2nd Annual Conference on Precision Psychiatry: Innovation to Implementation

November 2, 2022 to January 13, 2023

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. Kelsey Martin, Director of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI), and Dr. Thomas Insel, former Director of NIMH and author of Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health (Penguin Press, 2022). The Conference will be held virtually over the course of two days: Wednesday, November 2nd and Thursday, November 3rd, 2022. 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

Registration: $200
Students and Trainees: 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. 

Course summary
Registration opens: 
06/20/2022
Course closes: 
04/15/2024
Event starts: 
11/02/2022 - 1:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
01/13/2023 - 2:30pm EST
Cost:
$200.00
Rating: 
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day 1
1:00pm-1:10pmWelcome Remarks
Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD & Maurizio Fava, MD
1:10pm-1:40pmConference Keynote
Thomas Insel, MD Former Director of NIMH; Author of Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health (Penguin Press, 2022)
1:40pm-2:00pmModerated Discussion/Q&A
Thomas Insel, MD
Moderator: Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD

2:00pm-3:30pm

Session: Leveraging Healthcare Data for Precision Medicine
Session Chair: Colin Walsh
2:00pm-2:30pmLea Davis, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Informatic, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2:30pm-3:00pmNigam Shah, PhD Professor of Medicine, Stanford University; Associate Dean and Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University School of Medicine
3:00pm-3:30pmModerated Discussion/Q&A
Lea Davis, PhD, Nigam Shah, PhD
Moderator: Colin Walsh, MD, MA, FAMIA
3:30pm-3:50pmBREAK

3:50pm-4:20pm

Session: Therapeutics: The Role of Academia and Industry in Advancing Precision Psychiatry
Session Chair: Jerrold Rosenbaum, MD
3:50pm-4:20pmPanel
Jenny Barnett, PhD
 Chief Executive Officer, Monument Therapeutics; Chief Scientific Officer, Five Lives; Honorary Research Fellow in Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge;
David Olson, PhD Chief Innovation Officer and Head of the Scientific Advisory Board, Delix Therapeutics; Associate Professor, University of California Davis;
Morgan Sheng, PhD Core Institute Member and Co-Director of Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Moderator: Jerrold Rosenbaum, MD

4:20pm-5:20pm

Session: Precision Treatment Stratification and Pharmacogenetics
Session Chair: Roy Perlis, MD, MSc
4:20pm-4:50pmChad Bousman, PhD CEO/Founder, Sequence2Script Inc.; Associate Professor, University of Calgary
4:50pm-5:20pmKatherine Scangos, MD, PhD Medical Director of Neumora
5:20pm-5:30pmClosing Remarks
Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD
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9:00am-9:10amWelcome Remarks
Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD
9:10am-9:40amConference Keynote:
Kelsey Martin, MD, PhD Director of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI), Professor of Biological Chemistry Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
9:40am-10:00amModerated Discussion/Q&A
Kelsey Martin, MD, PhD
Moderator: Michael Talkowski, PhD

10:00am-11:00am

Session: Methods and Tools
Session Chair: Karmel Choi, PhD
10:00am-10:30amAnthony Philippakis, MD, PhD Chief Data Officer, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Venture Partner, GV
10:30am-11:00amLaura Germine, PhD Director of Brain and Cognitive Health Technology, McLean Hospital; Co-director of the Institute for Technology in Psychiatry, McLean Hospital; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; President and Director, The Many Brains Project
11:00am-12:00pmSession: Precision Neuroscience & Novel Therapeutics
Session Chair: Robert Mealer, MD, PhD
11:00am-11:30amStephen Haggarty, PhD Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Neuroscientist, Massachusetts General Hospital; Director of the MGH Chemical Neurobiology Laboratory at the Center for Genomic Medicine
11:30am-12:00pmYasmin Hurd, PhD Director of the Addiction Institute, Mount Sinai; Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
12:00pm-12:20pmBREAK

12:20pm-12:50pm

Session: Data & Prediction: The Role of Academia and Industry in Advancing Precision
Psychiatry

