16th Annual Research Forum (aka Extravaganza) *

UIC Department of Psychiatry

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16th Annual Research Forum (aka Extravaganza) *


29October

Event Info
Category Date and Time
  • Wednesday, October 29, 2025
  • 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Topic and Speaker
  • Neurodevelopmental Trajectories: Pathways to Psychopathology and Health
  • Raquel Gur MD PhD
    • Karl and Linda Rickels Professor of Psychiatry
    • Senior Vice Chair for Research and Penn-CHOP Research Integration
    • Co-Director of the Penn Translational Neuroscience Center
    • Director of the Lifespan Brain Institute at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
    Raquel Gur

Location
  • In-person
  • College of Medicine Research Building (COMRB)
  • 909 S. Wolcott Avenue
  • Chicago IL 60612
  • Conference Room
    • Moss Auditorium
Event Details

PROGRAM
COM Moss Auditorium (909 S. Wolcott)

Time Activities

1:00 pm – 1:15 pm

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

 

Anand Kumar, MD, MHA
Lizzie Gilman Professor and
Head of the Department of Psychiatry

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm

FACULTY DATA BLITZ

 

James Auta, PhD

Transcriptomic and epigenetic changes in prefrontal cortex during alcohol use disorder

 

Orly Lazarov, PhD

The role of new neurons in memory formation

 

Jennifer Suor, PhD

Social determinants and neural-behavioral mechanisms of childhood executive function and its implications for preventive interventions for children living in poverty

 

Jun Ma, MD, PhD

"Alexa, launch Coach Lumen”: AI Voice-based Therapy for Depression and Anxiety in Adults

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

 

Raquel Gur, MD, PhD

Neurodevelopmental Trajectories: Pathways to Psychopathology and Health


POSTER PRESENTATON
Student Center West - 2nd floor (828 S. Wolcott Ave)

 

Time Activities

3:00pm - 4:00 pm

Odd poster numbers

4:00pm - 5:00 pm

Even poster numbers

POSTER PRESENTATION ENTRIES

Department of Psychiatry Research Forum (aka Extravaganza) Committee Chairs

Olusola Ajilore, MD, PhD

Elizabeth Glover, PhD

Perry Tsai, MD, PhD

 

*Not eligible for CME/CEU credit

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