Amygdala, Stress and PTSD Conference
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD
The Amygdala Conference
4301 Jones Bridge Rd
Bethesda, MD 20814
Info
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Schedule for 26 April 2011 Meeting
All lectures 35 minutes + 10 min for questions
0800-0900 Registration / Breakfast
Session #1 - Small Table Discussion Groups
0900-0905 Conference Announcements
Luke Johnson, PhD
0905-0915 Welcome and Introduction
Robert Ursano, MD
Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Professor and Chair of USU Psychiatry
0915-1000 Session #2 - Elizabeth Phelps + brief questions
"Changing Fear"
1000-1045 Session # 3 - Donald Rainnie + brief questions
"Losing Control: Stress Modulation of Fear
Circuits"
1045-1115 Coffee Break
Session #4 - Poster Review
1115-1145 Session # 5 - Panel Discussion: Phelps and Rainnie
Moderator: COL David Benedek
1145-1245 Lunch at USU Cafeteria, Small Dining Room
Poster Reviews in the Auditorium Lobby
1245-1330 Session # 6 - Murray Raskind + brief questions
"Norephinephrine, Prazosin and the
Pharmacother-apies of Combat Operations PTSD"
1330-1415 Session # 7 - Mark George + brief questions
"Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Emotional
Regulation"
1415-1445 Coffee Break and Posters
1445-1530 Session # 8 - Daniel Pine + brief questions
"Developmental Approaches to Anxiety:
Neuroscience and Therapeutics"
1530-1600 Session # 9 -Panel Discussion: Raskind and Pine
Moderator: Dr. Edmund Howe
1600-1615 Closing Remarks & Presentation of Travel Awards
Robert Ursano, MD
Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Professor and Chair of USU Psychiatry
Elizabeth Phelps
- PhD in Psychology
- Prof of Psychology
& Neuroscience,
New York University
Donald Rainnie, PhD
- PhD in Pharmacology
- Associate Professor, Emory University
Murray Raskind, MD
- Professor & Vice Chair, Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences,
Univ of Washington
- Director, Mental Health Service & Mental Illness Research, Education & Clinical Center,
VA Puget Sound
Health Care System
Mark George, MD
- Distinguished Prof of Psychiatry, Radiology & Neurosciences,
Medical Univ. of S. Carolina
Daniel Pine, MD
- Chief, Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, Mood & Anxiety Disorders Program, Nat'l Institutes of Health
Moderators
COL David Benedek
- US Army
- Prof and Deputy Chair, Dept of Psychiatry
- Scientist, CSTS
Dr. Edmund G. Howe
- Prof, Dept of Psychiatry
- Director, Programs in Ethics
- Sr Scientist, CSTS
The Amygdala Conference
4301 Jones Bridge Rd
Bethesda, MD 20814
Info