NNDC 2014 Annual Conference
Depressions and Bipolar Illnesses: Accelerating Dissemination of Innovations
Draft Agenda
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Topic
Welcome
Time
8:30 – 8:45 AM
Topic 1:
Novel Treatments
& Dissemination
Models : Focus on
Peripheral-Central
Interactions
60 Minutes
8:45 – 9:45 AM
8:45 – 9:05
9:05 – 9:25
9:45 – 9:45
Coffee break
Topic 2:
Novel Treatments &
Dissemination
Models : Focus on
Dimensions/Targets
60 Minutes
Topic 3:
New Biomarkers and
Techniques in
Depression
45 Minutes
Presenter/Presentation Title(s)
Anand Kumar, MD
Department Head, University of Illinois at Chicago
Pat Rinvelt, MBA
Executive Director, National Network of Depression Centers
Facilitator: Sanjay Mathew, MD
Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Panelist 1: Michael Terman, PhD
Professor of Clinical Psychology (in Psychiatry), Columbia University
Antidepressant Chronotherapy: Light/Dark and Sleep/Wake Maneuvers
Panelist 2: Ian Cook, MD
Professor in Residence, Psychiatry and Bioengineering, University of
California, Los Angeles
Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation: Preclinical, Imaging, and Human Trials
Data
Panelist 3: Andrew H. Miller, MD
William P. Timmie Professor of Psychiatric and Behavioral Sciences,
Director of Psychiatric Oncology at the Winship Cancer Institute,
Emory University School of Medicine
Inflammation as a Mechanism and a Marker in Depressive Disorders
9:45 – 10:00 AM
10:00 – 11:00 AM Facilitator: Holly Wilcox, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Johns
Hopkins University
10:00 – 10:20
Panelist 1: Bruce Cuthbert, PhD
Director, National Institute of Mental Health Division of Adult
Translational Research and Treatment Development (DATR)
RDoC and Internalizing Disorders
10:20 – 10:40
Panelist 2: Carlos Zarate, MD
Chief, Section on the Neurobiology and Treatment of Mood Disorders
and Chief of Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch
(ETPB), National Institute of Mental Health
Glutamatergic Based Treatments for Treatment-Resistant Depression
10:40 – 11:00
Panelist 3: Alan Schatzberg, MD
Kenneth T. Norris, Jr. Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Stanford University
New Antidepressants
11:00 – 11:45 AM Facilitator: Jimmy Potash, MD, MPH
Paul W. Penningroth Chair, Professor and Head, Department of
Psychiatry, Iowa University
Rudolf Uher, MD
Associate Professor, Dalhousie University
Second Annual David Mrazek Memorial Lecture
Genomic and Clinical Predictors of Therapeutic Response to
Antidepressant Medication
Lunch
Topic 4: Keynote
60 Minutes
11:45 – 12:30 PM
12:30-1:30 PM
Concurrent Sessions
Topic 5A:
Neural Mechanisms of
Depression and
Response to
Treatment
75 Minutes
1:30 – 2:45 PM
1:30 – 1:55
1:55 – 2:20
2:20 – 2:45
Concurrent Sessions
Topic 5B:
Suicide Prevention
75 Minutes
1:30 – 2:45 PM
1:30 – 1:55
1:55 – 2:20
2:20 – 2:45
Break
Concurrent Sessions
Topic 6A:
Task Group
Presentations
60 Minutes
2:45 – 3:00 PM
3:00 – 4:00 PM
3:00 – 3:20
3:20 – 3:40
3:40 – 4:00
Facilitator: Anand Kumar, MD
Department Head, University of Illinois at Chicago
Keynote: Tom Insel, MD
Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
From Practice to Research
Facilitator: K. Luan Phan, MD
Director of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Clinical and Research
Programs, University of Illinois at Chicago
Panelist 1: Scott Langenecker , PhD
Director of Cognitive Neuroscience Center, University of Illinois at
Chicago
Control and Emotion Dysfunction in MDD and Changes with Treatment
Panelist 2: Holly Lisanby, MD
Chair, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
Magnetic Seizure, Magnetic Stimulation Therapy
Panelist 3: Amit Etkin, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford
School of Medicine
Brain Circuits as Mechanisms and Treatment Targets in Affective
Disorders
Facilitator: John Greden, MD
Executive Director, University of Michigan Depression Center
Panelist 1: William Coryell, MD
George Winokur Professor of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Carver
College of Medicine
Esketamine
Panelist 2: Robert Gibbons, PhD
Professor, Departments of Medicine & Health Studies (Biostatistics), The
University of Chicago
Antidepressants and Suicide
Panelist 3: Ghanshyam Pandey, PhD
Director of Mood Disorders and Suicide Research, University of Illinois at
Chicago
Neuroimmune Markers in Depression and Suicide
Coffee break
Facilitator: Pauline Maki, PhD
Director of Women’s Mental Health Research, University of Illinois at
Chicago
Task group 1: Women & Mood – Sandra Weiss, RN, PhD
Professor and Eschbach Endowed Chair in Mental Health, University of
California, San Francisco
and Heather Flynn, PhD
Vice Chair for Research, Florida State University
Towards a Sea Change to Accelerate the Impact of Perinatal Depression
Research
Task group 2: College Mental Health – Michelle Riba, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
and Daniel Kirsch, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical
School
Recent Advances in College Mental Health
Task group 3 - ECT- Adriana Hermida, MD
Concurrent Sessions
Topic 6B:
Novel Treatments and
Dissemination: Focus
on Lifespan
Implementation
60 Minutes
3:00 – 4:00 PM
3:00 – 3:20
3:20 – 3:40
3:40 – 4:00
Adjourn
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory
University School of Medicine
