disease?
Participant: Eric Nestler, MD, PhD
When: Tuesday, 8:30 – 11 am
Where: Great Hall 5
No Longer Tarred With the Same Brush? Evidence for the Therapeutic Potential of Cannabidiol: Implications for Regulatory Policy
Participant: Yasmin Hurd, PhD
When: Tuesday, 3 – 5:30 pm
Where: Atlantic Ballroom 3
Challenges and Strategies for Strengthening the Pipeline of Physician Scientists in Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Participants: René Kahn, MD, PhD, and Eric Nestler, MD, PhD
Moderator: Antonia New, MD
Co-chair: M. Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez, MD, PhD
When: Tuesday, 3 – 5:30 pm
Where: Great Hall 5
The Debate Regarding Maintenance Treatment With Antipsychotics In Schizophrenia
Participants: René Kahn, MD, PhD, and Dolores Malaspina, MD, MPH, MSc
When: Wednesday, 3 – 5:30 pm
Where: Great Hall 5