2011 WCPG Committees

Chairpersons
Francis J. McMahon, M.D. Chief, Genetic Basis of Mood and Anxiety Disorders Section National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Bethesda, MD, USA	Thomas G. Schulze, M.D. Professor of Psychiatric Genetics Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy University of Göttingen Göttingen, Germany

Local Organizing Committee
Nirmala Akula Bethesda, MD, USA	Layla Kassem Bethesda, MD, USA	Francis J. McMahon Bethesda, MD, USA
David Chen Bethesda, MD, USA	Gonzalo Laje Bethesda, MD, USA	Kathleen R. Merikangas Bethesda, MD, USA
Sevilla Detera-Wadleigh Bethesda, MD, USA	William Lawson Washington, DC, USA

Scientific Program Committee
Martin Alda Halifax, NS, Canada	Daniel Geschwind Los Angeles, CA, USA	Markus M. Nöthen Bonn, Germany
Laura Almasy San Antonio, TX, USA	Tadafumi Kato Tokyo, Japan	John Nurnberger Indianapolis, IN, USA
Laura Bierut St. Louis, MO, USA	John Kelsoe San Diego, CA, USA	James Potash Baltimore, MD, USA
Elisabeth Binder Atlanta, GA, USA	James Kennedy Toronto, ON, Canada	Marcella Rietschel Mannheim, Germany
Douglas Blackwood Edinburgh, Scotland, UK	William Lawson Washington, DC, USA	Akira Sawa Baltimore, MD, USA
Nick Craddock Cardiff, Wales, UK	Douglas Levinson San Francisco, CA, USA	Martin Schalling Stockholm, Sweden
Lynn DeLisi Boston, MA, USA	Julio Licinio Canberra, Australia	Thomas G. Schulze Göttingen, Germany
J. Raymond DePaulo Baltimore, MD, USA	Peter McGuffin London, UK	Jonathan Sebat San Diego, CA, USA
Sevilla Detera-Wadleigh Bethesda, MD, USA	Francis J. McMahon Bethesda, MD, USA	Alessandro Serretti Bologna, Italy
Stephen Faraone Syracuse, NY, USA	Kathleen R. Merikangas Bethesda, MD, USA	Jordan Smoller Boston, MA, USA
Pablo Gejman Chicago, IL, USA	Ole Mors Aarhus, Denmark	Patrick Sullivan Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Elliot Gershon Chicago, IL, USA	Vishwajit Nimgaonkar Pittsburgh, PA, USA	Ming Tsuang San Diego, CA, USA

Early Career Investigator Program (ECIP) Travel Awardee Selection Panel
Martin Alda Halifax, NS, Canada	Douglas Blackwood Edinburgh, Scotland, UK	Ole Mors Aarhus, Denmark
Laura Almasy San Antonio, TX, USA	Lynn DeLisi (Co-Chair) Boston, MA, USA	John Nurnberger (Co-Chair) Indianapolis, IN, USA
Elisabeth Binder Atlanta, GA, USA	Tadafumi Kato Saitama, Japan	Thomas G. Schulze (Co-Chair) Göttingen, Germany

Judges for the ECIP Presentations
Laura Bierut St. Louis, MO, USA	James Kennedy Toronto, ON, Canada	Alessandro Serretti Bologna, Italy
Sevilla Detera-Wadleigh Bethesda, MD, USA	Douglas Levinson Palo Alto, CA, USA	Jordan Smoller Boston, MA, USA
Stephen Faraone Syracuse, NY, USA	James Potash Baltimore, MD, USA

ECIP Liaison Team
Nirmala Akula Bethesda, MD, USA	Monika Budde Göttingen, Germany	Catharina Lavebratt Stockholm, Sweden

ISPG Executive Committee
President:	Nick Craddock (Cardiff, Wales, UK)
Vice-President:	Francis J. McMahon (Bethesda, MD, USA)
Secretary:	Lynn DeLisi (Boston, MA, USA)
Treasurer:	John Rice (St. Louis, MO, USA)

ISPG Board Members
Laura Almasy San Antonio, TX, USA	James Kennedy Toronto, ON, Canada	Marcella Rietschel Mannheim, Germany
Margit Burmeister Ann Arbor, MI, USA	Douglas Levinson Palo Alto, CA, USA	Thomas G. Schulze Göttingen, Germany
Nick Craddock Cardiff, UK	Francis J. McMahon Bethesda, MD, USA	Jonathan Sebat La Jolla, CA, USA
Lynn DeLisi Boston, MA, USA	Markus M. Nöthen Bonn, Germany	Jordan Smoller Boston, MA, USA
Stephen Faraone Syracuse, NY, USA	John Nurnberger, Jr. Indianapolis, IN, USA	Ming Tsuang Boston, MA, USA
Elliott Gershon Chicago, IL, USA	Michael Owen Cardiff, UK
Michael Gill Dublin, Ireland	John Rice St. Louis, MO, USA

Important Dates

CLOSED
Deadline for Alcohol and Substance Abuse Abstracts

CLOSED
Deadline for Symposium/Educational
Session Proposals

CLOSED
Deadline for Individual Oral and Poster Presentation Abstract Submissions

CLOSED
Deadline for ECIP Applications

Hotel reservations cutoff date
After August 22: Room reservations at the group discount may be made on a space and rate-available basis

August 31, 2011
Pre-registration CLOSED