McLean Psychiatry Grand Rounds 2026: Jakab Lecture - Breakthrough Discoveries for Thriving with Bipolar Disorder (“BD squared”): Who We Are and What We Are Up To - October 21, 2026

Breakthrough Discoveries for Thriving with Bipolar Disorder (“BD squared”): Who We Are and What We Are Up To

Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 12 - 1 pm 

Description: 

In this presentation, Dr. Burdick will introduce the challenges that have faced researchers and clinicians alike who work in the area of bipolar disorder research and care. She will introduce a relatively new initiative in the field, called Breakthrough Discoveries for Thriving with Bipolar Disorder – known as BD-squared. She will describe the mission and the work that has been done to date, with a special focus on one arm of the initiative called the Integrated Network (IN-BD). The IN-BD is unique in that it embeds a longitudinal cohort study within a learning health network – enrolling people with bipolar disorder into a deep-phenotyping research study at sites where they also receive clinical care. This model allows for deep learning from research-grade assessment to be combined with point-of-care data collected via participating clinicians and the electronic health record. This network is designed to cut down on the time it takes for research learnings to make it to the clinic to improve care for people in near real time. Dr. Burdick will describe what progress has been made in this initiative over its first 2 years in existence and hopes to inspire more awareness and investment into this disabling condition.

SPEAKER(s)

Katherine Burdick, PhD
  Director of Research, New York State Psychiatric Institute; 
  Vice Chair of Research, Department of Psychiatry
  Diane Goldman Kemper Family Professor of Medical Psychology
  Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

Target Audience

This program is intended for:

  • Nurses
  • Psychiatrists
  • Psychologists
  • Physicians
  • Social Workers

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe the challenges in progress for research and clinical advances in bipolar disorder.
  2. Describe what the BD2 initiative seeks to do.
  3. Describe the basics of a learning health network.

Accreditation

Physicians

McLean Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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

Psychologists

McLean Hospital is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. McLean Hospital maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Participants meeting requirements will receive 1 CE credit.

Nurses

This program carries 1 contact hour. McLean Hospital is approved as a provider of continuing education to nursing by the American Nurses Association Massachusetts, which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Social Workers

For information about continuing education credit for social workers, please call 617.855.3140.

National Board for Certified Counselors

McLean Hospital is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP™) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

Course summary

Available credit: 
  • 1.00 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 IHP and Massachusetts General Hospital. IHP is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    IHP designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours

    Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 13, sections 13, 14, 14A, 15 and 15D and Chapter 112, sections 74 through 81C authorize the Board of Registration in Nursing to regulate nursing practice and education.

    This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR 5.00) for 1.00 contact hours of nursing continuing education credit. Advance practice nurses, please note: Educational activities which meet the requirements of the ACCME (such as this activity) count towards 50% of the nursing requirement for ANCC accreditation.

  • 1.00 LMHC

    MaMHCA, and its agent, MMCEP has been designated by the Board of Allied Mental Health and Human Service Professions to approve sponsors of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for licensure renewal, in accordance with the requirements of 262 CMR 1.00.

    This program has been approved for 1.00 CE credit for Licensed Mental Health Counselors MaMHCA.

    Authorization number:

  • 1.00 Social Workers

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the MGH Institute of Health Professions is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. MGH Institute of Health Professions maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 clock hours for continuing education credits.

  • 1.00 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.

  • 1.00 Psychologists CE Credit

    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 1.00 CE credit.

Registration opens: 
10/21/2026
Course closes: 
07/31/2027
Part of: 
McLean Hospital Psychiatry Department Grand Rounds 2026-2027
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Katherine Burdick, PhD

Dr. Katherine E. Burdick is the Jonathan F. Borus, MD Distinguished Chair in Psychiatry and the Vice Chair for Research in Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. She is the Director of the Mood and Psychosis Research Program at BWH and is a Professor at Harvard Medical School.  She is also a Scientific Director for the Integrated Network of the Breakthrough Discoveries for thriving with Bipolar Disorder (BD2). Dr. Burdick’s work is focused on neurocognition in major psychiatric disorders, with a specific expertise in bipolar disorder (BD). One of the first in the field to acknowledge the presence of cognitive impairment in BD, she has dedicated the past two decades to investigating the clinical, biological, neuroimaging, genetic, and functional correlates of this phenomenon. Dr. Burdick’s work has also highlighted the need to target this domain directly with treatment to promote full recovery in every patient. She has published more than 170 articles and has received several awards for her work in this area, including the prestigious Colvin Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorders Research from BBRF and the Klerman Award from the DBSA in 2023. She is a dedicated mentor and hopes to help to cultivate the next generation of researchers in the mood disorders field.

Disclosures: 

Speaker has the following financial relationships to report: Suven Life Sciences, Consultant

Available Credit

  • 1.00 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 IHP and Massachusetts General Hospital. IHP is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    IHP designates this Enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 1.00 Nursing Contact Hours

    Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 13, sections 13, 14, 14A, 15 and 15D and Chapter 112, sections 74 through 81C authorize the Board of Registration in Nursing to regulate nursing practice and education.

    This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244 CMR 5.00) for 1.00 contact hours of nursing continuing education credit. Advance practice nurses, please note: Educational activities which meet the requirements of the ACCME (such as this activity) count towards 50% of the nursing requirement for ANCC accreditation.

  • 1.00 LMHC

    MaMHCA, and its agent, MMCEP has been designated by the Board of Allied Mental Health and Human Service Professions to approve sponsors of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for licensure renewal, in accordance with the requirements of 262 CMR 1.00.

    This program has been approved for 1.00 CE credit for Licensed Mental Health Counselors MaMHCA.

    Authorization number:

  • 1.00 Social Workers

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the MGH Institute of Health Professions is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. MGH Institute of Health Professions maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 clock hours for continuing education credits.

  • 1.00 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.

  • 1.00 Psychologists CE Credit

    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. MGH Institute of Health Professions designates this activity for 1.00 CE credit.

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