ICBD Speakers
Lucija Abramovic, M.Sc
PhD student, Rudolf Magnus Institute
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Fisun Akdeniz, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Izmir, Turkey

Rayan K. Al Jurdi, M.D.
Associate Professor
Michael E. DeBakey VAMC; Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Martin Alda, M.D., FRCPC
Professor, Killam Chair in Mood Disorders
Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Lauren B. Alloy, Ph.D.
Professor and Joseph Wolpe Distinguished Faculty Fellow; Director of Clinical Training
Department of Psychology, Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Michael Bauer, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden, Germany

Frank Bellivier, M.D., Ph.D.
Head of the Department of Adult Psychiatry, Hopital F. Widal
APHP, INSERM, Fondation FondaMental
Paris, France

Michael Berk, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia

David J. Bond, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Charles Bowden, M.D.
Professor
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, United States

Elisa Brietzke, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil

E. Sherwood Brown, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, United States

Lucy L. Brown, Ph.D.
Clinical Professor of Neurology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York, United States

Joseph R. Calabrese, M.D.
Director, Mood Disorders Program
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Kiki D. Chang, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California, United States

Roy Chengappa, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Victoria Cosgrove, Ph.D.
Instructor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California, United States

Alfredo B Cuellar Barboza M.D.
Research Fellow
Mayo Clinic (US) and Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (Mex)
Monterrey, Mexico

Bruce N. Cuthbert, Ph.D.
Director, NIMH Division of Adult Translational Research and Treatment Development
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Faith Dickerson Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director of Psychology
Sheppard Pratt
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Seetal Dodd, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
Deakin University
Geelong, Australia

Anne Duffy, M.D. M.Sc., FRCPC
Professor of Youth Mental Health
University of Calgary
Calgary, Canada

Bruno Etain, M.D., Ph.D.
Psychiatrist; Researcher
European Network of Bipolar Research Expert Centres
Creteil, France

Brisa S Fernandes M.D.
UFRGS
Porto Alegre, Brazil

Ellen Frank, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry; Professor of Psychology
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Benicio N. Frey, M.D. M.Sc., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Mark A. Frye, M.D.
Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, United States

John R. Geddes, M.D., FRCPsych
Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom

Bart Geerling, MANP, CNS
Nurse Specialist
Dimence
Almelo, Netherlands

Samuel Gershon, M.D., FRCP
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
Aventura, Florida, United States

Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Psychiatry
Tufts University School of Medicine; Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Ariel G. Gildengers, M.D.
Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Guy Goodwin, M.D.
WA Handley Professor of Psychiatry
Oxford University
Oxford, United Kingdom

John F. Gottlieb, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Paul Grof, M.D., Ph.D.
Director; Professor of Psychiatry
Mood Disorders Center of Ottawa; University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Laszlo Gyulai, M.D.
Emeritus Associate Professor
University of Pennsylvania; Philadlephia VAMC
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Elizabeth Haase, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
New York, New York, United States

Tomas Hajek, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Dalhousie Clinical Research Scholar
Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Josep Maria Haro, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Research
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu
Barcelona, Spain

Allison Harvey, Ph.D.
Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, United States

Philip D. Harvey, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida, United States

Oscar Heeren
ISBD Peru
Lima, Peru

Dan V. Iosifescu M.D., M.Sc.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York, United States

Kay Jamison, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Flavio Kapczinski, M.D., Ph.D.
Profesor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry, UFRGS. Molecular Psychiatry Laboratory, HCPA
Porto Alegre, Brazil

Matthew T. Keener, M.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Research; CEO and Co-founder
University of Pittsburgh; Emodt LLC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Sid Kennedy, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry; ISAD President
ISAD
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Terence A. Ketter, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California, United States

Amy Kilbourne, M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Jan-Marie Kozicky
PhD Candidate (Neuroscience)
UBC Mood Disorders Centre
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

David J. Kupfer, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Ralph W. Kupka, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sue Lauder
Site Co-ordinator MoodSwings
University of Melbourne
Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Marion Leboyer, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
AP-HP, INSERM, Université Paris Est, Fondation FondaMental
Creteil, France

Ellen Leibenluft, M.D.
Senior Investigator; Chief of the Section on Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Emotion and Development Branch, Mood and Anxiety Program, National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Erwin Lenk
Board Member
German Society for Bipolar Disorder
Augsburg, Germany

Jeffrey A. Lieberman, M.D.
Lawrence C. Kolb Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry; Director
Columbia University; New York State Psychiatric institute
New York, New York, United States

Carlos Lopez Jaramillo
Universidad Antioquia
Medellín, Columbia

Suzanne E. Luty, M.D.
Associate Professor
University of Otago
Christchurch, New Zealand

Luis Madrid
ISBD Venezuela
Carcacas, Venezuela

Pedro VS Magalhães M.D., Ph.D.
Post-doctoral research Fellow
National Institute for Translational Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre, Brazil

