New Frontiers in the Biology of Stress Maltreatment and Trauma


Day 1 (Wednesday, Sept. 30)

8:00-8:30 a.m.Registration

8:30 a.m.Call to Order

8:35-8:55 a.m.Introductory Remarks

9:00 a.m.-NoonSession I: Endocrinology and ImmunologyIntegrative Speaker: Christine Heim, Ph.D., Professor of Biobehavioral Health at the Pennsylvania State University

Noon-1:00 p.m.Lunch

1:00-4:00 p.m.Session II: Brain DevelopmentIntegrative Speaker: Martin Teicher, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the McClean Teaching Hospital at Harvard University

Day 2 (Thursday, Oct. 1)

8:30-11:30 a.m.Session III: GenomicsIntegrative Speaker: Michael Meaney, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute at McGill University

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.Lunch

12:30-3:00 p.m.Session IV: Resilience and Reversibility

3:00-3:45 p.m.Session V: Opportunities for Translation Panel DiscussionIntegrative speakers and session attendees will convene in front of the audience to field questions, facilitate conversations, and enhance discussion.

3:45-4:00 p.m.Closing Remarks (Jennie Noll)

*Agenda subject to change

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