On February 2, 2024 the Department welcomes Jordan Smoller, MD, ScD from the Harvard Medical School as our Distinguished Scientist Lecturer as part of our Friday lecture series.
Dr. Smoller is the MGH Trustees Endowed Chair in Psychiatric Neuroscience and Professor of Psychiatry and Epidemiology at Harvard University. He also serves as director of the Psychiatric & Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Smoller and his colleagues are working to understand the nature of these disorders and to develop better methods for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. Dr. Smoller’s research is focused on three main areas: 1) Understanding the genetic and environmental (“nature and nurture”) contributions to psychiatric disorders across the lifespan. This includes large-scale genomic research to identify genes that confer risk or resilience to neurodevelopmental disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, and disorders of cognition as well as how genetic effects link different mental health conditions; 2) Integrating genomics and neuroscience to unravel how genes affect brain structure and function. This includes research using neuroimaging and genomics to identify the brain basis of mental health and illness; and 3) Using “big data”, including electronic health records and genomics, to advance precision medicine for psychiatric and other diseases. This includes computational approaches to develop clinically useful tools for the prediction and early detection of psychiatric disorders and suicidal behavior.
Join us for this virtual lecture using the following Zoom information:
Zoom Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/99887641556
Passcode: 874622
For More Information. Please contact Shardai Key Ward at keysj4@upmc.edu.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS. The entirety of this program will be a lecture by the speaker(s). All individuals able to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients. Registration is not required for this event. This event is free and there will be no refunds. The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Other health care professionals are awarded .15 continuing education units (CEUs), which are equal to 1.5 contact hours. In accordance with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education requirements on disclosure, information about relationships of presenters with commercial interests (if any) will be included in materials which will be distributed at the time of the conference. WPH is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. WPH maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. This program is being offered for 1.5 continuing education credits. The indicated number of clock hours of continuing education is provided through UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital’s Office of Educational Resources and Planning, a PA-approved provider of social work continuing education in accordance with all the applicable educational and professional standards of the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapist. These clock hours satisfy requirements for LSW/LCSW, LPC and LMFT renewal. For more information, call (412) 204-9085.
