2024 WCPG Recordings

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Plenary Sessions

Plenary Session I - Diversity Panel

Chair
Henriette Raventós

Presenter
Diego Luiz Rovaris
Aïcha Dahdouh
Weihua Yue
Sanjeev Jain
Jehannine Austin

 

Plenary Session II - Dissecting the Genetic Basis of Schizophrenia Using Functional Genomics and Pluripotent Stem Cell Models

Chair
Michael Ziller

Plenary Session III - From Genetic Associations to Genes and Cellular Contexts for Human Complex Traits

Chair
Jian Yang

Plenary Session IV - Modelling Neural Disorders Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Chair
Hyunsoo Shawn Je

Plenary Session V - Advancing Depression Genetics and Making it Useful

Chair
Andrew McIntosh

Plenary Session VI - Using (Gen)omics to Disentangle Depression’s Heterogeneity

Chair
Brenda Penninx

Plenary Session IDEA Committee - Practical and Realistic Strategies for Being an Effective DEI Ally: Justice-Based Approaches to Academic Authorship, Publishing, Mentoring and Sponsorship

Chair
Jehannine Austin

Education Sessions

Education Day: Embracing Heterogeneity in Psychiatric Disorders

Chair
Raymond Odokonyero

Presenter
Raymond Odokonyero
Tao Li
Biju Viswanath
Ney Alliey-Rodriguez
Lori Chibnik

 

Education Day: Navigating Public Resources for Psychiatric Genetics Research: Strategies and Tools

Chair
Melek Chaouch

Presenter
Melek Chaouch
Lerato Majara

 

Education Day: Polygenic Disorders Primer

Presenter
Na Cai

Oral Sessions

Oral Session: Anxiety & Stress Disorder

 

Presenter

Carina Seah
Brittany Mitchell
Abigail ter Kuile
Yuanhao Yang
Lianyun Huang
Eleni Friligkou

Oral Session: Anxiety & Stress Disorder & Cross-Disorder/Multi-Disorder and Comorbidity

 

Presenter

Ditte Demontis
Hongsheng Gui
Pippa Thomson
Melek Chaouch
Sarah Colbert

Oral Session: Cross-Disorder/Multi-Disorder and Comorbidity

 

Presenter

Itunuoluwa Isewon
Elleke Tissink
Cong Han
Engin Keser
Xavier Bledsoe
Susan Kuo

Oral Session: Cross-Disorder/Multi-Disorder and Comorbidity

 

Presenter

Yingzhe Zhang
Alisha Hall
Megan Campbell
Ana María Ramírez Díaz
Chiara Auwerx
Yan Xia

Oral Session: Cross-Disorder/Multi-Disorder and Comorbidity

 

Presenter

Tim Bigdeli
Max Lam
Nathalie Gerstner
Yan Xia
Kathryn Werwath
Laura Schultz

Oral Session: Eating Disorders & OCD & Trans-ancestry

 

Presenter

Anna Starnawska
Madhurbain Singh
Cuihua Xia
Theresia Mina
Laura Huckins
Roseann Peterson

Oral Session: Mood Disorders

 

Presenter

Juan De la Hoz
Michelle Kamp
Yundan Liao
Victória Trindade Pons
Mark Adams
Calwing Liao

Oral Session: Mood Disorders

 

Presenter

Jacob Michaelson
Daniel Bustamante
Ling-Hua Wang
Shane Crinion
Chris Wai Hang Lo
Lina Jonsson

Oral Session: Neurodegenerative Conditions & Method

 

Presenter

Philippe Jawinski
Justin Tubbs
Kai Yuan
Lachlan Gilchrist
Sarah Marzi
Anina Lund

Oral Session: Neurodevelopmental (ADHD, Autism, Intellectual Disability)

 

Presenter

Qinqin Huang
Ajay Nadig
Jingjing Zhao
Sonja LaBianca
Yuanjun Gu
Ditte Demontis

Oral Session: Neurodevelopmental (ADHD, Autism, Intellectual Disability)

