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Programme
Summer Course 2015
Special Lectures
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Programme Summer Course on
Mood Disorders 2015
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From 28 June - 3 July 2015 the International Master in Affective Neuroscience organises the
Summer Course on Mood, Aggression and Attraction in Florence, Italy.
Please click here for the programme
The Summer Course on Mood aims at an in-depth analysis of the latest developments in the field of depressive and bipolar pathology, including phenomena that are related to Mood such as aggression and addictions.
It is aimed at young scientists and clinicians with a background in psychology, medicine, neuroscience, behavioural sciences, or a related discipline, who want to enhance their expertise in affective disorders.
Early applications: 15 April 2015
Final applications deadline: 15 May 2015
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Special lectures during the Summer Course on Mood Disorders
28 June - 3 July 2015
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Each Summer Course, we present lectures and workshops by our own faculty but also a series of guest lectures by esteemed scientists from all over the world. The following special lectures will be presented this year.
The Servier Lecture will be held by Prof David Kupfer (Pittsburgh) and Prof Jim van Os (Maastricht). For the ECNP Lecture, we welcome Prof Gitte Moos Knudsen (Copenhagen).
Prof Joseph Zohar (Tel Aviv) will give the AFN Board lecture.
The abstracts of the lectures will follow soon.
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Prof David Kupfer (Pittsburgh):
David J. Kupfer, M.D. is Professor of Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his bachelor’s (magna cum laude) and M.D. degrees from Yale University.
Dr. Kupfer joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh in 1973 as Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Research and Research Training at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. He was promoted to Professor of Psychiatry in 1975, and held the position of the Thomas Detre Professor in Psychiatry from 1994 to 2014.
Dr. Kupfer's own research has focused primarily on long-term treatment strategies for recurrent mood disorders, the pathogenesis of depression, and the relationship between biomarkers and depression.
He is the Founding President of the International Society of Bipolar Disorders. Dr. Kupfer chaired the American Psychiatric Association Task Force for DSM-5.
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Prof Jim van Os (Maastricht):
Jim van Os, MD, PhD, MRCPsych, is full professor and chair of the
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology at Maastricht University Medical
Centre, Visiting Professor at the Institute of Psychiatry in London,
and member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
He is the most cited neuroscientist at Maastricht University and on the
editorial board of a range of scientific journals in Psychiatry and
Psychology. He directs the Centre of Contextual Neuroscience at
Maastricht University Medical Centre, unravelling the interplay between
the individual and his environment as relevant for the onset (aetiology)
and prevention (treatment) of psychosis, depression and anxiety, with a
focus on interacting "brain" mechanisms and "mind" mechanisms.
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Prof Gitte Moos Knudsen:
Prof Gitte Moos Knudsen is a translational neurobiologist and clinical neurologist. She is Clinical Professor and Chief Physician at the Department of Clinical Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry and Sensory Sciences,
at Copenhagen University Hospital.
Professor Knudsen is interested in advanced methodological developments that she subsequently applies in her research to address pertinent neurobiological and clinical issues. Her scientific research focuses on the neural bases of personality dimensions that predispose individuals to e.g., affective and substance use disorders, with special emphasis on the serotonergic neurotransmitter system.
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http://affect-neuroscience.org
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