Meet the Chairs

December 20, 2017

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Introducing IEPA 11 new conference conveners:

Matcheri S. Keshavan, Chair and

Kristen A. Woodberry, Co-chair

I would like to welcome Keshavan and Kristen for taking over the reins of the IEPA 11 Meeting: Prevention & Early Intervention: Broadening the Scope. Both of our esteemed chairs have worked hand-in-hand with the conference’s original convenor, Larry Seidman, on many projects over the years. They are dedicated to building on the firm foundations he laid for IEPA 11 and bringing his vision to fruition at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, October 2018.

Peter B. Jones, IEPA President

Matcheri S. Keshavan, M.D.
Stanley Cobb Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Vice-Chair of Psychiatry
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA

Dr. Keshavan is a licensed physician and board certified psychiatrist, and is Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center (MMHC), the Public Psychiatry Division of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). He is also on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. He has spent the last 20 years investigating the causes and treatments of psychotic disorders. His research has resulted in over 600 publications to date, including over 400 peer-reviewed papers, and four books. He has received several awards including the Gaskell Gold Medal of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (1985), Nancy Roschke Certificate for teaching excellence of the American Psychiatric Association in 1993, the Golden Apple Award for Teaching at the Department of Psychiatry in 1992, 1994 and 2004, the Research Scientist Development Award from NIMH and the 2003 NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness of Pennsylvania) Psychiatrist of the Year Award. He is a distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Canada and a Fellow of the Royal college of Psychiatrists, UK.

Kristen A. Woodberry

Assistant Professor

Harvard Medical School

Director, Program for Psychosocial Protective Mechanisms

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, MA

Dr. Woodberry is a clinical social worker and licensed clinical psychologist in the Commonwealth Research Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, director of the Program for Psychosocial Protective Mechanisms, and assistant professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School. She owes her psychology research career to Larry J. Seidman, who mentored her for 15 years, from the beginning of her dissertation through the first 3 years of an NIH Career Development grant. With his wisdom and kindness ever in mind, she is honored to step in as co-convener for IEPA 2018 in Boston. She is committed to continuing Larry’s vision of broadening the scope of early intervention beyond psychosis and to enhancing the educational interaction of consumers, family members, clinicians, educators, and scientists. Dr. Woodberry’s 25 year career working with adolescents and young adults at risk for or in the early stages of major mental illness has focused on understanding the early trajectories of major mental illnesses, diathesis-stress interactions, and testing interventions to enhance psychosocial protective mechanisms. Having attended her first IEPA conference in New York in 2000, she is thrilled to welcome this stellar group of innovators to Boston.

Call for Symposia

Symposium submissions deadline is 15th January 2018
Oral and Poster submissions due by 19th March 2018

IEPA is seeking abstract submissions for Symposia, Oral presentations and Posters at IEPA 11 in Boston. All symposia and oral presentations will take place 8-10th October 2018 in the afternoon; poster sessions will take place during lunch hours.

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