Past Events from 2023

Attend a virtual session to learn about training opportunities in the NIMH Intramural Research Program.

NIMH hosted a Facebook Live event on childhood irritability featuring NIMH expert Dr. Melissa Brotman, chief of the Neuroscience and Novel Therapeutics Unit in the Intramural Research Program.

This conference brought together experts to share innovations, findings, and opportunities in mental health research.

This technical assistance webinar was for prospective applicants of the Notice of Funding Opportunity: The Scalable and Systematic Neurobiology of Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorder Risk Genes.

During this lecture, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Ph.D., will discuss the health impacts of having or lacking social connection.

NIMH is hosting a series of listening sessions to hear the perspectives and experiences of individuals involved in mental health research worldwide.

The winner of the 2023 James S. Jackson Memorial Award, Lisa Bowleg, Ph.D., M.A. discussed her research on reducing health inequities.

This pre-application webinar is for prospective applicants of RFA-MH-24-100: Precision HIV Health: Integrating Data and Implementation Science to Accelerate HIV Prevention and Treatment.

This technical assistance webinar was held for prospective applicants of the following Notice of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs): Approaches to Identifying Preteen Suicide Risk and Protective Factors (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) and Data Coordinating Center for Approaches to Identifying Preteen Suicide Risk and Protective Factors (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed).

During the annual meeting, this open session featured research progress presentations from the Genes to Mental Health Network (G2MH) investigators.

This webinar explored the significance of involving community stakeholders in developing culturally responsive interventions, the need for implementation science to improve health care uptake in the Hispanic community, and the importance of bridging the gap between implementation science and health disparities research to reduce health inequities.

This webinar discussed the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative and its potential to inform (and be informed by) global mental health research.

In recognition of National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in September, NIMH hosted a Facebook Live event on youth suicide prevention.

The primary goal of the workshop was to examine focused ultrasound neuromodulation for mental health applications and share the latest findings and best practices.

This symposium highlighted advances in brain and mental health research over the past 75 years and looked ahead to continued progress and innovation.

This webinar discussed different hypotheses about agricultural suicide in the context of current epidemiological research, and examine the effectiveness of telehealth, farming stress hotlines, and clinical opportunities and challenges in addressing suicide within the agriculture community.

Attend a virtual session to learn about training opportunities in the NIMH Intramural Research Program.

This technical assistance webinar was for prospective applicants of the Notice of Funding Opportunity: Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia: Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Clinical Trial Network.

This meeting will bring together principal investigators and their community partners funded who received research funding to address the role of violence on HIV care and viral suppression. At the meeting, researchers will give an update on study progress and findings to date and, alongside their community partners, will discuss challenges and opportunities for future HIV and violence research.

In this webinar, researchers presented findings on identifying modifiable targets and mechanisms of action at the individual, family, and systems levels to improve mental health services and inform the development and testing of theory-based interventions that address mental health disparities in bi+ populations.

This webinar reviewed key factors for grant applicants to consider when developing plans related to protecting human subjects, as well as data safety and monitoring in clinical research studies funded by NIMH.

Overview of research focused on building equitable STEM graduate programs that promote the admission, recruitment, and retention of diverse populations.

This technical assistance webinar is for prospective applicants of the Notice of Funding Opportunity: Precision Mental Health: Develop Tools to Inform Treatment Selection in Depression.

This technical assistance webinar was for prospective applicants of the Notice of Funding Opportunity: Precision Mental Health: Develop Tools to Inform Treatment Selection in Depression.

In celebration of Pride Month, the NIMH Intramural Research Program hosted an interactive hybrid symposium and a moderated panel discussion on the latest interventions, future directions, and resources on suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ youth.

Researchers, pharmacists and pharmacy professionals, community members, and federal partners discussed how pharmacies are used to provide HIV testing, prevention, and care.

Mary Woolley, president and CEO of Research!America, and NIMH Director Dr. Joshua A. Gordon discussed the importance of advocacy in the health and medical research system.

This webinar highlighted recent scientific advances in translational, social, behavioral, and intervention research to better understand the sex and gender influences underlying the neurobiology of and advancing improved mental health outcomes for PTSD, depression, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in women.

Attend a virtual session to learn about training opportunities in the NIMH Intramural Research Program.

In recognition of Juneteenth, the NIH Eight Changes for Racial Equity (8CRE) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) co-hosted a webinar on mental health equity and addressing mental health concerns for yourself or a loved one.

In recognition of Juneteenth, the NIH Eight Changes for Racial Equity (8CRE) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) are co-hosting a webinar on mental health equity.

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, NIMH hosted a Facebook Live on schizophrenia.

This webinar focused on the value of stratification as a tool for driving transformative change in early interventions for people with anxiety, depression, and psychosis.

This workshop brought together a diverse group of scientists and innovators from various fields and sectors to improve our understanding of behavior in health and disease.

This webinar provided technical assistance for two funding opportunities related to the Individually Measured Phenotypes to Advance Computational Translation in Mental Health (IMPACT-MH) initiative.

Workshop on the challenges of investigating child and youth deaths and efforts to assess and mitigate the rate of suicide death in children and youth.

In recognition of World Bipolar Day, NIMH experts conducted a Facebook Live event on bipolar disorder in adults.

Attend a virtual session to learn about training opportunities in the NIMH Intramural Research Program.

During this lecture, Sharon L. Walsh, Ph.D., discussed how the HEALing Communities Study (HCS) is testing the prevention and treatment of opioid misuse in select communities hard hit by the opioid crisis.

This meeting highlighted health economics research supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

During this talk, Ashlee Cunsolo, Ph.D., discussed the profound, cumulative, and complex mental health outcomes of the climate crisis.