 

Presenter

Taylor Thomas
Dongmei Yu
Bo Zhou
Marla Mendes de Aquino
Juan Cordero
Kristiina Tammimies

Oral Session: Psychotic Disorders

 

Presenter

Nelli Karmila
Zhe Lu
Evan Giangrande
María Alemany-Navarro
Xikun Han
Kaarina Kowalec

Oral Session: Psychotic Disorders

 

Presenter

Yawen Jen
Richard Dear
Robert Ye
Zhewei Kang
Julia Sealock

Oral Session: Psychotic Disorders

 

Presenter

Ayman Fanous
Kaarina Kowalec
Lerato Majara
Eva Schulte
Shu-Chin Lin
Rujia Dai

Oral Session: Substance Use Disorders

 

Presenter

Qian Peng
Andy Chen
Zhongli Yang
Veera Rajagopal

Oral Session: Substance Use Disorders

 

Presenter

Qian Peng
Andy Chen
Zhongli Yang
Veera Rajagopal

General Sessions

Post-GWAS for PTSD: From Risk Loci to Biological Meaning

Chair
Caroline Nievergelt

Co-chair 
Linnet Ongeri

Presenter
Adam Maihofer
Nikolaos Daskalakis
Marcos Santoro
Alice Braun

 

Accelerating Drug Repurposing in Psychiatry Using Genetics

Chair
Murray Cairns

Co-chair 
Zachary Gerring

Presenter
Alexander Hatoum
Sandra Sanchez-Roige
Zachary Gerring
William Reay

Discussant
Christel M. Middeldorp

Advancing Suicide Genomics Using GWAS, 'Omics and Electronic Health Records

Chair
Niamh Mullins

Co-chair 
Anna Docherty

Presenter
Sarah Colbert
Gustavo Turecki
Chittaranjan Behera
Hilary Coon

Discussant
Brenda Cabrera-Mendoza

Cross-Population Analyses Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC Cross-Pop)

Current Challenges and Opportunities in Data-Driven Approaches in Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Chair
Chunyu Liu

Co-chair 
Chao Chen

Presenter
Chunyu Liu
Chao Chen
Xueyi Shen
Xing-Ming Zhao

Discussant
Eric Gamazon

Enhancing Understanding of Mental Disorders Through Integration of Genomic and Life-Course Data

Chair
Alex Kwong

Co-chair 
Robyn Wootton

Presenter
Alex Kwong
Poppy Grimes
Robyn Wootton
Ruby Tsang

Discussant
Karmel Choi

Ethical and Policy Issues in a Diverse World

Chair
Todd Lencz

Co-chair 
Julia Sealock

Presenter
Brenda Cabrera-Mendoza
Anita Arinda
Elleke Tissink
Helena Davies

Discussant
Anna Docherty

Family-Based Studies in Psychiatric Genomics: Progress and Relevance in 2024

Chair
Aiden Corvin

Co-chair 
Andrew McIntosh

Presenter
Jacob Vorstman
Cathal Ormond
David Glahn
Suhas Ganesh

Discussant
Niamh Ryan

Functional Genomic Approaches With Single-Cell Resolution Provide Mechanistic and Biological Insights Based on Genetic Association Studies

