Activity Co-directors

• Constantine Lyketsos, MD, MHS

  The Elizabeth Plank Althouse

  Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

  Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

  Baltimore, Maryland

• Gwenn Smith, PhD

  Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

  Director of Neuroimaging

  Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

  The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  Baltimore, Maryland

• Paul Francis, PhD

  Professor of Neurochemistry

  Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases

  King's College London

  London, United Kingdom

  President - International College of Geriatric Psychoneuropharmacology

• John T. O'Brien, DM, FRCPsych

  Professor of Old Age Psychiatry

  Institute for Ageing and Health

  Newcastle University

  Wolfson Research Centre

  Campus for Ageing and Vitality

  Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Johns Hopkins Speakers

• Dimitrios Avramopoulos, MD, PhD

  Associate Professor of Psychiatry and

  Behavioral Sciences and of Genetic Medicine

• Donald Price, MD

  Professor of Pathology, Neurology and

  Neuroscience

• Peter Barker, PhD

  Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science and of Oncology

• Peter Rabins, MD, MPH

  Richman Family Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

• Norman Haughey, MD

  Associate Professor of Neurology

• Paul Rosenberg, MD

  Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

• Hochang Benjamin Lee, MD

  Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

• Alena Savonenko, MD, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Pathology and Neurology

• Michelle Mielke, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

• Michelle Mielke, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

• Martin Pomper, MD, PhD

  Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science, Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Environmental Health Sciences, Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Guest Speakers

• Olu Ajilore MD, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

  University of Illinois

  Chicago, Illinois

• Paul Costa Jr., PhD

  Chief, Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, National Institute on Aging

  IRP Laboratory of Personality and Cognition

  National Institute on Aging

  IRP NIH Biomedical Research Center

  Baltimore, Maryland

• George Alexopoulos, MD

  Professor of Psychiatry

  Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry

  Weill Medical College of Cornell University

  White Plains, New York

• David Eidelberg, MD

  Director, Center for Neurosciences

  Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

  Manhasset, New York

• Steven Arnold, MD

  Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology

  University of Pennsylvania

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Jovier Evans, PhD

  Program Officer

  Geriatric Pharmacologic Intervention

  Geriatrics Research Branch

  National Institute of Mental Health

  Bethesda, Maryland

• Debra Babcock, MD, PhD

  Program Director

  Extramural Research Program

  National Institutes of Health/NINDS

  Bethesda, Maryland

• Tanis Ferman, PhD

  Associate Professor of Psychology

  Department of Psychiatry and Psychology

  Mayo Clinic

  Jacksonville, Florida

• Andrius Baskys, MD, PhD

  Associate Professor in Residence

  Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

  University of California, Irvine

  Irvine, California

• Luigi Ferrucci

  Director, Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

  Harbor Hospital Center

  Baltimore, Maryland

• Martha Bruce, PhD

  Professor of Sociology in Psychiatry

  Weill Medical College of Cornell University

  White Plains, New York

• Brent Forester, MD

  Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

  McLean Hospital

  Harvard University School of Medicine

  Belmont, Massachusetts

• Neil Buckholtz, PhD

  Chief, Dementias of Aging Branch

  Division of Neuroscience

  National Institute on Aging

  Bethesda, Maryland

• Jonathan Godbout, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics

  The Ohio State University

  Columbus, Ohio

• Meryl Butters, PhD

  Associate Professor of Psychiatry

  Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Deborah Gustafson, PhD

  Associate Professor

  Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Unit

  The Sahlgrenska Academy

  University of Gothenburg

  Gothenburg, Sweden

  Associate Professor of Neurology and Medicine

  SUNY-Downstate Medical Center

  Brookly, New York

• Barry Lebowitz, PhD

  Professor of Psychiatry

  Deputy Director, Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging

  University of California, San Diego

  San Diego, California

• Joachim Hallmayer, MD

  Associate Professor of Psychiatry

  Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

  Stanford University School of Medicine

  Palo Alto, California

• Dong Young Lee, MD, PhD

  Associate Professor of Psychiatry

  Seoul National University College of Medicine

  Seoul, Korea

• John Hsiao, MD

  Health Science Administrator

  Division of Neuroscience

  National Institute on Aging

  Bethesda, Maryland

• Jung Hie Lee, MD, PhD

  Professor of Psychiatry

  Kangwon National University School of Medicine

  Director, Center for Sleep and Chronobiology

  Kangwon National University Hospital

  Kangwon-do, South Korea

• Dilip Jeste, MD

  Estelle and Edgar Levi Chair in Aging

  Director, Sam and Rose Stein Institute for

  Research on Aging

  Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences

  University of California, San Diego

  San Diego, California

• Francis Lotrich, MD, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• John Kasckow, MD, PhD

