The 2019 Schizophrenia International Research Society Conference, 10-14 April, Orlando, Florida: A summary of topics and trends

Luis Alameda¹, Abhishekh Ashok¹, Suzanne Avery², Ali Bani-Fatemi³, Susan Berkhout⁴, Mike Best⁵, Kelsey Bonfils⁶, Marco Colizzi¹, Maria Dauvermann⁷, Stefan Du Plessis⁸, Dominic Dwyer⁹, Emily Eisner¹⁰, Suhas Ganesh¹¹, Dennis Hernaus¹², Dhruva Ithal¹³, Chantel Kowalchuk¹⁴, Tina Kristensen¹⁵, Katie Lavigne¹⁶, Ellen Lee¹⁷, Imke Lemmers-Jansen¹⁸, Brian O'Donoghue¹⁹, Lindsay Oliver³, Oladunni Oluwoye²⁰, Min Tae Park²¹, Pasquale Di Carlo²², Helena Passarelli Giroud Joaquim²³, Ana Pinheiro²⁴, Ian Ramsay²⁵, Victoria Rodriguez¹, Musa Sami¹, Sunaina Soni²⁶, Susan Sonnenschein²⁷, Jerome Taylor²⁸, Michael Thomas²⁹, Anna Waterreus³⁰, Jessica Wojtalik²⁷, Zhuoya Yang³¹, Robin Emsley⁸, Sanja Kilian³²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
² Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA.
³ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Canada.
⁴ University of Toronto, Canada.
⁵ Queen's University, Canada.
⁶ VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), USA.
⁷ National University of Ireland, Ireland.
⁸ Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
⁹ Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany.
¹⁰ University of Manchester, UK.
¹¹ Yale Department of Psychiatry, USA.
¹² Maastricht University, Netherlands.
¹³ National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, India.
¹⁴ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Canada.
¹⁵ Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Denmark.
¹⁶ McGill University, Canada.
¹⁷ University of California - San Diego, USA.
¹⁸ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands.
¹⁹ Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Australia.
²⁰ Washington State University, USA.
²¹ University of Western Ontario, Canada.
²² University of Bari Aldo Moro Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Italy.
²³ Institute of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Neuroscience, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
²⁴ University of Lisbon, Portugal.
²⁵ University of Minnesota, USA.
²⁶ Stress and Cognitive Electroimaging Laboratory, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
²⁷ University of Pittsburgh, USA.
²⁸ University of Pennsylvania, USA.
²⁹ Colorado State University, USA.
³⁰ University of Western Australia, Australia.
³¹ Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
³² Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Electronic address: sanjak@sun.ac.za.

PMID: 31780184
PMCID: PMC7232873
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112672

The 2019 Schizophrenia International Research Society Conference, 10-14 April, Orlando, Florida: A summary of topics and trends

Luis Alameda et al. Psychiatry Res. 2020 Feb.

. 2020 Feb:284:112672.

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112672. Epub 2019 Nov 9.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
² Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA.
³ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Canada.
⁴ University of Toronto, Canada.
⁵ Queen's University, Canada.
⁶ VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), USA.
⁷ National University of Ireland, Ireland.
⁸ Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
⁹ Ludwig Maximilian University, Germany.
¹⁰ University of Manchester, UK.
¹¹ Yale Department of Psychiatry, USA.
¹² Maastricht University, Netherlands.
¹³ National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, India.
¹⁴ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Canada.
¹⁵ Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, Denmark.
¹⁶ McGill University, Canada.
¹⁷ University of California - San Diego, USA.
¹⁸ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands.
¹⁹ Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Australia.
²⁰ Washington State University, USA.
²¹ University of Western Ontario, Canada.
²² University of Bari Aldo Moro Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, Italy.
²³ Institute of Psychiatry, Laboratory of Neuroscience, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
²⁴ University of Lisbon, Portugal.
²⁵ University of Minnesota, USA.
²⁶ Stress and Cognitive Electroimaging Laboratory, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
²⁷ University of Pittsburgh, USA.
²⁸ University of Pennsylvania, USA.
²⁹ Colorado State University, USA.
³⁰ University of Western Australia, Australia.
³¹ Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
³² Department of Psychiatry, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Electronic address: sanjak@sun.ac.za.

PMID: 31780184
PMCID: PMC7232873
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112672

Abstract

The Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) recently held its first North American congress, which took place in Orlando, Florida from 10-14 April 2019. The overall theme of this year's congress was United in Progress - with the aim of cultivating a collaborative effort towards advancing the field of schizophrenia research. Student travel awardees provided reports of the oral sessions and concurrent symposia that took place during the congress. A collection of these reports is summarized and presented below and highlights the main themes and topics that emerged during the congress. In summary, the congress covered a broad range of topics relevant to the field of psychiatry today.

Keywords: Congress; Rapporteur reports; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia research.

PubMed Disclaimer

Publication types

Actions

MeSH terms

Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions
Actions

Grants and funding

K01 MH117457/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources
Medical
- MedlinePlus Health Information
Miscellaneous
- NCI CPTAC Assay Portal

Save citation to file

Email citation

Add to Collections

Add to My Bibliography

Your saved search

Create a file for external citation management software

Your RSS Feed

The 2019 Schizophrenia International Research Society Conference, 10-14 April, Orlando, Florida: A summary of topics and trends

Affiliations

The 2019 Schizophrenia International Research Society Conference, 10-14 April, Orlando, Florida: A summary of topics and trends

Authors

Affiliations

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Medical

Miscellaneous