Schedule for 28 April 2009 Meeting

All lectures 35 minutes + 10 min for questions

0800-0900       Registration/Continental Breakfast

0900-0905       Conference Announcements

                      Luke Johnson PhD

0905-0915       Welcome

                      Robert Ursano MD

                      Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress

                      Professor and Chair of USU Psychiatry

0915-1000       Paul Greengard PhD + brief questions 

"p11: A predictor of vulnerability to depression"

1000-1045       Denis Pare PhD + brief question

"Role of intercalated amygdala neurons in extinction of conditioned fear responses"         

1045-1115       Coffee Break and Posters

1115-1200       Kerry Ressler MD PhD + brief questions

"Fear, Extinction and PTSD"     

1200-1230       Panel Discussion: Greengard, Pare and Ressler

                      Moderator: Denes Agoston MD PHD

                     USU Anatomy, Physiology, Genetics

1230-1330       Lunch at USU Cafeteria "Small Dinning Room"

                      Posters in Auditorium Lobby

1330-1415      Michael Meaney PhD + brief questions

"Developmental origins of vulnerability to stress"  

1415-1500       David Diamond PhD + brief questions

"Involvement of the Hippocampus and Amygdala in Traumatic Memories"  

1500-1530       Coffee Break and Travel Awardee Posters

1530-1615       Rachel Yehuda PhD + brief questions

"The role of fear in PTSD:  Physiology or Pathophysiology?"   

1615-1645        Panel Discussion: Meany, Diamond, Yehuda

                       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

2009 Speakers

Paul Greengard

David Diamond

Kerry Ressler

Denis Pare

Michael Meaney

Rachel Yehuda