Speaker: Kerry Ressler, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Chief Scientific Officer, McLean Hospital

Talk Title: Amygdala, Fear, and PTSD:  How a molecular and cellular understanding of amygdala function may transform targeted therapeutics for fear-related disorders.

Kerry J. Ressler, MD, PhD, is the Chief Scientific Officer at McLean Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.  He is an international leader in understanding the biology of Posttraumatic stress disorder, and he is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, a prior HHMI Investigator, Past-president of the Society for Biological Psychiatry and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.  He is author of >500 manuscripts focused on the molecular neuroscience of fear as well as the human psychobiology of stress and trauma through leadership of multiple national consortia for deep phenotyping, and understanding biomarkers and the genetic architecture of PTSD. Kerry J. Ressler, MD, PhD, is the Chief Scientific Officer at McLean Hospital and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.  He is an international leader in understanding the biology of Posttraumatic stress disorder, and he is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, a prior HHMI Investigator, Past-president of the Society for Biological Psychiatry and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.  He is author of >500 manuscripts focused on the molecular neuroscience of fear as well as the human psychobiology of stress and trauma through leadership of multiple national consortia for deep phenotyping, and understanding biomarkers and the genetic architecture of PTSD.