Cheryl Magrini, Ph.D.,
Clergy; Certified Peer Specialist
First United Methodist Church at Chicago Temple
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Gin S. Malhi, MBChB, FRCPsych, FRANZCP, M.D.
Head, Discipline of Psychiatry; Professor
Discipline of Psychiatry, CADE Clinic, Advanced Research and Clinical Highfield Imaging (ARCHI)
Sydney, Australia

Husseini Manji, M.D., FRCPC
Global Therapeutic Head for Neuroscience
Janssen Research & Development, Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Brentwood, Tennessee, United States

Wendy Marsh, M.D., M.Sc.
Assistant Professor
University if Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Daniel J. Martin, BMSc (Hons), MBChB, MRCPsych
Clinical Research Fellow
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, United Kingdom

Mark Matthews, Ph.D.
Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow
Cornell University; Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland

Colleeen A. McClung, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Susan McElroy, M.D.
Chief Resarch Officer; Professor of Psychiatry
Lindner Center of HOPE, The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Mason, Ohio, United States

Roger S. McIntyre, M.D., FRCPC
Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

David J. Miklowitz, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California, United States

Arpi Minassian, Ph.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego
San Diego, California, United States

Philip Mitchell, M.B., M.D., FRANZCP, FRCPsych
Head of school of Psychiatry
School of Psychiatry
Sydney, Australia

Charles Nemeroff, M.D., Ph.D.
Leonard M. Miller Professor and Chairman and Director, Center on Aging
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida, United States

Andrew A. Nierenberg, M.D.
Director, Bipolar Clinic and Research Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Willem A. Nolen, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Gronngen
Groningen, Netherlands

Michael Ostacher, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Director, VA/Stanford Mood Disorder Research Program
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, United States

Aysegul Ozerdem, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
Izmir, Turkey

Sagar Parikh, M.D., FRCPC
Professor
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

James Phelps, M.D.
Director, Mood Disorders Program
Western University
Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Mary Phillips, M.D.
Professor in Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science; Director of the Clinical and Translational Affective Neuroscience Program
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Robert M. Post, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
George Washington University
Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Martin Preisig M.D., MPH
Prof., CHUV Department of Psychiatry
Prilly, Switzerland

Danilo Quiroz
Director
Efeso Mood Clinic
Santiago, Chile

Natalie Rasgon, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California, United States

Noreen A. Reilly-Harrington, Ph.D.
Director of Training and Assessments, Bipolar Trials Network
Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Janusz Rybakowski, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Adult Psychiatry, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Science
Poznan, Poland

Martha Sajatovic, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Gates Mills, Ohio, United States

Manuel Sanchez de Carmona
ISBD Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico

Ihsan M. Salloum, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida, United States

Samuel Sarrazin
Psychiatric Trainee
AP-HP, Hôpital H. Mondor
Créteil, France

Lars Schaerer
Project Manager
Center for innovative Treatment of Bipolar Disorder, University Hospital Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany

Jan Scott, Ph.D., FRCPSYCH
Professor of Psychiatry; Chaire D’Excellence
Newcastle University; Fondation Fondamental; INSEM
Newcastle, United Kingdom

Verinder Sharma, M.B., FRCP (c)
Professor of Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Western University
Ontario, Canada

Kenneth Shulman, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Manuel S. Silverman, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist; DBSA Board of Directors
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Dorothy Sit, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Daniel J. Smith, M.D., MRCPsych
Reader in Psychiatry
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, United Kingdom

Anja Stevens, M.D.
Psychiatrist
Dimence
Almelo, Netherlands

Sergio A. Strejilevich, M.D.
Director
Bipolar Disorder Program, Neurosciences Institute, Favaloro University
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Trisha Suppes, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, California, United States

Alan C. Swann, M.D.
Professor; Vice Chair for Research
Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Houston, Texas, United States

Holly A. Swartz, M.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Louisa Sylvia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Ryad Tamouza, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Consultant; Principal Investigator
Jean Dausset Department; INSERM
Paris, France

Michael E. Thase, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Mauricio Tohen, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Professor
UTHSCSA
Boerne, Texas, United States

Bryan K. Tolliver, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Susannah J. Tye BSc (Hon I), Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, New York, United States

Gustavo Vázquez
Psychiatrist
Centro de Investigación en Neurociencia y Neuropsicología Aplicada de la Universidad de Palermo
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Eduard Vieta, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry; Head of the Department of Psychiatry
Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona; IDIBAPS; CIBERSAM
Barcelona, Spain

Maj Vinberg MD,PhD
Senior Consultant, Post Doc
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark

Daniel R. Weinberger, M.D.
Director, Lieber Institute for Brain Devlopment
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Michèle Wessa, Ph.D.
Professor
Section for Psychopathology and Neuroimaging, Department of General Psychiatry, Center of Psychosocial Medicine, Heidelberg University
Heidelberg, Germany

Stacey Winham, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Joseph Wu, M.D.
Associate Professor
Psychiatry Department, University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California, United States

Allan Young, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair of Psychiatry
ISAD
London, United Kingdom

Robert Young, M.D.
Professor
Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York, United States

Eric A. Youngstrom, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Carlos Zarate, M.D.
Chief Experimental Therapeutics & Pathophysiology Branch
Division Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States