September 19th, 2023
8:50 Welcome
Suzanne Tomlinson, Gulf Coast Consortia
Fernanda Laezza, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch
9:00-9:45 Keynote presentation
Breaking the Cycle: Exploring the Interplay Between Stress and Drug Use
John Mantsch, Medical College of Wisconsin
Session I Therapeutic Strategies for Psychiatric Disorders: Drugs and Devices
Moderator Christopher Verrico, Baylor College of Medicine
9:45-10:00 Inventing an Intuitive Software System for Clinical Use of Wearables Data in Inpatient Psychiatry
Michelle Patriquin, BCM/Menninger
10:00-10:15 Toward Treating Mental Health Disorders with Minimally Invasive Bioelectronics
Jacob Robinson, Motif and Rice University
10:15-10:30 Emerging Technologies in Healthcare – Digital Therapeutics
Cameron Badger, Big Health
10:30-10:45 Digital Behavioral Healthcare Models
Lacey Tezino, Passport Journeys
10:45-11:05 Panel discussion
11:05-11:20 Coffee Break
Session II Stem Cell Research in Psychiatry
Moderator Consuelo Walss-Bass, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston
11:20-11:35 Opioid Exposure Affects Neural Stem Cell and Brain Development
Ping Wu, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
11:35-11:50 Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Study Aging in Psychiatric Disorders
Gabriel Fries, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston
11:50-12:05 The Use of iPSC Models in Neuropsychiatric Research
Xiaolong Jiang, Baylor College of Medicine
12:05-12:25 Panel discussion
12:25-1:45 Lunch Break & networking, Poster viewing
12:25-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:45 Poster session
1:45-2:30 Keynote presentation
Exploiting Individual Differences in cue-motivated Behavior to Identify the Neural Processes that Underlie Psychiatric Symptomatology
Shelly Flagel, Univ. of Michigan
Session III Therapeutic Strategies for Substance Use Disorder
Moderators Francesco Versace, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Thomas Green, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch Galveston
2:30-2:45 A Boost for Treatment? Developing an Anti-Fentanyl Vaccine
Terri Kosten, Univ. of Houston
2:45-3:00 Contingency Management: Why it Pays to Quit
Joy Schmitz, UT Health Science Center Houston
3:00-3:15 Developing Personalized Treatment Approaches for Opioid Misuse in Pain Patients
David Houghton, UT Medical Branch Galveston
3:15-3:35 Panel discussion
3:35-3:50 Coffee Break
Session IV Gene X Environment Interaction in Psychiatry
Moderator Sonia Villapol, Houston Methodist Research Institute
3:50-4:05 Neuromodulation of Bioengineered Organoids with Reactive Human Astrocytes
Robert Krencik, Houston Methodist Research Institute
4:05-4:20 Biological and Environmental Risk Factors that Contribute to Persistent Mental Health Issues After Stroke
Mario Dulay, Houston Methodist Research Institute
4:20-4:35 Exploring the Neurochemical Impact: How Peripheral Inflammation/Infection Influences the Brain
Tatiana Barichello, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston
4:35-4:55 Panel discussion
4:55 Closing Remarks
Elizabeth Zuniga-Sanchez, Baylor College of Medicine
Christopher P. Fagundes, Rice Univ.
5:00 Reception