3rd Annual Conference on Precision Psychiatry: Innovation to Implementation

September 29, 2023 to September 30, 2023

Please Note* This program will be held Virtually via Zoom Video Livestream. All program times listed are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)


The Annual Conference on Precision Psychiatry, hosted by the MGH Center for Precision Psychiatry, is becoming a leading venue for showcasing advances in the application of precision medicine approaches to psychiatric research and clinical practice. Our Keynote Speakers will be Dr. John Krystal, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University and Chief of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Yale-New Haven Hospital and Dr. Helen Mayberg, Director of The Nash Family Center for Advanced Circuit Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The Conference will be held virtually over the course of two days: Friday, September 29th and Saturday, September 30th, 2023. The Conference is designed to cover a broad range of domains including:

  • Applications of AI & machine learning in psychiatry
  • Genomics and other omics
  • Precision therapeutics
  • Risk stratification for suicide and other important outcomes
  • mHealth and digital technologies
  • Implementation science
  • Ethics and equity

Pricing

MDs/Doctoral-Level Professionals: $300
Other Professionals: $200
Students/fellows/interns: Free


BEFORE YOU REGISTER: Important Notice

You must create an account through the MGH Psychiatry Academy to register for this event. MGH Psychiatry Academy accounts are not limited to MGH employees. We welcome attendees from around the world and from any organization. 


E-SYLLABUS


We provide all attendees with completely free access to all slide presentations in digital PDF format prior to the conference. This is an environmentally friendly alternative and helps keep costs lower for all attendees. The e-syllabus will be available for 30 days after the conference. 


Cancellation Policy

A refund minus a $100.00 administrative fee will be issued for refund requests received by October 28. 2023. Payments made may not be applied to future conferences or other educational activities. There are no exceptions to these policies.

Target Audience

This program is intended for clinicians, researchers, trainees, students, investors, industry leaders, and all those interested in mental health, healthcare innovation, and research across all geographic locations

Learning Objectives

By the end of this program, participants will be able to: 

  • Analyze the potential impact of precision psychiatry tools, outcomes, and techniques in research and clinical practice.
  • Evaluate the role of precision psychiatry in predicting treatment response and developing targeted interventions for individuals with mental health conditions.
  • Identify the key concepts, methodologies, and challenges related to the use of AI and machine learning in precision psychiatry.
  • Evaluate the value of digital technologies in improving mental health conditions for patients.
  • Discover how genomics and precision therapeutics can be utilized for personalize mental health treatments. 
  • Identify the ethical, legal, and social implications of precision psychiatry and discuss and evaluate strategies to address these issues.
  • Develop strategies to enhance collaboration among researchers, clinicians, patients, and stakeholders to advance the field of precision psychiatry.
  • Describe the importance of implementation science in the successful integration of precision psychiatry into clinical practice.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 9.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. McLean Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    McLean Hospital designates this Live activity for a maximum of 9.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 9.50 Participation

    This course allows other providers to claim a Participation Certificate upon successful completion of this course.

    Participation Certificates will specify the title, location, type of activity, date of activity, and number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ associated with the activity. Providers should check with their regulatory agencies to determine ways in which AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may or may not fulfill continuing education requirements. Providers should also consider saving copies of brochures, agenda, and other supporting documents.

  • 9.50 Psychologists CE Credit

    The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

    This offering meets the criteria for 9.50 Continuing Education (CE) credits per presentation for psychologists.

Registration opens: 
03/28/2023
Course closes: 
10/31/2023
Event starts: 
09/29/2023 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
09/30/2023 - 1:55pm EDT
Cost:
$300.00
Rating: 
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Third Annual Conference on Precision Psychiatry

Friday September 29th, 2023 - Saturday, September 30th, 2023

PROGRAM AGENDA


Please Note* This program will be held Virtually via Zoom Video Livestream. All program times listed are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)


 

DAY ONE: Friday September 29th, 2023 (12:00 PM - 4:15 PM EDT)

Time

Content

Speaker

12:00pm-12:10pm

Welcome Remarks

JORDAN W. SMOLLER, MD, ScD

Director, MGH Center for Precision Psychiatry; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Director, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit,

MGH Center for Genomic Medicine

 

& MAURIZIO FAVA, MD

Psychiatrist-in-Chief, MGH; Vice Chair, MGH Executive Committee of Research; Executive Director, MGH Clinical Trials Network & Institute

12:10pm-12:40pm

Conference Keynote

HELEN MAYBERG, MD

Director, The Nash Family Center for Advanced Circuit Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Professor, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, both at Mount Sinai Medical School, and Professor of Psychiatry, Emory University

12:40pm-1:00pm

Moderated Discussion/Q&A: HELEN MAYBERG, MD

Moderator: JORDAN W. SMOLLER, MD, ScD

1:00pm-1:05pm

Brief Section Introduction

 1:05pm- 1:50pm

The Challenge of Suicide Prevention: What can be done?

