2023 Developmental Affective Neuroscience Symposium

Neurodevelopment of Regulatory Systems:
A Focus on Emotion and Motivation
   
Wednesday, November 8th, 2023
Scaife Hall, University of Pittsburgh, 3550 Terrace St, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 (Room 1105ABC)
   
3:00-5:00pm Round Table with NIH Program Officers (NIMH and NIDA)
6:00-8:00pm Welcome Reception: University Club, Gold Room (123 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15260)
   
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
University Club at the University of Pittsburgh, 123 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
   
8:15-8:45am Refreshments (coffee, tea, juice, water) and Registration
8:45am Welcoming Comments
   
Session 1
9:00-9:40am Bea Luna – University of Pittsburgh
Specialization of frontostriatal systems through adolescence
9:40-10:20am Bita Moghaddam – Oregon Health and Science University
Adolescents engage cortical striatal circuits differently during response inhibition
10:20-10:35am Break
10:35-11:15am Kuei Tseng – University of Illinois, Chicago
Impact of early life adversity on prefrontal circuit maturation
11:15-11:55am Shannon Gourley – Emory University
Social experience in adolescence shapes prefrontal cortex structure and function in adulthood: Using model organisms to identify mechanisms of resilience
11:55-12:10pm Discussion – led by Leah Somerville – Harvard University
   
12:10-1:15pm Lunch (provided)
   
Session 2
1:15-1:55pm Jennifer Silvers – UCLA
Impacts of experience on adolescent neurodevelopment
1:55-2:35pm Rachel Marsh – Columbia University
The intergenerational transmission of control deficits
2:35-2:50pm Discussion – led by Christopher Monk – University of Michigan
2:50-3:05pm Break
   
Session 3: Brief RISING STAR SCHOLARS Talks
3:05-4:30pm Tiffany Ho – UCLA
Pubertal influences and white matter microstructural development in adolescents: implications for mental health
Kristen Delevich – Washington State University
Investigating the role of testicular hormones at puberty on motivated behaviors and mesolimbic dopamine circuits
Heidi Meyer – Boston University
Leveraging early life experiences to drive adaptive brain development
Rachel Puralewski – University of Wisconsin – Madison
Emergence of trait anxiety and its associations with developing neural circuitry during the first year of nonhuman primate life
Mary Woody – University of Pittsburgh
Using steady state visual evoked potentials to probe affect-biased attention among adolescent girls at high risk for depression
4:30-4:45pm Discussion – led by Lauren Bylsma – University of Pittsburgh
   
4:45-5:45pm Poster Session
   
Friday November 10th, 2023
University Club at the University of Pittsburgh, 123 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
   
8:30-9:00am Refreshments (coffee, tea, juice, water)
   
Session 4
9:00-9:40am Shawn Sorrells – University of Pittsburgh
Immature amygdala excitatory neurons migrate and mature during adolescence in humans and mice
9:40-10:20am Marie Banich – University of Colorado
Associations of brain morphology in youth with individual differences in emotional processing and experience related to internalizing psychopathology
10:20-10:35am Break
10:35-11:15am Dylan Gee – Yale University
Early experiences and affective neurodevelopment: Implications for youth anxiety treatment
11:15-11:30am Discussion – led by Kate Fitzgerald – Columbia University
   
 11:30-11:45am Pick up bagged lunch provided and return for Panel Discussion
   
Session 5
11:45-12:45pm  Moderated Panel Discussion – (during lunch)
   
12:45-12:55pm Closing Remarks / ADJOURN

 

 

The 2023 DANS is sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh
Departments of Psychiatry, Neurobiology, Psychology