Development and Validation of Brief Neurocognitive Battery for Patients
Receiving ECT
Facilitator: Mustafa Husain, MD
Clinical Professor, University of Texas Southwestern
Panelist 1: Andy Nierenberg, MD
Director, Bipolar Clinic and Research Program, Massachusetts General
Hospital
Building the PCORI Mood Patient Powered Network (PPRN): Lessons and
Opportunities from an Audacious Project
Panelist 2: Erika Forbes, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh
Prediction of Illness Occurrence in High Risk Youth
Panelist 3: Michael Thase, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine University of
Pennsylvania
An Update on New Antidepressants
4:00 PM
Friday, October 24, 2014
Topics
State of the Network
Time
8:30 – 9:15 AM
Concurrent Sessions
Topic 9A:
Induced Pluripotent
Stem Cells (iPSC) Taking Functional
Models to
Personalized
Treatment
60 Minutes
9:15 – 10:15 AM
9:15 – 9:35
9:35 – 9:55
9:55 – 10:15
Concurrent Sessions
Topic 9B: TBD
Break
Concurrent Sessions
Topic 10A:
concurrent Session Workgroup specific
presentations
75 Minutes
Speakers
Chair: John Greden, MD
Executive Director, University of Michigan Depression Center
Pat Rinvelt, MBA
Executive Director, National Network of Depression Centers
Facilitator: Melvin McInnis, MD
Director of Prechter Bipolar Research Programs, University of Michigan
Panelist 1: Roy Perlis, MD, MSC
Directory, Center for Experimental Drugs and Diagnostics,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Screening at the Level of New Compounds
Panelist 2: Melvin McInnis, MD
Director of Prechter Bipolar Research Programs, University of Michigan
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Models for Personalizing Treatment
Panelist 3: Guo-Li Ming, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
Testing Specific Personalized Interventions
9:15 – 10:15 AM
10:30 - 11:45 AM
10:30 – 10:55
10:55 – 11:20
Coffee break
Facilitator: Scott Langenecker , PhD
Director of Cognitive Neuroscience Center, University of Illinois at
Chicago
Panelist: Karen Swartz, PhD
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Challenges in Adolescent Treatment of Depression and Mood Disorders
Task group 1: rTMS – Holly Lisanby, MD
Chair, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
and Irving Reti, MBBS
Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University
11:20 – 11:45
Concurrent Sessions
Topic 10B:
Concurrent Session
NNDC Patient Registry
Innovations
75 Minutes
10:30 – 11:45 AM
10:30 – 10:55
10:55 – 11:20
11:20 – 11:45
Topic 11:
Translational Models
for Depression:
Anhedonia as a Target
75 Minutes
11:45 – 1:00 PM
11:45 – 12:10
12:10 – 12:35
12:35 – 1:00
Boxed Lunch
Topic 12:
Hot Topics,
Partnerships,
Networking
Discussions
1:00 PM
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Adjourn
3:00 PM
Update from the rTMS Task Group
Task group 3: Geriatrics – Brent Forester, MD, MSc
Director, Geriatric Mood Disorders Research Program, McLean Hospital,
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Susan Lehmann, MD
Director, Geriatric Psychiatry Day Hospital Program and Clinic, Johns
Hopkins Hospital
An Update on Geriatric Bipolar Disorder: Problems, Progress and
Potential
Facilitator: Pat Rinvelt, MBA
Executive Director, National Network of Depression Centers
Panelist 1: David Katzelnick, MD
Chair, Division of Integrated Behavioral Health, Mayo Clinic
Panelist 2: Peter Zandi, PhD
Director, Psychiatric Epidemiology Training Program, Johns Hopkins
University
Panelist 4: Robert Gibbons, PhD
Professor, Departments of Medicine & Health Studies, The University of
Chicago
The Future of Mental Health Measurement
Task group- Telehealth – Jay Shore, MD
Associate Professor, University of Colorado, Denver
and Noah Degaetano, MD
Clinical Instructor, Stanford University
Applications of Technology in Depression Treatment, Current and
Emerging Practices
Facilitator: Stewart Shankman, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Illinois
at Chicago
Panelist 1: Suzanne Haber, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of
Rochester Medical Center
The circuit of reward and value: linking connectivity to function and
disease
Panelist 2: Diego Pizzagalli, PhD
Director, Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research, Director,
Neuroimaging Center, McLean Hospital
Wanting, Liking, and Subcortical Bottom-Up Networks
Panelist 3: Thomas Schlaepfer, MD
Professor, University Bonn, Bonn Germany
Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment Resistant Depression
New This Year
Join colleagues in facilitated breakout sessions to explore:
 Hot New Findings
 Fundraising Strategies
 Partnership Opportunities
And Participate in:
 Investigator Meetings
 Task Group Networking
 Board Member Discussion
Accreditation Statement:
This activity is jointly sponsored by University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago and the National Network of
Depression Centers.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation
council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of Illinois College of
Medicine at Chicago and the National Network of Depression Centers. The University of Illinois College of Medicine at
Chicago is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 9.5 AMA PRA
Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in
the activity.