Society of Biological Psychiatry(SOBP) Annual Scientific Meeting 2015

The highlight of the year for our Society is our annual meeting, at which exciting scientific developments across the wide range of interests represented by the Society are presented. At the heart of biological psychiatry research is the model of translation, bi-directionally between basic research and clinical applications integrating in vitro, animal model, and human research approaches. We are fortunate to have an excellent group of speakers for next year's plenary sessions. While always thinking about how to more rapidly translate basic research findings to the clinic, the speakers for this year's plenary sessions have been grouped into sessions that will focus on new findings and translational opportunities in the areas of: 1) fear and anxiety, 2) stress, and 3) neurodevelopment. We look forward to hearing from these world-class scientists about new developments in their fields as well as new ideas about how to leverage these findings to better understand and treat psychopathology. Our hope is that these presentations will serve as teaching examples for all of us and our community reinforcing the importance of biological psychiatry research at a time in which the need for new ways to diagnose and treat mental illnesses has never been as acute, and the ability to carry out science can be challenging.