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Agenda for Friday, May 27th

7:15-8:00 Continental breakfast

8:00-9:00 Thematic Paper: Allyson Bennett, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology & Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University: “Gene Environment Interplay: Nonhuman Primate Models and the Study of Resilience and Vulnerability”

9:00-9:45 Discussion: Kathryn Hood, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the Pennsylvania State University, Facilitator

9:45-10:00 Break

10:00-11:15 Keynote Speaker: Michael Meaney, James McGill Professor of Medicine in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology & Neurosurgery, and Associate Director of the Douglas Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, Canada: “Maternal Effects on DNA Methylation, Gene Expression and Individual Differences in Stress Responses”

11:15-12:00 Discussion: Gilbert Gottlieb, Research Professor of Psychology at the Center for Developmental Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Facilitator

12:00-1:00 Lunch (boxed)

1:00-2:00 Thematic Paper: Patrick Sullivan, Professor, Departments of Genetics, Psychiatry, & Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: “An Update on the Genetics of Schizophrenia: Focus on Neurodevelopment”

2:00-2:45 Discussion: Adrian Angold, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke Medical Center, and Director, Center for Developmental Epidemiology, Duke University, Facilitator

2:45-3:00 Break

3:00-4:00 Thematic Paper: Peter Molenaar, Professor, Department of Psychological Science, University of Amsterdam: “Idiographic Science, Developmental Processes, and Biological Influences”

4:00-4:45 Discussion: Lars Bergman, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Laboratory for Developmental Science, Stockholm University, Facilitator

7:00- Social Event: Durham Bulls vs. Pawtucket Red Sox of Patucket, Rhode Island.

The 'Pawsox', as they are known, are affiliated with the Boston Red Sox. The Durham Bulls are affiliated with the Tampa (Florida) Bay Devil Rays.