PART 3 / CH 97
2001 MGH Psychopharmacology Spring Lecture Series
The 2001 MGH Psychopharmacology Spring Lecture Series:
Psychiatry in the Post-Genome Era
Except where noted, all lectures take place from 12-1pm on Fridays in the Lower Auditorium of the Clinics Building.
The 3/15 and 4/19 lectures will take place from 12-1pm on Thursday in the Ether Dome, as part of the Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds series.
| 3/15* | Genetic Counseling in Psychiatry Bruce Korf, MD, PhD Medical Director, Partners Center for Human Genetics Associate Professor of Neurology, HMS | 4/27 | The Genomic Approach to Candidate Genes in Psychiatry Pamela Sklar, MD, PhD Instructor in Psychiatry, HMS/MGH Visiting Scientist, Whitehead Institute for Genome Research |
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| 3/23 | The Genetics of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Elliot Gershon, MD Foundations Fund Professor and Chairman, University of Chicago Department of Psychiatry | 5/4 | (TBA) |
| 3/30 | The Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease: Current Findings, Clinical Implications Deborah Blacker, MD, ScD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, HMS Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, HSPH | 5/11 | (No lecture: APA week) |
| 4/6 | (TBA) | 5/18 | Schizophrenia and Schizotaxia Ming Tsuang, MD, PhD Stanley Cobb Professor of Psychiatry, HMS Director, Harvard Institute of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics Massachusetts Mental Health Center |
| 4/13 | The Genetics of ADHD Stephen Faraone, PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry, HMS Massachusetts Mental Health Center Co-Editor, Neuropsychiatric Genetics | 5/25 | The Genetics of Anxiety Disorders Jordan Smoller, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, HMS Director of the Psychiatric Genetics Program in Mood and Anxiety Disorders, MGH |
| 4/19* | Pharmacogenomics, Academia and Industry David Pickar, MD Chief Science Officer, Comprehensive NeuroScience, Inc. Formerly Chief, Experimental Therapeutics Branch, NIMH | 6/1 | Knockout Mice in Psychiatry Schahram Akbarian, MD, PhD Instructor in Psychiatry, HMS / MGH |
CME Credits Available – Contact Dr. Roy Perlis (724-5600) for details