IEPA Conference 2012 - 8th Conference on Early Psychosis

Tyrone Cannon is the Staglin Family Professor and Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at UCLA. His research aims to discover the genetic and neural mechanisms underlying schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and to develop treatment and prevention strategies. His studies have a particular emphasis on gestational (pre- and perinatal) and adolescent periods of brain development and integrate molecular biological and neuroimaging approaches in unique populations, including twins discordant for these conditions, individuals at risk for imminent onset of psychosis, and selected members of large prospectively evaluated birth cohorts. Recent work has incorporated transgenic animal models of susceptibility genes for schizophrenia. more...

Mary Cannon trained in psychiatry at St John of God Hospital Dublin and the Institute of Psychiatry, London. She holds a Masters degree n epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and was awarded her PhD from University of London in 2002. She is Associate Professor in Psychiatry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, and is the holder of a Clinician Scientist Fellowship from the Health Research Board Ireland. Her research area of interest is developmental psychiatric epidemiology, in particular the study of childhood and adolescent risk factors for schizophrenia such as obstetric complications, developmental delay and cannabis use, and the interaction of environmental and genetic risk factors for psychosis. Her current research programme focuses on psychotic-like experiences in childhood and adolescence which she believes can inform us about the risk trajectory to later psychotic illnesses and could provide a significant opportunity for prevention. more...

Howard H. Goldman, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Goldman received joint M.D. - M.P.H. degrees from Harvard University in 1974 and a Ph.D. in social policy research from the Heller School at Brandeis University in 1978. He is the author or co-author of 300 publications in the professional literature. Dr. Goldman is the editor of Psychiatric Services, a mental health services research and policy journal published monthly by the American Psychiatric Association. He also serves on the editorial boards of several more...

John M. Kane, MD is Vice President for Behavioral Health Services of the North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System and Chairman of Psychiatry at The Zucker Hillside Hospital. He is Chairman of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry and Molecular Medicine at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine. Dr. Kane received his B.A. from Cornell University and his M.D. from the New York University School of Medicine. He currently directs the NIMH-funded Advanced Center for Interventions and Services Research in Schizophrenia at The Zucker Hillside Hospital. He has been a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for NIMH, and he has served on the council of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. He has chaired the NIMH Psychopathology and Psychobiology Review Committee as well as the Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration. more...

Dr. Lewis is the UPMC Endowed Professor in Translational Neuroscience and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh; Director of the Translational Neuroscience Program; and Medical Director and Director of Research, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. He also serves as Director of an NIMH Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders, which is focused on understanding the role of prefrontal cortical dysfunction in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. He received his medical degree from the Ohio State University, completed residencies in internal medicine and in psychiatry at the University of Iowa, and received his research training at the Research Institute of the Scripps Clinic. more...

Patrick McGorry is currently Professor of Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, Clinical Director of ORYGEN Youth Health, and Executive Director of the ORYGEN Research Centre. ORYGEN’s 250 clinical and research staff provide leading expertise in early psychosis, mood, substance use, and personality disorders. more...

Tony Morrison is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester and is also Associate Director for Early Intervention at Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust. He has published over 80 articles on cognitive therapy for psychosis and experimental studies of cognitive processes in psychosis, including an influential cognitive model of psychosis, and has conducted several treatment trials of cognitive therapy for psychosis and for people at high risk of psychosis. He has also published several treatment manuals. more...

Dr. Vinogradov is Interim Vice-Chair and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, the Co-Director for Research at the Prodrome Assessment, Research, and Treatment Program at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, and the Associate Chief of Mental Health Services for Research and Education at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. She was also an inaugural member of the Academy of Medical Educators at UCSF more...

Elaine Walker is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology at Emory University. She leads a research laboratory that is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health to study risk factors for major mental illness. Her research is focused on child and adolescent development and the biomaturational changes that are associated with adolescence. She has published over 200 scientific articles and six books dealing with mental health and neuroscience. Dr. Walker also teaches graduate and undergraduate courses at Emory. more...