Session Chair: Will Gordon, MD
12:20pm-12:50pmPanel
Oliver Harrison, MA, MBBS, MPH
 Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Koa Health; Independent Expert Bank, Wellcome Trust; Roster of Experts- Digital Health, World Health Organization;
Scott Kollins, PhD Chief Medical Officer, Holmusk; Strategic Advisor for Digital Health Solutions, Duke Clinical Research Institute
Moderator: Will Gordon, MD

12:50pm-1:50pm

Session: Genomic Medicine
Session Chair: Laura Hercher, MA, MS
12:50pm-1:20pmWendy Chung, MD, PhD Kennedy Family Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Columbia University; Precision Medicine Resource Leader, Irving Institute; Medical Director, Columbia Genetic Counseling Graduate Program; Associate Director for Education, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center; Chief, Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics
1:20pm-1:50pmJehannine Austin, PhD, MSc Professor in Dept. of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia; Executive Director, BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Institute
1:50pm-2:20pmModerated Discussion
Wendy Chung, MD, PhD and Jehannine Austin, PhD, MSc
Moderator: Laura Hercher, MA, MS
2:20pm-2:30pmClosing Remarks
Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Thomas Insel, MD - Former Director of NIMH; Author of Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health (Penguin Press, 2022) 
Kelsey Martin, PhD - Director of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI)

SPEAKERS
Jehannine Austin, PhD - Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia; Executive Director, BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Institute

Jennifer Barnett, PhD - Chief Executive Officer, Monument Therapeutics; Chief Scientific Officer, Five Lives; Honorary Research Fellow in Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge

Chad Bousman, PhD - CEO/Founder, Sequence2Script Inc.; Associate Professor, University of Calgary

Wendy Chung, MD, PhD - Kennedy Family Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Columbia University; Precision Medicine Resource Leader, Irving Institute; Medical Director, Columbia Genetic Counseling Graduate Program; Associate Director for Education, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center; Chief, Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics

Lea Davis, PhD - Associate Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Informatic, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Laura Germine, PhD - Director of Brain and Cognitive Health Technology, McLean Hospital; Co-director of the Institute for Technology in Psychiatry, McLean Hospital; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; President and Director, The Many Brains Project

Stephen Haggarty, PhD - Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Neuroscientist, Massachusetts General Hospital; Director of the MGH Chemical Neurobiology Laboratory at the Center for Genomic Medicine

Oliver Harrison, MA, MBBS, MPH - Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Koa Health; Independent Expert Bank, Wellcome Trust; Roster of Experts- Digital Health, World Health Organization

Yasmin Hurd, PhD - Director of the Addiction Institute, Mount Sinai; Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Scott Kollins, PhD - Chief Medical Officer, Holmusk; Strategic Advisor for Digital Health Solutions, Duke Clinical Research Institute

David Olson, PhD - Chief Innovation Officer and Head of the Scientific Advisory Board, Delix Therapeutics; Associate Professor, University of California Davis

Anthony Philippakis, MD, PhD - Chief Data Officer, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; Venture Partner, GV

Katherine Scangos, MD, PhD - Medical Director, Neumora ; Co-Director TMS and Neuromodulation Program, University of California San Francisco

Nigam Shah, PhD - Professor of Medicine, Stanford University; Associate Dean and Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University School of Medicine

Morgan Sheng, PhD - Core Institute Member and Co-Director of Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Price

Cost:
$200.00
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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

Megan Candito, MA – 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

Maurizio Fava, MD – Psychiatrist-in-Chief, MGH; Vice Chair, MGH Executive Committee of Research

Roy Perlis, MD - Associate Chief (Research), MGH Department of Psychiatry; Director, MGH Center for Quantitative Health; Director, MGH Center for Experimental Drugs and Diagnostics; Ronald I. Dozoretz, MD Endowed Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Jerrold Rosenbaum, MD – Director, MGH Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics; Stanley Cobb Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Co-Founder and Director, Psy Therapeutics, Inc; Co-Founder, Sensorium Therapeutics

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

Sabine Wilhelm, PhD – Director, MGH Center for Digital Mental Health; Chief of Psychology, MGH; Director, MGH Center for OCD and Related Disorders; Professor, Harvard Medical School