​A resilient object bends under stress, but does not break. Instead, they bounce back. Our brains are built to adapt and cope with the world around us, having the capability of unparalleled resiliency in the face of risk or adversity. Research has begun to change focus from not only understanding how brain function may relate to psychological problems, but also how it may support optimal performance under stress. Dr. Aupperle will provide an overview of factors known to relate to resiliency, specifically during adolescence. This will include information concerning: (a) psychological factors that relate to resiliency, (b) external (support) factors that help support resiliency, and (c) neuroimaging research related to resiliency.
 
Dr. Aupperle was born and raised in rural Oklahoma and obtained her bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State University. She received her master’s and doctoral education in clinical health psychology at the University of Kansas, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the San Diego VA Healthcare System and the University of California – San Diego. Currently, Dr. Aupperle is Assistant Professor  at The University of Tulsa and Director of the Neurocognitive Correlates of Anxiety, Trauma, and Treatment (NeuroCATT) laboratory at Laureate Institute for Brain Research. 

William K. Warren, Jr.  Frontiers in Neuroscience Conference

Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital Conference Center- May 10, 2016

11:00am - 12:00pm    Registration and Lunch
12:00pm - 1:00pm      Program

Psychobiological Mechanisms of Fear Extinction
 
Alicia E. Meuret, Ph.D. is the Director of the Anxiety and Depression Research Center (ARC) and an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at Southern Methodist University. Dr. Meuret received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Hamburg based on her doctoral work conducted at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. She completed postdoctoral fellowships at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University and the Affective Neuroscience Laboratory in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University.
Her research program focuses on novel treatment approaches for anxiety and mood disorders, biomarkers in anxiety disorders and chronic disease (asthma), fear extinction mechanisms of exposure therapy, and mediators and moderators in individuals with affective dysregulations, including non-suicidal self-injury. Dr. Meuret is the founder of the Capnometry-Assisted Respiratory Training (CART), a biobehavioral treatment for normalizing hypocapnia.

Learning points:
 
1) Learn about methodologies for manipulating and testing biobehavioral mediators in fear extinction therapies
 
2) Discuss psychophysiological moderators of treatment outcome for anxiety disorders
 
3) Exploring mechanisms of change in novel RDoC-based interventions for targeting threat and reward sensitivity 

To register for this event, email smjenerowitz@saintfrancis.com. Lunch will be provided to registered guests. The William K. Warren Jr. "Frontiers in Neuroscience" Conference Series is free and open to the public.