Clues From Genomics: Towards New Approaches to Prevention Steven E. Hyman, M.D. Director, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Broad Institute, former NIH Director Steven E. Hyman, M.D. is Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and Director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research and a Core Faculty member at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT. From 2001 to 201...

Emerging psychosis in daily life: momentary assessment and intervention Inez Myin-Germeys Professor of Psychiatry, Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Research group Psychiatry, KU Leuven  Inez Myin-Germeys is professor of Contextual Psychiatry at KU Leuven in Belgium where she is heading the Center for Contextual Psychiatry. Prof. Myin-Germeys studied theoretical psychology at KU Leuven in Belgium, and did her PhD in Psychiatry at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, where she starte...

Lessons Learned from RAISE-ETP and Strategies to Reduce DUP John M. Kane, MD Senior Vice President for Behavioral Health Services,Northwell Health; Professor and Chairman, Psychiatry,  The Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine; Chairman of Psychiatry, The Zucker Hillside Hospital   John M. Kane, MD, is Senior Vice President for Behavioral Health Services at Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, New York. He is Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry at The Hofstra Northwell School o...

It is with great sadness that we learned of the sudden and unexpected death on September 7th 2017 of Dr Larry Seidman. Dr Seidman was an internationally distinguished researcher in the development and clinical neuropsychology of schizophrenia, alongside his deep commitment to patients and humanitarian affairs.  As chair of the 11th IEPA International Conference, 'Broadening the Scope', Dr Seidman brought his characteristic energy, thoughtfulness and commitment to our preparations. In h...

Mechanisms underlying critical periods of brain development: Implications for psychiatric disorders Takao Hensch Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Professor of Neurology, Harvard University Takao K. Hensch, PhD, is joint professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School at Boston Children's Hospital, and professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard's Center for Brain Science. He currently directs the NIMH Silvio O. Conte Center at Harvard, and conducts basi...

2018 Plenary Speaker IV: "What Makes Trauma Traumatic... and for whom?" Evidence from longitudinal studies Helen Fisher Senior Lecturer, Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London   Dr Helen L. Fisher is a Senior Lecturer and MQ Fellow based in the Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, UK. She has an interdi...

2018 Plenary Speaker III: Sculpting the teenage brain - neuroscience and behaviour Edward T. Bullmore University of Cambridge Head of the Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge, UK   Ed Bullmore, MB, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, FMedSci, trained in medicine at the University of Oxford and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London; then in psychiatry at the Bethlem Royal & Maudsley Hospital, London. He moved to Cambridge as Professor of Psychiatry in 1999 and is currently Co-Chair of Cambridge Neu...

2018 Plenary Speaker II: Adolescence Social Cognition and Development Sarah-Jayne Blakemore University College London Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience London, UK Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL. She is Leader of the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Group and Deputy Director of the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience. Her group's research focuses on brain development in human adolescence. Professor Blakemore studied Experimental Psychol...