Sat. Oct 12, 2019 2:50 PM - 4:30 PM Room 16 (Heian)

Organizer / Chair: Akira SAWA (Johns Hopkins Medicine, USA), Co-chair: Suresh SUNDRAM (Monash University and Monash Health, Australia), Discussants: ‌Noboru HIROI (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA), Naren P RAO (National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, India)

Technological advances and collaborative efforts in psychiatric genetics have provided robust insights in molecular landscape of psychiatric disorders. How to interpret and fruitfully utilize genetic information in psychiatry and neuropharmacology is now becoming an opportunity but also a major challenge. In this symposium, three speakers will address this key question in this field from complementary viewpoints. The first speaker Steve Hyman will discuss a path from genetics to translational neuroscience. The second speaker Akira Sawa will introduce a strategy that focuses on deep phenotyping of patients, including molecular and cellular study. Finally, the third speaker Jun Soo Kwon will address this question from neuroimaging perspectives. Together, we hope that the symposium may be able to provide an intellectual framework in psychiatry and neuropharmacology in the coming decade.