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
9:30-10:15am: Discussion
10:15-10:45am: (break)
10:45-11:45am: Fred H. Gage, PhD Modeling age-related diseases: Induced Neurons (iN) reflect the age of the donor.
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
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
9:30 – 10:15am: Discussion
10:15 – 11:15am: Student-Presenter Breakout Discussions
11:15am – 12:15pm: Erika Forbes, PhD Neural Reward Systems as a Mechanism and Treatment Target in Adolescent Depression
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.
- Speaker TBA – Room 1170
- Speaker TBA – Room 1260
- Speaker TBA– Room 1145
- Speaker TBA – Orchard View Room 3rd Floor (elevator)
- Ned Kalin, MD– Mesozoic Garden East (atrium just outside the main Forum)
- Richard J. Davidson, PhD– HF DeLuca Forum