0800-0900 Registration/Continental Breakfast
0900-0915 Welcome
Robert Ursano MD
Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Professor and Chair of USU Psychiatry
0915-1000 Michael Davis PhD + brief questions
"Role of NMDA Receptors in Extinction: Implications for PTSD Therapy"
1000-1045 Robert Adamec PhD + brief question
"Mechanism of Lasting Change in Anxiety Produced by Severe Stress in Animals"
1045-1115 Coffee Break and Travel Awardee Posters
1115-1200 Anthony Grace PhD + brief questions
"Amygdala, Stress, and the Pathophysiology of Psychiatric Disorders"
1200-1230 Panel Discussion: Davis, Adamec and Grace
Moderator: Col Charles Engel MD MPH
USU Psychiatry
1230-1330 Lunch at USU Cafeteria and Travel Award Posters
1330-1415 Ronald Duman PhD + brief questions
"Neurotrophic Actions of Stress and Antidepressant Treatment"
1415-1500 Regina Sullivan PhD + brief questions
"The Ontogeny of Fear and Amygdala"
1500-1530 Coffee Break and Travel Awardee Posters
1530-1615 Arieh Shalev MD + brief questions
"Different Effects of Early Exposure and Cognitive Therapies on Fear and Avoidance"
1615-1645 Panel Discussion: Duman, Sullivan and Shalev
Moderator LTC David Benedek MD
USU Psychiatry
1645-1700 Closing Remarks and
Presentation of Travel Awards
Robert Ursano MD
Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Professor and Chair of USU Psychiatry
