7:30 am         Registration   8:45               Opening Remarks   Alice Medalia, Ph.D. Conference Director Professor, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Director, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Columbia University Medical Center   MORNING   9:00 Matcheri S. Keshavan, M.D. (mkeshava@bidmc.harvard.edu) Stanley Cobb Professor and Vice Chair for Public Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Harvard Medical School * Cognitive Remediation, Neuroplasticity, and Early Schizophrenia *   9:45 Richard Keefe, Ph.D. (richard.keefe@duke.edu) Professor, Duke University School of Medicine Duke University Medical Center * Cognitive Remediation in the Schizophrenia Trials Network (CRSTN): A Nine-site Feasibility Study *   10:30 Refreshments   10:45 Til Wykes, Ph.D. (t.wykes@iop.kcl.ac.uk) Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London Director, UK National Institute for Health Research, Mental Health Research Network * Testing Cognitive Remediation Therapies - Could We Do Better? *   11:30 Robert W. Hone (bobh@redhillstudios.com) President, Creative Director, and Senior Designer Principal Investigator, NSF and NIH Grants, Red Hill Studios, CA * The Potential for Interactive Computer-based Games in Cognitive Assessment and Interventions *   AFTERNOON   Lunch and Poster Program 12:15 to 1:30   Poster Program Coordinator: Matthew M. Kurtz, Ph.D. (mkurtz@wesleyan.edu) Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Behavior, Psychology, Wesleyan University   Poster Award Committee: Robert Kern, Ph.D. (rkern@ucla.edu) Research Professor, University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System   William Spaulding, Ph.D. (wspaulding1@unl.edu) Professor of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln   Symposium 1:30 to 5:30   Symposium and Workshop Coordinator: Jimmy Choi, Psy.D. (jc3110@columbia.edu) Assistant Professor, Columbia University   1:30 Carol A. Tamminga, M.D. (Carol.Tamminga@utsouthwestern.edu) Professor & Vice Chair for Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine Chief, Translational Neuroscience Research in Schizophrenia, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center * Neural Effects of Computer-Assisted Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia *   1:55 Christine Hooker, Ph.D. (chooker@wjh.harvard.edu) Assistant Professor, Psychology, Harvard University * Neural Mechanisms Underlying Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia *   2:20 Jean Pierre Lindenmayer, M.D. (Lindenmayer@NKI.RFMH.ORG) Clinical Professor, Dept of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine Director, Psychopharmacology Research Unit-Nathan Kline Institute, Manhattan Psychiatric Center * Neurocognitive Remediation among Inpatients with Persistent Mental Illness: A Randomized Controlled Trial *   2:45 Christopher Bowie, Ph.D. (christopher.bowie@queensu.ca) Assistant Professor, Psychology, Queens University * Independent and Additive Effects of Cognitive Remediation and Functional Skills Training in Schizophrenia on Generalization to Behavior Change *   3:10   Moderator and Panel Discussion   Steven Marder, M.D. (marder@ucla.edu) Professor & Vice Chair of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine Director, VA VISN 22 Mental Illness Research, Education Clinical Center (MIRECC) Director, Section on Psychosis, UCLA Semel Institute   3:30 Elizabeth W. Twamley, Ph.D. (etwamley@ucsd.edu) Associate Professor, Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine Co-Chief, Neuropsychology Unit, VA San Diego Healthcare System Center of Excellence for Stress & Mental Health * Compensatory Cognitive Training: Results from Psychosis and TBI Trials *   3:55 Volker Roder, Ph.D. (volker.roder@spk.unibe.ch) Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland Head of Therapy Research, University Hospital of Psychiatry * Integrated Neurocognitive Therapy (INT) for Schizophrenia Patients: Results of an International RCT *   4:20 William Horan, Ph.D. (horan@ucla.edu) Associate Research Psychologist, University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System * Social Cognitive Skills Training for Schizophrenia *   4:45 Joanna Fiszdon, Ph.D. (Joanna.fiszdon@yale.edu) Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine Research Psychologist, VA Connecticut Healthcare System * Efficacy of a Combined Computerized Hierarchical Drill and Practice Training with Paper-and-Pencil Training in Schizophrenia *   5:10   Moderator and Panel Discussion   Dwight Dickinson, Ph.D., J.D. (Dwight.Dickinson@nih.gov) Chief, Neuropsychology Laboratory Genes, Cognition and Psychosis Program and Clinical Brain Disorders Branch National Institute of Mental Health, NIH   Workshops 1:30 to 2:45 A. Sophia Vinogradov, M.D. (Sophia.Vinogradov@ucsf.edu) Professor, Vice Chair of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Interim Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center & Morris D. Bell, Ph.D., ABPP (morris.bell@yale.edu) Professor, Yale University School of Medicine Director, Learning-based Recovery Center, VA Connecticut Healthcare System * Combining Cognitive Remediation with Recovery Based Interventions *   B. Tiffany Herlands, Psy.D. (therlands@aol.com) Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, Columbia University Director of Psychological Rehabilitation, Columbia Eastside Medical Center * How to Provide Treatments for Neuro and Social Cognition in the Psychiatric Clinic Setting *   C. David Roberts, Ph.D. (david.l.roberts@yale.edu) NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine * Social Cognition Training for Psychosis *   D. Shaun Eack, Ph.D. (eacksm@upmc.edu) Assistant Professor, Social Work, University of Pittsburgh * Cognitive Rehabilitation in Early Course Schizophrenia: The Use of Cognitive Enhancement Therapy *   Workshops 3:30 to 5:00 E. Susan McGurk, Ph.D. (Susan.R.McGurk@Dartmouth.edu) Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Dartmouth University Medical School & Jason Welsh (cognitive remediation specialist from the McGurk Lab) * The Thinking Skills for Work Program: Integrating Cognitive and Work Services *   F. Nadine Revheim Ph.D., OTR (Revheim@NKI.RFMH.ORG) Senior Research Scientist/Psychologist, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research & Joan Toglia, Ph.D., OTR (JToglia@mercy.edu) Professor & Director, Mercy College Occupational Therapy Program Professional Associate of Rehabilitation Medicine, Cornell Medical Center's New York Presbyterian Hospital * Enhancing Generalization of Cognition Remediation to Real World Function *   G. Dona Bellucci, Ph.D. (dbellucci@health.essexcountynj.org) Clinical Instructor, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Coordinator, Schizophrenia Program, Essex County Hospital Center * Using NEAR Cognitive Remediation in Longer Stay Inpatient Settings *   H. Jimmy Choi, Psy.D., (jc3110@columbia.edu) Assistant Professor, Columbia University & Jason K. Johannesen, Ph.D. (jason.johannesen@yale.edu) Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Medicine Research Psychologist, VA Connecticut Healthcare System * Cognitive Remediation 101 *   5:30   Adjourn