May 8, 2024 agenda

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All sessions, unless otherwise noted, will be held in the Ballroom, on the third floor of the University Centre (SSMU Building).

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.:
Registration / Breakfast

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.:
Opening Remarks

9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.:
Keynote

  • Kate Webb—McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Socioenvironmental factors, PTSD and health equity: Characterizing the consequences of structural racism

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.:
Coffee Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.:
Panel Session—How we respond to trauma

  • Alain Ptito (McGill University)—Traumatic brain injury: Can we predict outcome?
  • Carmen Logie (University of Toronto)—Social contexts of stigma and trauma 
  • Marjolaine Rivest-Beauregard (McGill University, Ludic Mind Studio)—Stress and trauma during the early pandemic: Understanding the trajectories of stress-related symptoms and their predictors in North Americans and Europeans
  • Anjali Chawla (McGill University, Nagy Lab)—Differential chromatin architecture and risk variants in deep layer excitatory neurons and grey matter microglia contribute to major depressive disorder

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.:
Keynote

  • Alberto Cairo—University of Miami
    Data visualization for everyone

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.:
Lunch

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.:
Keynote

  • Gillian Einstein—University of Toronto
    Why do more women than men have Alzheimer’s disease? A mixed methods, situated neuroscience approach 

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.:
Poster Session / Coffee Break

Trainees whose projects align with one of HBHL’s four research themes will present their work as part of a poster competition. The poster session will be held on the second floor of the University Centre (SSMU Building).

4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.:
Panel Session—Innovative ideas in personalized medicine

  • Leigh MacIntyre (Lasso Informatics)
  • Tina Montreuil (McGill University)—Perinatal mental health: Exploring the dynamic interplay between the environment, lifestyle and the brain
  • Nguyen-Vi Mohamed (MEDTEQ+)—Medtech innovations
  • Mohamad Matout (McGill University)—AVATAR therapy for treatment-resistant voices

5:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.:
Closing Remarks

6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.:
Symposium Social

Social event with live music held at McGill’s Thomson House.
Please note that this event has reached full capacity.

Montreal

University Centre (Students’ Society of McGill University Building).
Get directions to the University Centre.