ORGANIZED BY INECO FOUNDATION
2024 - 16th International Symposium of the INECO Foundation: Challenges and Advances in Psychiatry
Study of the clinical features, biomarkers, genetics and social factors associated with prevalent psychiatric disorders in Latin America.
The creation of the Latin American Consortium for the study of genetic, epigenetic and social factors of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders, coordinated by doctors Brian Lawlor, Hernando SantaMaría-García and Agustín Ibañez, is an event of great importance for Mental Health in the region.
Our goal is to bring together a group of leaders to present their current research and take advantage of this opportunity to meet with researchers and clinical leaders from Latin America.
The objective is to strengthen the Latin American psychiatry consortium and discuss the plan to apply for an R01 NIH grant with the objective of studying the clinical, biomarkers, genetics and social factors associated with prevalent psychiatric disorders in Latin America.
Scientific coordinators: Dr. Marcelo Cetkovich and Hernando Santamaría-García
PROGRAM
2pm Initial Opening
Dr. Marcelo Cetkovich
Block 1: Social determinants and environmental factors associated with depression, anxiety, stress-related disorders and suicidal behavior
Dr. Hernando Santamaria – García
Dr. Demian Rodante
Block 2: Phenotypes and biomarkers in psychiatry
Dr. Joan Camprodon
Dr. Federico Daray
Block 3: Genetics, epigenetics and pharmacogenetics in psychiatry
Dr. Janitza Montalvo – Ortiz
Dr. Miguel Renteria
Block 4: Dimensionality in psychiatry, stress, aging and dementia
Dr. Brian Lawlor
Dr. Sergio Strejilevich
18hs Final reflections and closing spaces
Dr. Agustín Ibañez
Reports and registration: https://simposio.fundacionineco.org/