Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Mental Health

Matrics New Approaches Conference
Held on SEPTEMBER 9 - 10, 2004

Bolger Center, Potomac, MD
6001 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, Maryland 20852

Program

Time Topic / Powerpoint Presentation Presenter
Thursday, September 9th - Morning Session
8:00 am–8:10* am Welcome and Introduction Mark Geyer, Ph.D. & Robert Heinssen, Co-Chairs
8:10 am–8:30 am NIMH's Approaches to Treatment Development Wayne Fenton, M.D.
8:30 am–8:50 am Overview of MATRICS and TURNS Stephen Marder, M.D.
8:50 am–9:20 am Introduction Thomas Insel, M.D.
9:20 - 9:50 am The promises and perils of moving from clinical neuropsychological to cognitive neuroscientific approaches to measuring treatment effects on cognition in schizophrenia Cameron Carter
9:50 - 10:20 am Needs and approaches for proof of concept and clinical validation studies of putative treatments for cognitive deficits in schizophrenia Alan Breier
10:20 - 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Assessing Dysfunction Using Refined Cognitive Methods John Jonides
11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Needs and prospects for preclinical predictors of efficacious treatments for cognitive deficits in schizophrenia Jim Hagan
11:30 - 12:00 p.m. Synthesizing schizophrenia: a bottom-up, symptomatic approach Trevor Robbins
12:15 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch in Bolger Center
Afternoon Session, Thursday September 9, 2004
1:00 pm–3:00 pm Early Afternoon Breakout Groups
  1. Biomarkers for Clinical Trials I - Neuroimaging Cameron Carter & Greg McCarthy, Co-leaders
  2. Distinguishing separable domains of cognition in human and animal studies: What separations are optimal for targeting interventions? Keith Nuechterlein & Trevor Robbins, Co-leaders
  3. Developing predictive models and establishing a preclinical trials network for assessing treatment effects on cognition in animals Tony Grace & Lisa Gold, Co-leaders
  4. Impact of emotion and stress on cognition Deanna Barch & Bruce Cuthbert, Co-leaders
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Coffee Break, move to new rooms
3:30 pm–5:30 pm Late Afternoon Breakout Groups
  5.Biomarkers for Clinical Trials II -- Psychophysiology and electrophysiology Bruce Cuthbert & Judy Ford, Co-leaders
  6. Emerging frontiers in behavioral measures of cognition Jonathon Cohen & Jon Jonides, Co-leaders
  7. Social cognition: human and animal paradigms Michael Green & Berend Olivier, Co-leaders
  8. Biomarkers for Clinical Trials III -- Genetics and Genomics Dan Weinberger & Linda Brady, Co-leaders
Friday, September 10th - Reports from Breakout Group Co-leaders, including 3 top priority needs in each area
8:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Group 1 - Biomarkers for Clinical Outcomes: Neuroimaging
Group 2 - Distinguishing Separable Domains of Cognition in Human and Animal Studies
Group 6 - Emerging frontiers in behavioral measures of cognition
Group 3 - Developing Predictive Models and Establishing a
Preclinical Trials Network for Assessing Treatment Effects
on Cognition in Animals

10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:30 p.m. Group 4 - Impact of Emotion and Stress on Cognition
Group 5 - Biomarkers for Clinical Trials II -- Psychophysiology and electrophysiology
Group 7
- Social Cognition in Schizophrenia
Group 8 - Biomarkers for Clinical Trials III – Genetics & Genomics
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Working Lunch: Discussions to focus on areas of consensus and divergence
1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Panel Discussion - Chairs, Speakers, and Breakout Group Co-leaders
A. Reactions from the Thursday morning Speakers
B. Discussion/resolution of overlaps and relationships among Breakout Groups
C. Generation of priorities for a research agenda: new approaches to the assessment and treatment of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia

*All Times are tentative
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