Past Meetings and Events

Find summaries and recordings of past NIMH meetings and events. These events explore a range of mental disorders and discuss the latest mental health research.

• 75th Anniversary Symposium: Inspiration and Aspiration: Future Perspectives in Mental Health Research
  September 20, 2024 • 75th Anniversary
  Virtual and in-person at the National Archives Building (701 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.)
  NIMH's final 75th Anniversary symposium brings together trailblazers in the scientific community to discuss diverse and visionary perspectives on the future of mental health research.
• Webinar: Timely and Adaptive Strategies to Optimize Suicide Prevention Interventions
  September 19, 2024
  Virtual
  This webinar brings together experts in areas that include passive and active data collection methods, the measurement of social contexts related to suicide risk, and the methodological aspects of Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions (JITAI).
• NIH Women's Health Roundtable: Maternal Mental Health Research
  September 16, 2024
  Virtual
  This is the third roundtable of NIH's Women's Health Roundtable Series, which focuses on important women's health topics, such as maternal mental health, as part of the White House Women's Health Research Initiative. The roundtable is also featured in NIMH's Office of Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity Webinar Series, which focuses on mental health equity research topics.
• Webinar: Neuroimmune Mechanisms Linking Inflammatory Processes with Cognitive, Social, and Affective Functions
  September 13, 2024
  Virtual
  This webinar focuses on the complex communication between the nervous and immune systems and how this interaction impacts brain function during development, adulthood, and disease.
• Livestream Event: Suicide Prevention in Health Care Settings
  September 11, 2024
  Virtual
  In recognition of National Suicide Prevention Month in September, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) hosted a livestream event on suicide prevention in health care settings.
• Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity Webinar Series: Cultural Strengths as Protection: Multimodal Findings Using a Community-Engaged Process
  September 11, 2024
  Virtual
  This webinar will present a conceptual framework for investigating the impact of cultural factors on mental health within American Indian communities. It will also present emerging findings from community-engaged research in this field.
• Information Session: NIMH Intramural Research Program Training Opportunities (August)
  August 30, 2024
  Virtual
  Undergraduates, graduate students, medical students, and postdoctoral fellows are invited to learn about training opportunities available in the NIMH Intramural Research Program.
• Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity Webinar Series: Understanding Stigma and Discrimination as Drivers of Mental Health Disparities for Diverse, Rural, LGBTQ+ Communities
  August 22, 2024
  Virtual
  This webinar will present the goals and procedures of the Rural Engagement and Approaches For LGBTQ+ Mental Health (REALM) study, which is developing a longitudinal cohort of diverse LGBTQ+ adults residing in rural and small metropolitan communities across the United States.
• Disability, Equity, and Mental Health Research Webinar Series: Transforming Mental Health Disability Research Through Lived Experience Leadership and Co-Production
  August 8, 2024
  Virtual
  This webinar will introduce a range of approaches to meaningfully integrate individuals with lived experiences of psychiatric disabilities into mental health research.
• Technical Assistance Webinar: Suicide Prevention Across the Life Span in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
  August 1, 2024
  Virtual
  A technical assistance webinar will be held for prospective applicants of the following Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): Suicide Prevention Across the Life Span in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (R34 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-MH-25-160).