2008 Schedule

 
MORNING PLENARY
 
David Loewenstein, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Co-Director, Research Wien Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Disorders
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida
"Cognitive interventions for early Alzheimer's disease"
 
Robert Heinssen PhD
Director, Office of Prevention Research
National Institute of Mental Health
&
Robert Myers PhD
Senior Deputy Commissioner, Director of Division of Adult Services
New York State Office of Mental Health
"Cognitive remediation: From the laboratory to the community"
 
Scot Osterweil
Creative Director
The Education Arcade/Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
"Games: Playing and Knowing"
 
John S. Brekke, PhD
Associate Dean of Research
Frances Larson Professor of Social Work Research
School of Social Work, University of Southern California
"Cognition and Functional Outcome in Schizophrenia"

LUNCH and POSTER SESSION
 
 
AFTERNOON RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
 
Moderator: Sophia Vinogradov, MD
Professor of Psychiatry in Residence
Director, Prodrome Assessment, Research and Treatment Program
University of California, San Francisco
Chief for Research and Education, Mental Health Services
San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
 
Robert S. Kern, PhD
Associate Research Psychologist
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
Health Science Specialist
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
"Personalizing rehabilitation treatments: Who is most likely to benefit from errorless learning?"
 
Gary Bryson, PsyD
Assistant Professor of Psychology (Dept of Psychiatry)
Yale University Medical School
VA Connecticut Healthcare System
"Integrating cognitive remediation with skills training"
 
Jimmy Choi, PsyD
Assistant Professor
Columbia University
"Instructional techniques that enhance cognitive remediation outcomes in schizophrenia"
 
Rafael Penadés, PhD
Researcher and Senior Clinician
Department of Clinical Psychology
Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS
Barcelona, Spain
"Cognitive remediation and cognitive behavioral therapy in chronic schizophrenia"


Moderator: Bruce Wexler, MD
Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Neurocognitive Research Laboratory
Connecticut Mental Health Center
Yale University School of Medicine

 
Kate Tchanturia, PhD
Consultant Clinical Psychologist in South London and Maudsley NHS
Trust/Lecturer in Mental Health Studies and Eating Disorders
King’s College London
"Cognitive remediation for people with anorexia nervosa"
 
Joan Prudic, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Medical Director, Electroconvulsive Therapy Service
New York State Presbyterian Hospital & New York State Psychiatric Institute
Director, Clinic for Innovations in Treatment Resistant Depression
New York State Psychiatric Institute
"Cognitive remediation for ECT related memory impairment"
 
Margaret McKinnon, PhD
Research Scientist, Mood Disorders Program
St. Joseph's Healthcare
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
McMaster University, Hamilton
Ontario, Canada
"Cognitive remediation in mood disorders: preliminary investigations"
 
Alice Medalia, PhD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Director of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
Department of Psychiatry
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
"Insight into cognitive impairment in schizophrenia"