Presidential Welcome

Heuser I, Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany

Awards Presentations

Kalin N, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

Heuser I, Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany

Young Investigator Awards

Andrews J, Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Hospital Research Center, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Brummelte S, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Dedovic K, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Doane L, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

Curt Richter Awardee Lecture

Otte C, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Symposium 01

Prenatal stress and offspring HPA reactivity and neurobehavioural findings: could 5HT-T status and maternal-infant interaction moderate offspring HPA-axis reactivity? 

Co-Chairs: 

Austin M, St John of God Health Care & University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Steiner M, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Presenters :

Glover V, Imperial College of London, London, UK

Van den Bergh B, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands

Grant K, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Chen M, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

Discussant: 

Wadhwa P, University of California Irvine, Irvine, USA

Symposium 02

Interactions between the brain and the periphery in response to threat 

Chair:

Kemeny M, UCSF, San Francisco, USA

Presenters: 

Eisenberg N, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA

Shestuk A, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

Francis D, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

Discussant: 

Pruessner J, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Free Communications 1: MATERNAL & CHILD STRESS EFFECTS

Chair: Heuser I, Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany

1. Prenatal maternal hormones predict quality of maternal care at 6-Months postpartum

Glynn L, University of California Irvine, Irvine, USA

2. Maternal prenatal mood and the HPA-axis in adolescence: findings from the ALSPAC cohort at age 15

O'Donnell K, Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College, London, UK

3. Stress reactivity, early adversity and symptoms of depression in the first two years of life

Weiss S, UCSF, San Francisco, USA

4. β-Endorphin in Human Pregnancy and the Risk of Postpartum Depression

Yim IS, University of California Irvine, Irvine, USA

5. The timing of prenatal exposure to maternal stress is associated with Human Infant Development

Davis E, University of California Irvine, Irvine, USA

6. High pregnancy anxiety during mid-gestation is associated with decreased gray matter density in 6-9 year-old children

Buss C,  University of California Irvine, Irvine, USA

Free Communications 2: GENETICS &  HORMONES

Chair: Reus V, UCSF, San Francisco, USA

1. Genetic and environmental influences of daily DHEA and cortisol levels

Prom-Wormley EC, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Richmond, USA

2. Testosterone moderates the genetic and environmental determinants of hippocampal volume: evidence of a neuroprotective effect

Panizzon MS,  University of California, San Diego, San Diego, USA

3. PTSD: Changes in signal transduction pathways central to the endocrine-immune interplay

Wolf J, Brandeis University, Waltham, USA

4. Neurotransmitter and biological stress system genes associated with depression comorbidity in two independent studies of alcohol dependence

Kertes D,  Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA

5. Association of pre-pulse startle phenotypes with alcohol dependence and several candidate genes in young adult Mexican Americans

Ehlers C, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA

6. Interaction effects of APOE and testosterone on hippocampal volume and memory performance in middle-aged men

Kremen W,  University of California San Diego and VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, USA

Free Communications 5: SEX, HORMONES, & MENTAL HEALTH

Chair: Rasgon N, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

1. Sensitivity of saccadic eye velocity was increased after allopregnanolone injection in patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome compared to luteal phase measurement in healthy women

Wang M,  Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden

2. Incidence of polycystic ovaries and androgen serum levels in women with borderline personality disorder

Roepke S, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hamburg, Germany

***Symposium 07****Steroid Hormones & Depression: What we can learn from animal models & gender differences?

Chair: Galea L, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Presenters:

Galea L, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Frye CA, University at Albany, Albany, USA

Brummelte S, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Steiner M, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Free Communications 6: STRESS & PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY

Chair: Miller A, Emory University, Atlanta, USA

1. Anti-inflammatory effects mediate relations between physical activity and mood in older adults

Ownby RL, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale-Davie, USA

2. Inflammatory markers in depressed inpatients with and without the metabolic syndrome

Zeugmann S, Department of Psychiatry, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

3. Associations between effort-reward-imbalance and pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine levels in response to acute psychosocial stress

Bellingrath S, Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany

4. Acute psychosocial stress induces short-term alterations in catecholamine sensitivity of TNF-alpha but not IL-6 production in vitro

Rohleder N, Brandeis University, Waltham, USA

5. Greater cortisol responsivity attenuates the IL-6 Response to acute stress

Wawrzyniak AJ, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, London, UK

6. Evaluation of a new stress measure; 14 consecutive studies 

Ballegaard S, University Hospital Herlev, Herlev, Denmark

Symposium 08

Early life stress: risk factor or protective effect?

Chair: Lyons D, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

Presenters:

Lyons D, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

Macri S, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Parker K, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

Ellis B, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA 

Symposium 09

Oxytocin, vasopressin and the social nervous system: evolutionary and clinical perspectives

Co-Chairs:

Carter S, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

Beery A, UCSF, San Francisco, USA

Presenters:

Carter S, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

Beery A, UCSF, San Francisco, USA

Baggott M, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

Korenberg J, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA