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Transforming the understanding
and treatment of mental illnesses.

Agenda

Time Event Speaker(s)
9:00 – 10:0 a.m. Welcome and State of the NIMH Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, National Institute of Mental Health
10:00 – 10:45 a.m. Scientific Solutions to the Opioid Crisis Nora Volkow, M.D.
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Dialogue Alliance Participants and NIMH Leadership
11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. Pioneering Fast-Acting Treatments for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Carolyn Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Stanford University
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 – 1:45 p.m. Mechanisms and Treatment of Adolescent Depression Argyris Stringaris, M.D., Ph.D., MRCPsych
Chief, Mood Brain and Development Unit, Division of Intramural Research Programs, NIMH
1:45 – 2:30 p.m. Family-Centered Research: New Approaches to Partner with Consumers to Improve Child Mental Health Services Gloria Reeves, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Tammy Clough
Family Navigator, University of Maryland School of Medicine
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Final Discussion and Wrap Up Alliance Participants and NIMH Leadership
3:00 p.m. Adjourn Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, National Institute of Mental Health