Current

Amy Learmonth, William Paterson University

Co-Chair
Peter Gerhardstein, Binghamton University-SUNY

Conference Coordinator
Julie Campbell, Psychology Department, Illinois State University

Perinatal Pre-Conference Symposium Program Director
Marion I. van den Heuvel
Sponsored by the International Perinatal Brain and Behavior Network (IPBBN)

We are excited to announce that we have partnered with our online membership and conference managing software provider, X-CD, to host our virtual conference. The Virtual Meeting platform will provide a mix of live presentations and professional produced recorded presentations followed by live Q&A discussions, and on-demand paper and ePoster sessions. For all sessions, you’ll be able to post questions for the presenters to respond to either synchronously if you are watching while the presentation goes live or asynchronously if watching the presentation on-demand. While all the invited speakers, symposia speakers, panel discussions and oral presentation sessions will be live-streamed during the program schedule, they will also be available on an on-demand basis beginning 24 hours after their live-streamed presentation and for a minimum of one month following the conclusion of the conference. With your registration, you’ll be able to consume content both during and after the conference. All ePosters will be available on-demand from a few days before the live-streamed conference dates. ePoster presenters will have the option to also include a short video presentation of their ePosters, as well as using the platform’s  pan and zoom technology to clearly present the ePoster. All Sessions (Oral and Poster) will include embedded discussion boards for Q&A and ongoing discussions.

While all content will be made available on-demand, we encourage attendees to be present when the recorded presentations go live as they’ll be able to interact with the presenters synchronously using the chat function that is specific to each presentation and to network with other attendees from around the world as well as to virtually visit our sponsors and exhibitors.

Doing better – a panel discussion on how best to improve scientific practices with respect to inclusivity and equality

Announcing the Symposium Sessions:

Please click on the Symposium Titles Below for full details:

Columbia University in the City of New York Sponsored Symposium:

• CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO STUDYING EARLY LIFE STRESS AND THE DEVELOPING BRAIN, Chair: Ms Morgan Botdorf, University of Maryland, College Park, United States

Young Investigator Symposium: 

• EMERGENCE OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN FUNCTIONAL BRAIN DEVELOPMENT DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE: IMPLICATIONS FOR RISK & RESILIENCE, Chair: Dr Sonya Troller-Renfree, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, United States

• EARLY LIFE STRESS EXPOSURE YIELDS PERSISTENT PHYSIOLOGICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, AND BEHAVIORAL CHANGES IN PRECLINICAL RODENT MODELS, Chair: Dr Jennifer Quinn, Miami University, Oxford, United States

• STRESS AND THE DEVELOPING BRAIN: A CROSS-SPECIES EXAMINATION OF THE NEURODEVELOPMENTAL IMPACTS OF EARLY ADVERSITY, Chair: Dr Heidi Meyer, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, United States

• EARLY LIFE ADVERSITY, INFLAMMATORY BURDEN, AND VULNERABILITY: A TRANSLATIONAL APPROACH, Chair: Dr Joanne Weinberg, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

• Perinatal Pre-Conference: NEURAL CORRELATES OF MOTHER-CHILD INTERACTION: SHAPING EARLY SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, Chair: Dr Mia Mclean, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia,Vancouver, Canada

ISDP STUDENT & POSTDOC MEMBER ABSTRACT AWARDS, thanks to our sponsors & virtual exhibitors:

Thank you to all of our sponsors, who have generously supported ISDP Student & Postdoc Member Travel Awards as well as selected Symposium Speaker’s travel.  Funding for these awards was generously provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, John Wiley and Sons Publishing, (publishers of the ISDP’s official journal, Developmental Psychobiology, the Division of Developmental Neuroscience in Psychiatry at Columbia University,  MagstimEGI, Brain Vision, LLC, The Trust Insurance Programs, ANT Neuro, Zero to Three and the members of the ISDP. Thanks to all our generous sponsors and exhibitors!