UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry 50th Anniversary Symposium
Honoring Department Accomplisments in Research, Education, and Clinical Services.
Presentations
Day 1: Major Mental Disorders - Thursday, April 4, 2019
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Igor Grant, MD and Robert Anthenelli, MD
- Video clip of Lew Judd, MD taken from Department Historical Video
- Arnold Mandell, MD original view of department's research program
- Sam Barondes, MD original view of the department
- Mark Geyer: Translating behavior dimensions across species and disorders
- David Braff: Endophenotypes in schizophrenia: Illuminating the genotype to phenotype gap
- Neal Swerdlow: Neural circuit regulation of sensorimotor gating across species
- Kristin Cadenhead: Early identification, prediction, and intervention in prodromal psychosis
- Schizophrenia Research Discussion Panel
- Murray Stein: Getting Past Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Sonia Ancoli-Israel: Roles of sleep, circadian rhythms, and fatigue in breast cancer
- Victoria Risbrough: Translational strategies to understand biological mechanisms of PTSD risks and novel treatments
- Sonya Norman: Novel psychotherapy treatments for PTSD and related problems
- Research on Mood, Anxiety, Stress and Sleep Discussion Panel
- Sandra A. Brown: Alcohol and drug effects on adolescent development
- Igor Grant: Clearing the smoke on medical marijuana: The Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research
- Robert Anthenelli: Nicotine, the forgotten epidemic
- Marc Schuckit: Using alcohol-related endophenotypes to study the course and prevention of heavy drinking and alcohol use disorders
- Research on Alcohol, Drugs, and Related Conditions Discussion Panel
Day 2: Cross Cutting Research - Friday, April 5, 2019
Research on Neuropsychology, AIDS and Aging
- Dilip Jeste: Psychoneuroplasticity of aging
- Robert Heaton: HIV associated neurocognitive disease in the US and internationally: Detection and clinical significance
- Cris Achim: Aging with HIV: At the crossroads
- Elizabeth Twamley: Cognitive training to improve functioning across the diagnostic spectrum
- Neuropsychology, AIDS, and Aging Discussion Panel
- Larry Squire: The cognitive neuroscience of memory
- Arpi Minassian: What the body can tell us about the brain: Using physiology to understand neuropsychiatric diagnoses
- Jared Young: Forward and reverse translational research to delineate neural underpinnings of cognitive dysfunction in psychiatric disorders
- Mark Mayford: The search for a fear memory engram
- Memory & Cognition and Motivation Discussion Panel
Research on Imaging across Disorders
- Walter Kaye: Is anorexia nervosa an eating disorder
- Martin Paulus: Using fMRI to predict relapse in methamphetamine use disorder
- Susan Tapert: Do alcohol and cannabis affect adolescent brain development: Insights from neuroimaging
- Imaging Research across Disorders Panel
- John Kelsoe: Understanding bipolar disorder through genetics
- Abraham Palmer: Genetic basis of substance use disorders
- Jonathan Sebat: From gene discoveries to personalized treatment in autism spectrum disorders
- Lilia Iakoucheva: Using stem cell models to investigate autism spectrum disorders
- Research on Psychiatric Genetics Discussion Panel
Day 3: Education & Clinical Care - Saturday, April 6, 2019
- Igor Grant and Sidney Zisook: Welcome
- Daniel Sewell: Opening Plenary
- Patricia Judd: Evolution of Clinical Services: From Asylum to Community
- Sonia Ancoli-Israel: Gender and Academic Success - a personal journey
- Steve Koh: Contributions to the community
- Steve Shuchter and Desiree Shapiro: Discussion of TED talks
- William Perry: Panel 1 - Clinical programs: a developmental perspective
- David Folsom: Panel 2 - Clinical programs: widening horizons
- David Braff: Mentoring
- Carla Marienfeld: Prevention of Burnout through Motivational Interviewing
- Maria Tiamson-Kassab and Stee Ornish: Discussion of TED talks
- Alana Iglewicz: Panel 3 - Educational programs - Then and Now
- Lauren Brookman-Frazee: Fellowships - Then and Now
- David Janowsky and Mariel Janowsky: Closing Comments and Discussion
Concert by Richard Kogan
Psychiatrsit and pianst Dr. Richard Kogan gave a presentation that explored the impact of psychological forces and psychiatric illness on the creative output of the great American composer George Gershwin. The program included performances of Gershwin masterpieces including Rhapsody in Blue and Porgy and Bess.
Richard Kogan has a distinguished career both as a concert pienist and as a psychiatrist. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and Artistic Director of the Weill Cornell Music and Medicine Program, he has been praised for his "eloquent, compelling, and exquisite playing" by the New York Times, and the Boston Globe wrote that, "Kogan has somehow managed to excel at the world's two most demanding professions."
Golden Anniversary Fund
As we remember our bright past, we invite you to help shape our brilliant future together. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Department of Psychiatry please consider giving to the Golden Anniversary Fund. Your support will help us respond to our greatest needs and most ambitious goals.