Schedule for 29 April 2008 Meeting

All lectures 35 minutes + 10 min for questions

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

2008 Speakers

Robert Adamec - Memorial 

Michael Davis - Emory

Ron Duman - Yale

Anthony Grace - Pittsburg 

Arieh Shalev - Hadassah

Regina Sullivan - Oklahoma