Utilizing NIMH’s Analysis Area Standards (RDoC) Framework in World Psychological Well being Analysis
Overview
This webinar will talk about the Nationwide Institute of Psychological Well being’s Analysis Area Standards (RDoC) initiative and its potential to tell (and be told by) international psychological well being analysis. RDoC is a analysis framework that encourages the investigation of psychological problems from a perspective of fundamental practical dimensions (e.g., cognitive management), utilizing many forms of data – from genomics and neuroscience to habits and environmental measures. The webinar will embrace an introduction to the RDoC framework and have displays from two analysis teams whose work incorporates RDoC approaches globally.
In regards to the Audio system
Vikram Patel, Ph.D. , is The Pershing Sq. Professor of World Well being on the Harvard Medical College, the place he chairs the Division of World Well being and Social Medication. He leads the Psychological Well being for All Lab, which focuses on the social determinant of psychological well being issues and the usage of group sources for his or her prevention and remedy. He co-founded Sangath, an award-winning Indian NGO that pioneered approaches to attain psychological well being fairness. He’s a Fellow of the UK’s Academy of Medical Sciences and a U.S. Nationwide Academy of Medication member.
Supriya Bhavnani, Ph.D. , is a Co-Principal Investigator within the Baby Growth Group at Sangath, India. She leads a translational neuroscience analysis program to develop and validate progressive digital instruments, together with eye monitoring, gamified neuropsychological duties, and electroencephalography, to evaluate mind improvement by way of the essential preschool years of early childhood at scale to establish youngsters faltering of their developmental trajectories and allow early interventions. Her analysis additionally investigates the determinants of childhood improvement, specializing in the impression of psychosocial adversities on youngsters’s well-being. She has obtained the celebrated INSPIRE school award and the Revolutionary Younger Biotechnologist Award from the Authorities of India.
Lerato Majara, Ph.D. , is a postdoctoral analysis fellow on the Neuropsychiatric Genetics in African Populations (NeuroGAP) challenge and a member of the World Initiative of Neuropsychiatric Genetics Schooling and Analysis (GINGER) program at Harvard T.H. Chan College of Public Well being. Dr. Majara’s analysis pursuits are the genetics of psychiatric problems and the transferability of polygenic threat scores throughout and inside African populations.
Olivia Wootton, M.D., is a Ph.D. candidate within the Division of Psychiatry and Psychological Well being on the College of Cape City. Her analysis is concentrated on the contribution of frequent genetic variants to cognitive operate within the basic inhabitants and in individuals with schizophrenia. Dr. Wootton is especially within the scientific relevance of neurogenetic analysis, together with the potential impression of molecular genetics on prognostic and diagnostic assessments and remedy methods.
Dan J. Stein, M.D., Ph.D. , is a Professor and Chair of the Division of Psychiatry and Psychological Well being on the College of Cape City and Director of the South African Medical Analysis Council’s Unit on Danger & Resilience in Psychological Issues. Dr. Stein is concerned with analysis on anxiousness and associated problems, constructing psychological well being analysis capability within the African context, and dealing on the intersection of philosophy and psychiatry.
The NIMH RDoC Unit is devoted to furthering the targets of the RDoC initiative and overseeing numerous RDoC-related actions. Unit members embrace Bruce Cuthbert, Ph.D. (Head), Sarah Morris, Ph.D. (Affiliate Head), Rebecca Berman, Ph.D., Jenni Pacheco, Ph.D., and Syed Rizvi (M.P.H.). Their collective expertise spans scientific psychology, public well being, cognitive neuroscience, and psychopathology. Collectively, they collaborate with the RDoC working group and partnering organizations to advertise new analysis approaches to enhance psychological well being.
In regards to the Heart for World Psychological Well being Analysis Webinar Sequence
The Heart for World Psychological Well being Analysis, a part of the Nationwide Institute of Psychological Well being (NIMH), is internet hosting a sequence of webinars centered on making use of for and managing international psychological well being analysis grants from the Nationwide Institutes of Well being (NIH). We encourage college students, post-docs, and new investigators concerned with international psychological well being analysis to attend. The webinar sequence goals to extend information about NIH construction and grant processes and improve international psychological well being analysis capability.
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The Heart for World Psychological Well being Analysis
Registration
This occasion is free, however it’s essential to register to attend .
Contact
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