ADAA 30th Annual Conference * March 4-7, 2010 * Baltimore Marriott Waterfront

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

The Cost of War: Understanding the Science of PTSD
Friday, March 5, 1:30-5:30 p.m.

Co-chairs: Terry Keane, PhD, VA Boston Healthcare System/National Center for PTSD/Boston University School of Medicine, and Kerry Ressler, MD, PhD, Emory University

• Policy Implications of Basic Research on PTSD – Antonette Zeiss, PhD, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Neural Circuitry Mediating Fear and Its Inhibition in Animals – Gregory Quirk, PhD, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
• Neural Circuitry Mediating Fear and Its Inhibition in Humans – Paul Whalen, PhD, Dartmouth College
• Functional Brain Abnormalities in PTSD: Results From Neuroimaging – Lisa Shin, PhD, Tufts University
• Genetics of PTSD: Fear Conditioning as a Model for Future Research – Karestan Koenen, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health
• Recent Advances in Psychological Health Care and Programs in the Department of Defense – Sonja V. Batten, PhD, Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury

The 13th Annual Scientific Resesarch Symposium is included in the regular conference registration fee. All registrants may attend.