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Dear Colleagues As head of the Centre for Psychiatry in the Medical School and QMUL, I am delighted to invite you to attend our annual Barts & The London Psychiatry: State of the Art Congress 2018 on Wednesday 7th March 2018. An all-day meeting will take place in the Willoughby Lecture Theatre, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ. The theme this year is Neuroscience and Psychiatric Intervention. Neuroscience is bringing in so many potential powerful treatments for our patients and for public health impact, so it promises to be an exciting day. The afternoon includes trainees and student presentations, part of a research competition with prizes awarded at the end of the day. We have world class speakers for the morning session from UCL, KCL and Imperial speaking on subjects on preventing dementia, the biology of addiction, child victimisation and future psychosis, and transcranial stimulation technologies for treating schizophrenia. The programme is below and attached. This is joint initiative with the East London NHS Trust and it is free to attend. Do please RSVP to Zaqea Munir [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or for further details contact Lisa Kass [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Morning Session Conference Chair: Professor Kamaldeep Bhui Centre Lead Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry 9.00-9.15am Registration and Coffee 9.15-9.30am Welcome address Colin Bailey Principal, Queen Mary University of London 9.30-10.10am Early detection and prevention of dementia Prof Nick Fox National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery University College London 10.10-10.50am Epigenetic markers of childhood victimisation and psychotic experiences Dr Helen Fisher Senior Lecturer & MQ Fellow King's College London 10.50-11.10am Coffee 11.10-11.50am Advances in Addiction Biology Prof Anne Lingford-Hughes Head, Centre for Psychiatry and Professor of Addiction Biology at Imperial College London and Hon Consultant Psychiatrist, CNWL NHS Foundation Trust 11.50-12.30pm Stimulating thought; transcranial direct cortical stimulation in schizophrenia Prof Sukhwinder Shergill Professor of Psychiatry & Systems Neuroscience King's College London 12.30-1.00pm Open Forum 1.00-2.00pm Lunch Afternoon Session Conference Chair: Professor Frank Röhricht Medical Director for Research , Innovation and Medical Education East London Foundation Trust 2.00-2.15pm Welcome and Introduction 2.15-3.15pm Trainee and Medical Student Presentations 3.15-3.45pm Tea 4.55-5.10pm Brief address Queen Mary University of London Award Presentations 5.10-5.15pm Closing Comments We look forward to welcoming you. Kind regards Professor Kamaldeep S Bhui CBE MD (Lon) FRCP(Edin) FRCPsych FRSA PFHEA Centre Lead for Psychiatry Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry Queen Mary, University of London Professor of Cultural Psychiatry & Epidemiology Director of Mental Health PG Taught Programmes Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, East London Foundation Trust Editor in Chief, British Journal of Psychiatry Postal address: Centre for Psychiatry Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry Old Anatomy Building Charterhouse Square London EC1M 6BQ Tel (DL): +44 20 7882 2012 Tel (PA): +44 20 7882 2021 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> twitter: @ksbhui A Collaborating Centre of the World Psychiatric Association [cid:40347684-DE4D-4CBB-9674-005E7438AB3B]