The International Prodromal Research Network
Psychosis Satellite Meeting
Thursday March 26th and Friday March 27th 2009
The Manchester Grand Hyatt
San Diego, California
Program Schedule -
Thursday, March 26, 2009
- 6:00 - 8:00 pm Opening Reception
Friday, March 27, 2009
- 7:30 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast
- 8:30 - 9:00 Welcome, Introductions, and Overview
- 9:00 - 11:30 Morning Session: Neural Mechanisms of Onset of Psychosis
- 9:00 - 10:00 Keynote Address:
Alcino Silva, PhD, UCLA Department of Neurobiology
"Animal Models of Adolescent Brain Development and Neuroplasticity"
- 10:00 - 10:30 Thomas McGlashan, MD, Yale University Department of Psychiatry
"Synaptic Pruning and the Onset of Schizophrenia"
- 10:30 - 11:00 Sophia Vinogradov, MD, UCSF Department of Psychiatry
"Interventions to Enhance Plasticity and Connectivity"
- 11:00 - 11:30 General Discussion
Led by Diana Perkins, MD, University of North Carolina Department of Psychiatry
- 11:30 - 12:30 Lunch
- 12:30 - 2:30 Afternoon Session 1: Maximizing Prediction of Psychosis
- 12:30 - 1:00 Tyrone Cannon, PhD, UCLA Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry
"Predictors of Psychosis in the NAPLS Study"
- 1:00 - 1:30 Stephan Ruhrmann, MD, University of Cologne Department of Psychiatry
"Predictors of Psychosis in the EPOS Study"
- 1:30 - 2:00 Alison Yung, MD, University of Melbourne Department of Psychiatry
"Predictors of Psychosis in the EPPIC Study"
- 2:00 - 2:30 General Discussion led by Scott Woods, MD, Yale University Department of
Psychiatry
- 2:30 - 3:00 Coffee Break
- 3:00 - 5:00 Afternoon Session 2: Identifying Biomarkers
- 3:00 - 3:30 Cameron Carter, MD, UC Davis Department of Psychiatry "Cognitive
Neuroscience of the Psychosis Prodrome"
- 3:30 - 4:00 Daniel Javitt, PhD, Nathan Kline Institute"Electrophysiological Markers of
Neural Connectivity"
- 4:00 - 4:30 Elaine Walker, PhD, Emory University Department of Psychology "Stress
Hormones and Neuronal Signaling"
- 4:30 - 5:00 General Discussion led by Kristin Cadenhead, MD, UCSD Department of
Psychiatry
- 5:00 - 7:00 Joint Poster Session with Emory Cognition Meeting