This year’s Society of Biological Psychiatry conference takes place virtually April 29-May 1. The schedule of talks from Mount Sinai’s faculty is listed below.
Thursday, April 29
Irritability Partly Accounts for the Association Between Pain and Depression: Findings From the EMBARC and STRIDE Studies and the VitalSign6 Project
Presenter: Manish Jha, MD
When: 5:15-5:30pm (Central Time)
Neurons from PTSD combat veterans (MAP2=magenta, GFAP=yellow, DNA=white). Image courtesy of Michael Breen, PhD.
Friday, April 30
Inflammation and PTSD From the Macro to Microscale
Presenter: Michael Breen, PhD
When: 4:30-6:30pm (Central Time)
Advancing Treatment of Substance Use Disorders Through Computational Modeling
Presenter: Xiaosi Gu, PhD
When: 4:30-6:30pm (Central Time)
Irritability and Aggression in Psychiatric Illnesses: Translational Approaches in Identifying Novel Mechanisms and Treatment Targets
Chair: Manish Jha, MD
Presenter: Scott Russo, PhD
When: 4:30-6:30pm (Central Time)
Maternal Psychiatric Diagnosis and Comorbidities Around Pregnancy
Presenter: Vahe Khachadourian, MD, PhD
When: 5:45-6:00pm (Central Time)
An image from Dr. Frangou’s presentation.
Saturday, May 1
That’s a Wrap: Identifying Myelin as a Treatment Target in Psychosis Across Multiple Scales of Resolution
Presenter: Sophia Frangou, MD, PhD
When: 1:30-3:30pm (Central Time)
Bipolar Disorder: New Biological Insight and Potential Clinical Relevance From Large-Scale Genetic Studies
Presenter: Niamh Mullins, PhD
When: 1:30-3:30pm (Central Time)
Getting Motivated in Stressful Times
Presenter: Ming Hu Han, PhD
When: 5:00-7:00pm (Central Time)