The 17th Annual Pacific Psychopharmacology Conference, organized by the UBC Department of Psychiatry and UBC CPD, took place on September 28-29, 2023 at the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront in Vancouver and online. This year’s program included keynote speakers Professor Andrew Nierenberg of Harvard Medical School and Professor Philip McGuire of the University of Oxford, who joined a lineup of other world-class experts sharing their expertise on a range of psychiatric disorders and psychopharmacology topics.
The following topics were covered over the two-day event:
- New treatments for psychosis
- Diagnosing & treating bipolar spectrum disorders
- Clinical pharmacology of long-acting injectable antipsychotic medications
- Reproductive health for individuals with schizophrenia / bipolar disorder
- ADHD across the age spectrum
- Mental health and Indigenous community care
- Practical prescribing for insomnia in older adults
A total of 456 in-person and online attendees joined the conference this year, which included psychiatrists, psychologists and mental health specialists, pharmacists, family physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, residents and students.
Stay tuned for future announcements on next year’s conference, slated for September 19-20, 2024!
2023 Sponsors:
- Janssen (GOLD SPONSOR)
- AA Pharma
- AbbVie
- British Columbia Schizophrenia Society *
- First Nations Health Authority*
- HLS Therapeutics
- Otsuka Lundbeck Alliance
- Takeda
- Therapeutics Initiative*
*nonprofit
Committee & Support List:
| Randall White | COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR |
| Jacky Siu | COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR |
| William Mak | COMMITTEE MEMBER |
| Nickie Mathew | COMMITTEE MEMBER |
| Reza Rafizadeh | COMMITTEE MEMBER |
| Katelyn Halpape | COMMITTEE MEMBER |
| Lindsay Callan | UBC CPD Conference Director |
| Michelle Baysan | UBC CPD Conference Lead |
| Judy Chen | UBC CPD Support |
| Olive Kung | UBC CPD Support |
| Emily Lai | UBC CPD Support |
| Desiree Torrijos | UBC CPD Support |