Professor Andrew Miller
Global expert in biological research of depression
About this event
- Date and time Tue 29 Jan 2019 from 8:30am to 5:00pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Psychiatry
This unique event will bring together world leaders in research on depression, to discuss both classical and innovative ideas to understand this devastating disorder.
The specific theme of the event is whether depression can still be described as a simple disorder of the brain, or rather conceptualised as a series of behavioural and biological changes that spans mind, brain, body and affects both psychological and physical health.
The event will focus in particular on some of the most exciting recent work on the role of inflammation, gut and stress hormones in the development of depression, and how this could help us to improve the lives people suffering with this disorder.
Topics include:
- Better insight of when physical health can lead to development of depression and underweight on mental health
- Appreciate the link between inflammation and depression and its role for novel therapeutic strategies
- Biological mechanisms behind the link between stress and depression
Key speakers
Professor Ed Bullmore
Author of the book “The inflamed mind”
Agenda
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Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and Introduction
Dr Valeria Mondelli, King’s College London
When the depression comes from your body
Dr Valeria Mondelli
How your weight affects your mood
Professor Lucile Capuron, Research Director, INRA, Laboratory of Nutrition and Integrative Neurobiology, University of Bordeaux, France
How your heart affects your mood
Professor Andrew Steptoe, Head, Department of Behavioural Science and Health. Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London
Melancholic microbes: How gut microbes impact mood
Professor Timothy Dinan, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cork, Ireland
Questions and answers
Tea and coffee break
Inflammation and depression
Professor Phil Cowen, University of Oxford
The role of inflammation in the onset of depression
Dr Neil Harrison, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroimaging, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex
Targeting inflammation to treat depression
Professor Ed Bullmore, Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
Inflammation as biomarker for depression
Professor Carmine M Pariante, Professor of Biological Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London
Questions and answers
Lunch
Stress hormones and depression
Professor Allan Young, King’s College London
The link between cortisol and depression
Professor Ian Goodyer, Professor Emeritus of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
Cortisol as a biomarker for depression
Professor Anthony Cleare, Professor of Psychopharmacology and Affective Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London
Understanding the impact of prenatal stress on brain development: What we can learn from in vitro models
Dr Cristiana Cruceanu, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Germany
Questions and answers
Tea and coffee break
Keynote lecture
Professor Carmine M Pariante
Therapeutic implications of brain-immune interactions: Treatment in translation
Professor Andrew H Miller, William P Timmie Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Questions and answers
Closing remarks
Professor Carmine M Pariante
Close of meeting
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom