This symposium will explore groundbreaking scientific advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental health disorders.
Advance registration required: mcgovern.science/2024symposium
If you plan on attending virtually, the link will be shared the week of the event.

Symposium Schedule:

9:00 AM - John Gabrieli and Niall Boyce; Welcoming Remarks

9:15 AM - John Gabrieli; Grover Hermann Professor, Health Sciences & Technology,
Brain & Cognitive Sciences, MIT; Investigator, McGovern Institute, MIT;
Director, Open Learning, MIT; Director, Integrated Learning Initiative, MIT
How can science serve psychiatry to enhance mental health?

9:45 AM - Niall Boyce; Head of Mental Health Field Building, Wellcome Trust
Anum Farid; Senior Research Manager, Mental Health Field Building, Wellcome Trust
Tayla McCloud; Research Manager, Mental Health Translation, Wellcome Trust
Wellcome Mental Health: An introduction to Wellcome's mental health strategy & funding remit

11:00 AM - Coffee Break; Atrium

11:15 AM - Dina Katabi; Thuan and Nicole Pham Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT-CSAIL
Using AI for measuring the brain, its diseases, and response to therapies

12:00 PM - Jordan Smoller; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Director, Center for Precision Psychiatry, MGH
Precision psychiatry: prospects and challenges 

12:45 PM - Lunch Break; Atrium

1:30 PM - John Krystal; Robert L. McNeil Jr. Professor of Translational Research, Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine;
Chief of Psychiatry, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Linking depression pathophysiology to the mechanism of action of ketamine and “next generation” treatments

2:15 PM - Lightning Talks; Moderated by Dost Ongur; William P. and Henry B. Test Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Psychotic Disorders Division, McLean Hospital

• A. Eden Evins, Cox Family Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Founding Director, Center for Addiction Medicine, MGH; Director, Faculty Development, Dept of Psychiatry, MGH

  • Using fNIRS and machine learning to detect impairment from THC intoxication at an individual level: The science underpinning commercial applications in employment and law enforcement settings

• Christian Webb, Associate Professor, Psychology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Treatment and Etiology of Depression in Youth Lab, McLean Hospital

  • Leveraging smartphones for the detection of and scalable interventions for depressive symptoms in adolescents

• Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli, Professor of Psychology, Director of Biomedical Imaging Center, Northeastern University; Research Scientist, Dept of Psychiatry, MGH

  • Personalized network based neurofeedback & neuromodulation in psychiatric disorders

• Virginie-Anne Chouinard, Director of Research, OnTrack Program for First Episode Psychosis, McLean Hospital; Staff Psychiatrist, Psychotic Disorders Division, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School

  • Targets for metabolic interventions: Insulin and energy metabolism in psychotic disorders

• Martha C. Tompson, Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University

  • Engaging context:  Family-based treatment for youth depression

3:20 PM - Closing Remarks

5:00 PM - Reception; Atrium