8:30     Breakfast and poster set up

9:00     Welcoming remarks:

9:10     Keynote:
               Social Regulation of Human Gene Expression
                Steve Cole, UCLA

                 Session 1: Anhedonia/Depression
                Convener: Fernanda Laezza, University of Texas Medical
Branch               

10:00   Retinoic Acid Signaling: Novel Targets for Depression-related Behavior
                Tom Green, UTMB

10:20   Deep Brain Stimulation of the Medial Forebrain Bundle:
Significant Responses in Treatment Resistant Depression
Albert Fenoy, University of Texas Health Science
Center

10:40     Selected Abstract

10:55     Break

11:15     Workgroup Breakout sessions
Biological Psychiatry
Drug Discovery
Health Psychology
Cross-institutional Research Registry

12:00-12:45  Lunch and poster session

Session 2 Trauma
               Convener: Robert Dantzer, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

1:20     TBD
                Chris Fagundes, Rice University

1:40     The Neurobiological Embedding of Early Life Stress and Trauma: Mechanistic Pathways Underlying Mental Health Risk and Resiliency
Johanna Bick, University of Houston

2:00     Selected Abstract

                Session 3: Pain and Chronic Illness
               Convener:  Chris Fagundes, Rice University

2:15     Curable Schizophrenia: Autoimmune Psychosis
                Joseph Masdeu, Houston Methodist

  2:35    Resolution of Pain and Depression: A Key Role for the Immune
System
               Annemieke Kavelaars, MD Anderson Cancer Center

2:55      TBD
                Alan Prossin, University of Texas Health Science Center

3:15     Selected Abstract

3:30     Networking and Coffee Break

4:00     Keck Seminar Keynote:
                Lovesick: How Couples’ Relationships Influence Health
Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, OSU

5:00       Reception