Conte-CBS Colloquium on Mental Health
The Conte-CBS Colloquium on Mental Health is an interdisciplinary lecture series on neuroscience and mental health research open to all members of the Harvard community and the general public.
Taking place on a monthly basis throughout the academic year, the series features diverse talks from researchers in the life sciences, social sciences, and clinical disciplines. Each talk begins with a broad introduction to the topic, and is followed by an extensive question and answer session. Advance registration is requested to ensure sufficient seating and refreshments.
Past Events:
September 17, 2013Matthew Nock, PhD
Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
Why do people hurt themselves?
April 30, 2013
Richard J. Davidson, PhD
William James and Vilas Professor of Psychology & Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Order and Disorder in the Emotional Brain
April 2, 2013
Scott E. Lukas, PhD,
Director, McLean Imaging Facility and Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Novel Brain Imaging Techniques to Study Drug Abuse and Mental Illness
March 5, 2013
BJ Casey, PhD, Director of the Sackler Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College
Development of Emotion Regulation: From Human Imaging to Mouse Genetics
February 5, 2013
Elizabeth A Lawson, MD, MMSc, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Staff Physician, Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
The role of hormones in anorexia nervosa
December 4, 2012Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital
Dissecting the Circuitry of Autism
November 6, 2012
Steven E. Hyman, MD, Director of Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute and Distinguished Service Professor of Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology, Harvard University
Resuscitating Psychiatric Drug Discovery
October 2, 2012
Charles A. Nelson III, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School and Richard David Scott Chair in Pediatric Developmental Medicine Research, Boston Children’s Hospital
The Effects of Early, Severe Psychosocial Deprivation on Brain and Behavioral Development: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project
April 30, 2012
Edward Hallowell, MD, EdD, Child & Adult Psychiatrist and NY Times Best-Selling Author
The ABCs of ADD
Check out Dr. Hallowell’s television appearances>>
March 27, 2012
Jordan Smoller, MD, ScD, Associate Vice Chair and Director of Psychiatric Genetics, Dept of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Blue Genes? The Complex Genetics of Mood Disorders
Check out the Boston Globe’s interview of Dr. Smoller>>
February 28, 2012
Dost Ongur, MD, PhD, Chief of the Psychotic Disorders Division at McLean Hospital
MRS Studies on the Neurobiology of Schizophrenia
Check out Dr. Ongur’s McLean Hospital profile >>
January 31, 2012
Jack P. Shonkoff, MD, Director, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
The Biology of Adversity and The Early Childhood Roots of Impairments in Learning, Behavior, and Health