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Department of Psychiatry Research Day

Posted by Department of Psychiatry on November 7, 2013 in Community Highlights

On Friday, November 1, 2013, The Department of Psychiatry held its annual Research Day. The Plenary speaker was Professor Tom Kirkwood from Newcastle University who spoke on the topic of “Mental Capital and Longer Lives.” Students and Faculty also showcased their research in oral and poster formats.

Photo: Back row- Left to right: Ms. Hera Schlagintweit, Dr. Kim Good, Chair Psychiatry Research Day Subcommittee, Professor Tom Kirkwood, Plenary speaker (Newcastle University) , Dr. Nick Delva, Chairman and Head, Department of Psychiatry. Front Row, Left to right: Dr. George Robertson, Mr. Andre Pollman, Dr. Ben Rusak, Director of Research, Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Jacob Cookey and Dr. David Lovas.

Winners for best presentation within each category were:

Best Graduate Student presentation: Ms. Hera Schlagintweit - The impact of nicotine lozenges and stimulus expectancies on cigarette craving
Best Undergraduate presentation: Mr. Andre Pollman - Avoiding Assumptions H Sedative Withdrawal
Beset Resident presentation: Dr. Jacob Cookey - Multimodal neuroimaging of white matter microstructure in early phase psychosis: the impact of early adolescent cannabis use
Best Jr. Faculty presentation: Dr. David Lovas - The Path from Childhood Maltreatment to Somatic Symptoms: Defining the Mediators