Chair
Jens Hjerling-Leffler

Co-chair 
Mary-Ellen Lynall

Presenter
Lei Hou
Chunyu Liu
Jareth Wolfe
Mary-Ellen Lynall

Discussant
Shuyang Yao

Genetic Dissection of a Diverse Phenotype in Diverse Ancestries

Chair
Anders Børglum

Co-chair 
Elise Robinson

Presenter
Patricia Kipkemoi
Jing Zhang
Jack Fu
Jinjie Duan

Discussant
Varun Warrier

Heterogeneity and Comorbidity: Perspectives From Biobanks, Registries and EHRs

Chair
Na Cai

Co-chair 
Andrew Schork

Presenter
Lu Yi
Sarah Guagliardo
Jolien Rietkerk
Mischa Lundberg

Discussant
Jonathan Flint

ISPG Awardee Presentation & Awards Ceremony

ISPG Business Meeting

ISPG Pharmacogenetics Interest Group Meeting

Latest Insights From Multi-Ancestry Fine-Mapping in Psychiatric Disorders

Chair
Maria Koromina

Co-chair 
Naomi Wray

Presenter
Muhammad Umar
Maria Koromina
Julia Kraft
Jian Zeng

Discussant
Naomi Wray

Leveraging Ancestral Diversity in CNV Studies: Improving Power and Gaining New Insight Into the Genetic Etiology of Psychiatric Disorders

Chair
Omar Shanta

Co-chair 
Adam Maihofer

Presenter
Max Lam
Omar Shanta
Worrawat Engchuan
Molly Sacks

Discussant
Tim Bigdeli

Longitudinal Genetic Approaches in Mental Health: International Perspectives and Opportunities

Chair
Ole Andreassen

Co-chair 
Helga Ask

Presenter
Pravesh Parekh
Diana Smith
Biju Viswanath
Shinichi Namba

Discussant
Nadine Parker

Mendelian Randomization – What are the Promises?

Chair
Sibylle Schwab

Co-chair 
Naomi Wray

Presenter
Robyn Wootton
Gunn-Helen Moen
Ting Qi
Zhihong Zhu

Discussant
Naomi Wray

Navigating NIMH Resources for Global Mental Health: Research Priorities, Grant Opportunities, and Submission Strategies

Over a Decade of Studies in Bipolar Disorder High Risk Populations: What Have we Learnt and What are the Gaps?

Chair
Philip Mitchell

Co-chair 
John Nurnberger

Presenter
Philip Mitchell
John Nurnberger
Janice Fullerton
Kathryn Freeman

Discussant
Fernando Goes

PGC ADHD Working Group Meeting

PGC Bipolar Disorder Working Group

PGC Functional Genomics

PGC MDD Antidepressant Response Group Meeting

PGC MDD Working Group

PGC Personality Disorders Genomics Group

PGC Schizophrenia Working Group Meeting

PGC Science Session: Psychiatric Genetics Around the Globe

PGC Substance Use Disorders Networking Meeting

PGC Suicide Working Group Meeting

Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) Annual General Meeting

Satellite Symposium sponsored by MGI Tech

Science Communication: The Importance of Language in a Diverse World

Chair
Helena Davies

Co-chair 
Abigail ter Kuile

Presenter
Segun Fatumo
José J. Morosoli
Evan Giangrande
Michaela Pettie

Discussant
Helena Davies

The Identical Depression Phenotyping Consortium: Deconstruction and Prediction of MDD and Treatment Response

Chair
Gerome Breen

Co-chair 
Brittany Mitchell

Presenter
Rujia Wang
Danyang Li
Floris Huider
Brittany Mitchell

Discussant
Alexander Hatoum

The Progress in Psychiatric Genetics and Pharmacogenomics in the Asia Population

Chair
Shengying Qin

Co-chair 
Weihua Yue

Presenter
Weihua Yue
Soyeon Kim
Shengying Qin
Jimmy Lee

Discussant
Kun Yang

Timing Matters: Novel Developmental Insights in Psychiatric (Epi)Genetics From Global Consortia

Chair
Charlotte Cecil

Co-chair 
Esther Walton

Presenter
Alexander Neumann
Alexandre Lussier
Vilte Baltramonaityte
Charlotte Cecil

Discussant
Esther Walton

Uncovering the Genetic and Biological Underpinnings of Schizophrenia

Chair
Tao Li

Co-chair 
Fang Liu

Presenter
Yamin Zhang
Qiang Wang
David Collier

Discussant
Zafiris Daskalakis

Uncovering the Genetic and Biological Underpinnings of Schizophrenia