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Annual & Biannual Meetings

GFT Meetings for all academic faculty members are held on a biannual basis, on the first Thursday of April and the first Thursday of October.

Advisory Meetings for members of the Advisory Committee are held on a biannual basis, on the first Thursday of May and the first Thursday of November.


Events


In the first Mood Disorder Rounds of the new year, Dr. Holly Swartz will present “Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy for Bipolar Disorders: Evidence and Strategies”.

Dr. Swartz is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard College, medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and completed her psychiatric residency training at New York Hospital / Cornell University School of Medicine. Dr. Swartz’s research focuses on understanding and optimizing treatments for mood disorders. She is well known for her work evaluating Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) and Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) as treatments for depression and bipolar disorder. Her research focuses on the role of IPSRT and pharmacotherapy in the management of bipolar II depression and IPT in the management of maternal depression. She is engaged in collaborative projects to develop computational frameworks to model dyadic interpersonal behaviours in relation to psychotherapy process and outcomes and to understand neural correlates of change in chronotherapeutic behavioral interventions. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation, and the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.

Date(s):            Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Time:                12:00pm to 1:00pm

Format:             On Zoom


This meeting highlights research achievements of the UBC community both in basic and clinical neuroscience. Emphasis is placed on findings with direct clinical relevance.


Grand Rounds and other continuing professional development (CPD) events occur regularly at all the teaching hospitals.