  1:05pm- 1:50pm

Panel

 

Moderator: TBD

 

Matthew Nock, PhD

Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, Harvard College Professor, Chair, Department of Psychology, Harvard University

Seth Feuerstein, MD, JD

Lecturer in Psychiatry; Faculty Advisor Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Asst Clin Professor of Psychiatry; Yale University Center for Biomedical and Interventional Technology

Christine Moutier, MD

Chief Medical Officer American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

1:50pm – 2:10pm

BREAK

2:10pm - 2:15pm

Brief Section Introduction

2:15pm - 3:25pm

Ethical Implementation of AI in Medicine and Behavioral Health

2:15pm - 2:40pm

Andrew Beam, PhD

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology Department, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

2:40pm - 3:05pm

Marzyeh Ghassemi, PhD

Assistant Professor at MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and Institute for Medical Engineering & Science (IMES)

  3:05pm - 3:25pm

Moderated Discussion/Q&A: TBD

 3:25pm- 4:10pm

Priorities and Opportunities for the Next 5 Years

 3:25 pm- 4:10pm

Panel

 

Moderator: TBD

 

Magali Haas, MD, PhD

Chair, CEO and President of Cohen Veterans Bioscience

Ken Duckworth, MD

Chief Medical Officer National Alliance on Mental Illness

Miranda Wolpert, MBE

Director of Mental Health at Wellcome

John Torous, MD, MBI

Director of the Digital Psychiatry Division, Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BDIMC)

  4:10pm-4:15pm

Closing Remarks

    

 

 

DAY TWO: Saturday, September 30th, 2023 (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT)

Time

Content

Speaker

9:00am-9:10am

Welcome Remarks

JORDAN W. SMOLLER, MD, ScD

Director, MGH Center for Precision Psychiatry; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Director, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit,

MGH Center for Genomic Medicine

 

 

  9:10am-9:40am

Conference Keynote

JOHN KRYSTAL, MD

Robert L. McNeil, Jr. Professor of Translational Research and Professor of Psychiatry, of Neuroscience, and of Psychology; Co-Director, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation; Chair, Psychiatry; Chief of Psychiatry, Yale-New Haven Hospital; Director: NIAAA Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism; Director, Clinical Neuroscience Division, VA National Center for PTSD

 

9:40am-10:00am

Moderated Discussion/Q&A: JOHN KRYSTAL, MD

Moderator: JORDAN W. SMOLLER, MD, ScD

10:00am-10:05am

Brief Section Introduction

10:05am-11:40am

Pharmacogenetics and Genomic Medicine

 10:05am-10:30am

Cathyrn Lewis, PhD

Head of Department, Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology & Statistics Kings College London

10:30am-10:55am

Laura Bierut, MD

Alumni Endowed Professor of Psychiatry, Vice Chair for Faculty Development, Psychiatry Department, Leader of Precision Medicine Function, Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences

10:55am-11:20am

Carrie Bearden, PhD

Director, Center for the Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States

11:20am-11:40am

Moderated Discussion/Q&A: TBD

11:40am-11:45am

Brief Section Introduction

11:45am-12:55pm

The Power of Big Data and Machine Learning

11:45am-12:10pm

Danilo Bzdok, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Canada CIFAR Artificial Intelligence Chair

12:10pm-12:35pm

Nikolaos Koutsouleris, MD

Research Group Leader, Max Planck Fellow Group for Precision, MPI of Psychiatry
Senior Physician, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, LMU Munich

12:35pm-12:55pm

 Moderated Discussion/Q&A: TBD

  12:55pm-1:00pm

Closing Remarks

 

Keynote Speakers:
John Krystal, MD
Helen Mayberg, MD

Speakers:
Andrew Beam, PhD
Carrie Bearden, PhD
Laura Bierut, MD
Danilo Bzdok, MD, PhD
Ken Duckworth, MD
Maurizio Fava, MD
Seth Feuerstein, MD, JD
Marzyeh Ghassemi, PhD
Magali Haas, MD, PhD
Nikolaos Koutsouleris, MD
Cathyrn Lewis, PhD
Christine Moutier, MD
Matthew Nock, PhD
Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD
John Torous, MD, MBI
Miranda Wolpert, MBE

Available Credit

  • 9.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

    This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. McLean Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    McLean Hospital designates this Live activity for a maximum of 9.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 9.50 Participation

    This course allows other providers to claim a Participation Certificate upon successful completion of this course.

    Participation Certificates will specify the title, location, type of activity, date of activity, and number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ associated with the activity. Providers should check with their regulatory agencies to determine ways in which AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ may or may not fulfill continuing education requirements. Providers should also consider saving copies of brochures, agenda, and other supporting documents.

  • 9.50 Psychologists CE Credit

    The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

    This offering meets the criteria for 9.50 Continuing Education (CE) credits per presentation for psychologists.

Price

Cost:
$300.00
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COURSE DIRECTORS/PLANNERS

Jordan Smoller, MD, ScD – Director, MGH Center for Precision Psychiatry; Director, MGH Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Professor in Epidemiology, T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health

Victoria Dobrzycki, BS – Marketing and Administrative Coordinator, MGH Center for Precision Psychiatry

Karmel Choi, PhD – Director, Precision Prevention Program at MGH Center for Precision Psychiatry; Clinical Psychologist at MGH; Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School

Ashley Seiger, MSc – Program Director, MGH Center for Precision Psychiatry