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June Lecture: Brain Imaging in Bipolar Disorder: A Window onto Mind and Mood

Neuroimaging studies allow scientists to explore the inner workings of the mind and learn more about how thinking and emotional processing may be affected in Bipolar Disorder. In this talk, Dr. Eyler will explain some of the most common types of neuroimaging methods and how they work. She will then present findings from studies of individuals with Bipolar Disorder that have used these techniques to measure the integrity of brain structures and how the brain functions when challenged with emotional and cognitive tasks. Exciting future directions for the use of neuroimaging in Bipolar Disorder also will be discussed.

Date: Thursday, June 14, 2012
Speaker: Dr. Lisa Eyler

Time: 5:30-6:00pm- Social

6:00-7:00pm- Lecture and Q&A

Location:
Sanford Children’s Research Center Building 12
10905 Road to the Cure San Diego, CA 92121

Dr. Eyler received her undergraduate degree from Duke University in 1991 and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. She then completed a clinical psychology internship at UCSD and the San Diego VA, with a focus on neuropsychological assessment and adult outpatient psychotherapy. From 1997-1999, she was a post-doctoral fellow in Geriatric Psychology under the mentorship of Dilip Jeste, M.D. and Gregory Brown, Ph.D. She then joined the faculty of the Desert-Pacific Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) as a Research Health Scientist. In 2004, she was appointed an Assistant Professor in the UCSD Department of Psychiatry, and, in 2010, became an Associate Professor. Dr. Eyler also is a VA-privileged Clinical Research Psychologist in the MIRECC program. In addition, she serves as a faculty member in the SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology and the Stein Institute for Research on Aging. Dr. Eyler’s research program is currently supported by several NIH grants on which she is an investigator, including an R01 grant from NIMH entitled "Structural and Functional Brain Aging in Bipolar Disorder" on which she is Principal Investigator. Dr. Eyler's research focuses on understanding individual differences in cognitive and emotional functioning using structural and functional brain imaging. In particular, she has examined the relationship between cognitive deficits in schizophrenia and abnormalities of brain function and how these relationships may change with age. Her current NIMH-funded R01 project aims to examine whether brain structure and function appear to age more rapidly among individuals with bipolar disorder and how this may relate to increasing cognitive deficits with age. Dr. Eyler is also a co-investigator in the Autism Center of Excellence at UCSD and is involved in studies that aim to discover a bio-behavioral fingerprint of autism at a very young age by combining neuroimaging, behavioral, and genetic measures in infants and toddlers at risk for autism to improve diagnostic predictions and better understand the developmental etiology of the disorder. Dr. Eyler also has an interest in healthy aging and has conducted studies examining the relationship of cognitive and emotional success to brain function among healthy seniors, and she is a co-investigator on the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging MRI study which aims to understand genetic and environmental contributions to brain aging and its association with cognitive and emotional functioning

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International Bipolar Foundation Celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month
Featuring Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy

Congressman Patrick Kennedy served 16 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and is predominantly known as the author and lead sponsor of the Mental Health Parity & Addiction Equity Act of 2008. This dramatic piece of legislation provides tens of millions of Americans who were previously denied care with access to mental health treatment. Now, Congressman Kennedy is the co-founder of the One Mind for Research campaign, the next step in the effort to bring together scientists working in various domains of brain research toward a common goal.

Congressman Kennedy has authored and co-sponsored dozens of bills to increase the understanding and treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders, including the National Neurotechnology Initiative Act, the Genomics and Person- alized Medicine Act, the COMBAT PTSD Act, and the Alzheimer’s Treatment and Caregiver Support Act. Congressman Kennedy is a winner of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Distinguished Service Award, the Society for Neuroscience Public Service Award, the Autism Society of America Congressional Leadership Award, the Depres- sion and Bipolar Support Paul Wellstone Mental Health Award, and the Epilepsy Foundation Public Service Award.

May 22, International Bipolar Foundation (IBPF) will celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month with former Congressman Patrick Kennedy.

At a free Public Forum, Kennedy will speak to the audience, specifically addressing our youth - the next generation of leaders, about mental health, stigma and the need for ongoing brain research.

A Mental Health Awareness patch, developed by IBPF, will be unveiled and presented to the first group of Girl Scouts.

Sponsored by:

Tuesday, May 22, 2012
3:30-5:30pm - Lecture and Q&A

Hilton Del Mar | 15575 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar, CA 92014

Please R.S.V.P. to: areitzin@internationalbipolarfoundation.org
Event is free and open to the public; seating is extremely limited.