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Psychiatric Genetics In Eastern Europe: Progress And Challenges
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Abstracts
Disclosure Nothing to disclose. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.06.077
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Presidential Symposium PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS AROUND THE GLOBE CHANCES AND CHALLENGES: AN UPDATE FROM THE GLOBAL DIVERSITY TASK FORCE OF THE ISPG Thomas G. Schulze (Chair)1, Margit Burmeister (Co-chair)2, Vishwajit Nimgaonkar (Discussant)3
geneticists, we gradually expanded our members to include psychologists and clinicians. With the supports from the Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science, we have established a travel award to fund Chinese investigators to attend the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics. High quality abstracts were received to compete for the Award in the 2017 Summit. More importantly, we have gathered senior investigators and their labs with a spectrum of interests, ranging from deep phenotyping, brain imaging, cognitive functions, treatment responses, to animal models and bioinformatics. Not only high-quality research products are expected from this community, it will be able to provide valuable collaboration for foreign investigators, who are interested in studying psychiatric genetics in China, where untreated patients are still commonly seen in psychiatry, and a large population with unique social and culture environment is available for study.
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University of Munich University of Michigan 3 University of Pittsburgh 2
Overall Abstract One of the primary missions of the ISPG is to spread state-of-the-art research into the genetics of mental illness around the globe. In so doing, we strive to adhere to the highest standards of scientific practice, to learn about regional chances and challenges, and to foster collaborations across continents. To this end, the ISPG has established a standing committee, the Global Diversity Task Force, bringing together researchers from all continents. A major focus of the Task Force's work lies on the empowerment of early career investigators. Furthermore, the Task Force aims at identifying obstacles that impede researchers' access to funding and other resources needed for successful research. In this symposium, we will learn about the latest developments on these "frontiers' from researchers from Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia.
Disclosure Nothing to disclose. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.06.078
DEVELOPING PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS COMMUNITY IN CHINA Chunyu Liu
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Disclosure Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science – Advisory Board, Self. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.06.079
PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS IN EASTERN EUROPE: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES Marina Mihaljevic
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Clinic for Psychiatry, Clinical Center of Serbia Abstract The psychiatric genetics is rapidly growing through new technological developments and collaborations among research groups worldwide. Unfortunately, Eastern Europe is still in need for more organized genetic research in psychiatry. Particularly, education of psychiatrists in genetics is warranted, as well as multidisciplinary approach among different scientific fields should be implemented in an advanced approach. There are several progresses that have been made due to psychiatric genetic networks such as Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) and European network of national schizophrenia networks studying geneenvironment interactions (EU-GEI). I will present progress regarding genetics networks that have been already established as well as the advantages of future collaborations. In addition, I will discuss certain challenges that we are facing today in Eastern Europe for a better genetics implementation in psychiatric field.
University of Illinois at Chicago Abstract Since 2014, we have used the platform of the Chinese Psychiatric Genetics Summit Annual Meeting to develop a research community in China. Starting with primarily
Disclosure Nothing to disclose. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.06.080
Abstracts
Disclosure Nothing to disclose. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.06.077
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Presidential Symposium PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS AROUND THE GLOBE CHANCES AND CHALLENGES: AN UPDATE FROM THE GLOBAL DIVERSITY TASK FORCE OF THE ISPG Thomas G. Schulze (Chair)1, Margit Burmeister (Co-chair)2, Vishwajit Nimgaonkar (Discussant)3
geneticists, we gradually expanded our members to include psychologists and clinicians. With the supports from the Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science, we have established a travel award to fund Chinese investigators to attend the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics. High quality abstracts were received to compete for the Award in the 2017 Summit. More importantly, we have gathered senior investigators and their labs with a spectrum of interests, ranging from deep phenotyping, brain imaging, cognitive functions, treatment responses, to animal models and bioinformatics. Not only high-quality research products are expected from this community, it will be able to provide valuable collaboration for foreign investigators, who are interested in studying psychiatric genetics in China, where untreated patients are still commonly seen in psychiatry, and a large population with unique social and culture environment is available for study.
1
University of Munich University of Michigan 3 University of Pittsburgh 2
Overall Abstract One of the primary missions of the ISPG is to spread state-of-the-art research into the genetics of mental illness around the globe. In so doing, we strive to adhere to the highest standards of scientific practice, to learn about regional chances and challenges, and to foster collaborations across continents. To this end, the ISPG has established a standing committee, the Global Diversity Task Force, bringing together researchers from all continents. A major focus of the Task Force's work lies on the empowerment of early career investigators. Furthermore, the Task Force aims at identifying obstacles that impede researchers' access to funding and other resources needed for successful research. In this symposium, we will learn about the latest developments on these "frontiers' from researchers from Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia.
Disclosure Nothing to disclose. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.06.078
DEVELOPING PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS COMMUNITY IN CHINA Chunyu Liu
n
Disclosure Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science – Advisory Board, Self. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.06.079
PSYCHIATRIC GENETICS IN EASTERN EUROPE: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES Marina Mihaljevic
n
Clinic for Psychiatry, Clinical Center of Serbia Abstract The psychiatric genetics is rapidly growing through new technological developments and collaborations among research groups worldwide. Unfortunately, Eastern Europe is still in need for more organized genetic research in psychiatry. Particularly, education of psychiatrists in genetics is warranted, as well as multidisciplinary approach among different scientific fields should be implemented in an advanced approach. There are several progresses that have been made due to psychiatric genetic networks such as Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) and European network of national schizophrenia networks studying geneenvironment interactions (EU-GEI). I will present progress regarding genetics networks that have been already established as well as the advantages of future collaborations. In addition, I will discuss certain challenges that we are facing today in Eastern Europe for a better genetics implementation in psychiatric field.
University of Illinois at Chicago Abstract Since 2014, we have used the platform of the Chinese Psychiatric Genetics Summit Annual Meeting to develop a research community in China. Starting with primarily
Disclosure Nothing to disclose. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.06.080