  Professor of Psychiatry

  University of Pittsburgh

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Andres Lozano, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS

  Professor of Surgery

  Division of Neurosurgery

  University of Toronto

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Helena Kraemer, PhD

  Visiting Professor

  University of Pittsburgh Medical School

  Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

  Stanford University School of Medicine

  Palo Alto, California

• Marilyn Miller, PhD

  Program Director

  Etiology of Alzheimer's Disease: Genetics, Tau, and Hormone Research

  Division of Neuroscience

  National Institute on Aging

  Bethesda, Maryland

• Constance Moore, PhD

  Assistant Professor

  McLean Hospital

  Harvard University School of Medicine

  Belmont, Massachusetts

• George Niederehe, PhD

  Chief, Geriatrics Research Branch

  National Institute of Mental Health

  Bethesda, Maryland

• Stanley Rapoport, MD

  Senior Investigator

  Chief, Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section

  National Institute on Aging

  Bethesda, Maryland

• Christoph Nissen, MD

  Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

  University of Freiburg

  Freiburg, Germany

• Susan Resnick, PhD

  Senior Investigator, Cognition Section

  Laboratory of Personality and Cognition

  National Institute on Aging

  Baltimore, Maryland

• Ruth O'Hara, PhD

  Associate Professor of Psychiatry and

  Behavioral Sciences

  Stanford University School of Medicine

  Palo Alto, California

• Charles Reynolds III, MD

  UPMC Endowed Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry

  Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Science

  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Graduate School of Public Health

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Mercè Pallàs-Lliberia, PhD

  Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutic Chemistry

  School of Pharmacy

  University of Barcelona

  Barcelona, Spain

• Lon Schneider, MD, MS

  Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Gerontology

  Keck School of Medicine

  University of Southern California

  Los Angeles, California

• Joon Hyuk Park, MD

  Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

  Jeju National University College of Medicine

  Jeju, Korea

• Carmen Schröder, MD

  University Sleep Clinic

  Department of Neurology

  University of Strasbourg

  Strasbourg, Alsace, France

• Giulio Maria Pasinetti, MD, PhD

  Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience

  Professor of Geriatrics and Adult Development

  The Mount Sinai School of Medicine

  New York, New York

• Etienne Sibille, PhD

  Associate Professor of Psychiatry

  University of Pittsburgh

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Paola Piccini MD, PhD, FRCP

  Professor of Neurology

  Division of Neurosciences and Mental Health

  Imperial College London

  London, United Kingdom

• Glenn Smith, PhD, LP

  Professor of Psychology

  Consultant, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology

  Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

  Rochester, Minnesota

• Antonios Politis, PhD

  Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

  University of Athens School of Medicine

  Athens, Greece

• Antonio Strafella, MD, PhD

  Associate Professor of Medicine (Neurology)

  University of Toronto

  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Alan Thomas, PhD, MRCPsych

  Senior Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry

  Institute for Ageing and Health

  Wolfson Research Centre

  Newcastle University

  Campus for Ageing and Vitality

  Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

• Robert Sweet, MD

  Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology

  University of Pittsburgh

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Henriette van Praag, PhD

  Neuroplasticity and Behavior Unit

  Laboratory of Neurosciences

  Biomedical Research Center

  National Institute on Aging

  Baltimore, Maryland

• John-Paul Taylor, PhD, MRCPsych

  Clinical Lecturer in Old Age Psychiatry

  Institute for Ageing and Health

  Wolfson Research Centre

  Newcastle General Hospital

  Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

• Victor Villemagne, MD

  Senior Research Fellow

  Department of Nuclear Medicine

  Austin Hospital

  Melbourne, Australia

• Warren Taylor, MD, MHS

  Associate Professor of Psychiatry

  Duke University Medical Center

  Durham, North Carolina

• Sidney Zisook, MD

  Professor and Residency Training Director

  Department of Psychiatry

  University of California, San Diego

  San Diego, California

• Madhav Thambisetty, MD, PhD

  Staff-Clinician in Neurology

  Laboratory of Personality and Cognition

  Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section

  National Institute on Aging

  Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurology

  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  Baltimore, Maryland