Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Note: all times listed are CT
7:30 – 8:15am: Registration Check-in & Coffee/Breakfast
8:15 – 8:30am: Welcome— Ned Kalin, MD & Richard J. Davidson, PhD
8:30 – 9:30am: Alan F. Schatzberg, MD The Significance of Opioid Properties of Ketamine
SLIDES
9:30 – 10:15am: Discussion
10:15 – 10:45am: (break)
10:45 – 11:45am: Fred H. Gage, PhD Novelty seeking behavior and engram cells
SLIDES
11:45am – 12:30pm: Discussion
12:30 – 2:30pm: Lunch Break
2:30 – 3:30pm: Yasmin Hurd, PhD Unlocking the Biological Impact of Developmental Cannabis Exposure Relevant to Psychiatric Risk
SLIDES
3:30 – 4:15pm: Discussion
4:30 – 6:30pm: Poster Session and Reception
Thursday, April 17, 2025
Note: all times listed are CT
7:30 – 8:30am: Registration Check-in & Coffee/Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30am: Martin Picard, PhD Probing the Energetic Basis of Mind-Body Processes through Mitochondria
SLIDES
9:30 – 10:15am: Discussion
10:15 – 11:15am: Student-Presenter Breakout Discussions (see below)
11:15am – 12:15pm: Erika Forbes, PhD Neural Reward Systems as a Mechanism and Treatment Target in Adolescent Depression
SLIDES
12:15 – 1:00pm: Discussion
1:00pm: Closing Remarks – Ned Kalin, MD and Richard J. Davidson, PhD
Student-Presenter Breakout Discussion Sessions (Thursday 10:15 – 11:15am)
Students may select one presenter and attend their breakout discussion. Follow the signs to find their breakout room.
- Alan F. Schatzberg, MD – Room 1145
- Fred H. Gage, PhD – Room 1170
- Yasmin Hurd, PhD – Room 1260
- Erika Forbes, PhD – Orchard View Room 3rd Floor (elevator)
- Martin Picard, PhD – Mesozoic Garden East (atrium just outside the main Forum)
- Ned Kalin, MD & Richard J. Davidson, PhD– HF DeLuca Forum