Conference Programme

Keynote speakers, programme and guidance

The conference will take place from 9.30am - 5.00pm on Wednesday 18th September 2024.

Please note, talk titles are subject to change.

Schedule	Speaker and Topic
09.30	Welcome Professor Ibrahim Abubakar, Pro-Provost (Health), UCL and Professor Tony David, UCL
09.40	Autism Professor Antonia Hamilton, UCL, Studying social interaction to understand autism Professor Jeremy Veenstra Wanderweele, Columbia University, USA, Pathways to biology-based interventions in autism Professor Ginny Russell, Univeristy of Exeter, Autism and Neurodiversity - setting priorities for future research
10.55	Panel discussion. Chair: Professor Argyris Stringaris, UCL
11.05	Short break
11.30	Dementia Professor Siddarthan Chandran, Dementia Research Institute, Translating basic research into clinical outcomes in Dementia - why is it taking so long? Professor Rob Howard, UCL, Is that all there is? Neuroscience delivers new Alzheimer’s treatments Dr Ian James, CNTW NHS Trust, Non-pharmacological interventions for behaviours that challenge
12.45	Panel discussion. Chair: Dr Natalie Marchant, UCL
13.00	Lunch break & poster presentations
14.30	Climate Change Dr Liz Marks, University of Bath, Navigating distressing eco-emotions at a time of climate and ecological crisis Dr Kris de Meyer, UCL, From climate despair to climate action and agency
15.20	Panel discussion. Chaired by Professor Essi Viding
15.30	Tea and coffee break
16.00	PhD and conference poster prize giving
16.15	Key lecture: Neuropsychiatric Genetics Professor Sir Michael Owen, Cardiff University, The Nature of Schizophrenia: genetic findings and their implications
17.00	Finish
17.30	Drinks reception

Contact information

If you have any questions or queries about the conference, please contact:

iomh.info@ucl.ac.uk
020 3108 7152

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