NCDEU: New Research Approaches for Mental Health Interventions
48th Annual NCDEU Meeting
May 27-30, 2008, Phoenix, Arizona
This year's NCDEU meeting focus has been expanded to address a number of timely issues relevant to clinical research in psychiatry, including the translation of research into practice, the importance of regulatory issues, and pharmacogenetics and other means to personalizing interventions.
Highlights of this year's program:
- The Plenary Session, "The Art and Science of Personalizing Treatments for Mental Disorders"
- Seven workshops covering an array of topics including psychopharmacology education; enhancing precision in clinical trials; how an idea becomes an NIMH-funded grant
- Numerous panels focusing on schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, research methodology, and personalizing interventions
- Late-breaking research news
- Over 140 posters including 20 New Investigators
- FDA Symposium
- NCDEU Resource Center
Check out the Schedule-At-A-Glance (PDF, 3 pages) for program details and information about the meeting.
Co-sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health and the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, the NCDEU Meeting is a scientific conference that brings together academic researchers from multiple disciplines involved in clinical trials, practicing psychologists, research pharmacists, nurses, and social workers, as well as investigators with the pharmaceutical industry, and representatives from NIMH/NIH and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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2007 NCDEU Meeting Program and Conference Educational Objectives (PDF file, 50 page)
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