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Schedule

Schedule for 28 April 2009 Meeting

All lectures 35 minutes + 10 minutes for questions

0800–0900  Registration/Continental Breakfast 
0900–0905 Conference Announcements
Luke Johnson PhD
0905–0915 Welcome
Robert Ursano MD
Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Professor and Chair of USU Psychiatry
0915–1000 Paul Greengard PhD + brief questions
"p11: A predictor of vulnerability to depression"
1000–1045 Denis Pare PhD + brief question
"Role of intercalated amygdala neurons in extinction of conditioned fear responses"
1045–1115 Coffee Break and Posters
1115–1200 Kerry Ressler MD PhD + brief questions
"Fear, Extinction and PTSD"
1200–1230 Panel Discussion: Greengard, Pare and Ressler
Moderator: Denes Agoston MD PHD
USU Anatomy, Physiology, Genetics
1230–1330 Lunch at USU Cafeteria "Small Dinning Room"
Posters in Auditorium Lobby
1330–1415 Michael Meaney PhD + brief questions
"Developmental origins of vulnerability to stress"
1415–1500 David Diamond PhD + brief questions
"Involvement of the Hippocampus and Amygdala in Traumatic Memories"
1500–1530 Coffee Break and Travel Awardee Posters
1530–1615 Rachel Yehuda PhD + brief questions
"The role of fear in PTSD: Physiology or Pathophysiology?"
1615–1645 Panel Discussion: Meany, Diamond, Yehuda
Moderator LTC David Benedek MD, USU Psychiatry
1645–1700 Closing Remarks and Presentation of Travel Awards
Robert Ursano MD
Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Professor and Chair of USU Psychiatry