Colloquium in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Academic Year 2008-2009
Harvard School of Public Health
Afternoon refreshments at 3:50 p.m., presentations at 4:00 p.m.
Location: Kresge Room 110 Unless Noted Otherwise
October 15
Henry David Abraham, MD
Former Chief of the Alcohol and Drug Treatment Programs at Butler Hospital, Providence, RI
Author of "What's a Parent to Do? Straight Talk on Drugs and Alcohol"
The Role of Parents in the Drug Epidemic
November 19
Naomi Breslau, PhD
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University
Causes of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
December 4
Jerome C. Wakefield, PhD, DSW
University Professor, Professor of Social Work, Harvard Medical School
Affiliate Faculty in Bioethics, New York University
The Age of Depression: Is Normal Sadness being Mislabeled as Depressive Disorder?
December 12 - in conjunction with the Dept. of Epidemiology Lunchtime Seminar Series
12:30-1:30pm -- Kresge Bldg., Room 502
Heather Corliss, MPH, PhD
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Research Scientist, Children's Hospital Boston Sexual Orientation and Substance Use in Youth
February 11
Eric Mick, ScD
Pediatric Psychopharmacology Department, Massachusetts General Hospital
The Genetic Epidemiology of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
March 11
Marc Weisskopf, ScD
Mark and Catherine Winkler Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
Departments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology, HSPH
Bood Lead Levels and Risk of Depression and Panic Disorder among US Adults
April 15
David Pauls, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry (Genetics), Harvard Medical School
Director, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
The Genetics of Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
May 7
Anne Becker, MD, PhD
Department of Social Medicine and Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
AND:
Deborah Blacker, MD, ScD
Department of Epidemiology and Department of Psychiatry, Harvard School of Public Health and Massachusetts General Hospital
Develoopments in Psychiatric Nosology: Lessons from DSM-V in Progress
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