CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF TRAUMATIC STRESSUNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITYPROGRAM
16th Annual

Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD
Conference: Cells, Circuits,
Sensors, and Stress
April 19, 2022
Virtual Conference

The Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference at the Uniformed Services
University brings together scientists and clinicians working towards solving
the biologicalbasis
of stress,
fear,
post-traumatic
disorder.
16TH ANNUAL
AMYGDALA,STRESS,
ANDandPTSD CONFERENCE:CELLS,stress
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16th Annual

Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD
Conference: Cells, Circuits,
Sensors, and Stress
April 19, 2022
Virtual Conference
SPONSORED BY: The Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (USU), Department of
Psychiatry (USU), Neuroscience Program (USU), and Department of Family Medicine(USU)

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Background
The Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS) of the Uniformed Services University(USU), in collaboration with the USU Department of Psychiatry, USU Neuroscience
Program, and USU Department of Family Medicine, is pleased to present the 16 Annual
Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference: Cells, Circuits, Sensors, and Stress.
The Amygdala, Stress, and PTSD Conference at the Uniformed Services University brings
together scientists and clinicians working towards solving the biological basis of stress, fear,and posttraumatic stress disorder.

16TH ANNUAL AMYGDALA, STRESS, AND PTSD CONFERENCE: CELLS, CIRCUITS, SENSORS, AND STRESSTable of Contents
Table of Contents........................................................................................................... 1
Agenda ............................................................................................................................ 2
Speakers .......................................................................................................................... 3
Moderators ..................................................................................................................... 8
Conference Leadership................................................................................................. 9Continuing Education ................................................................................................ 13
Conference Committee .............................................................................................. 15
About Us....................................................................................................................... 16
Posters ........................................................................................................................... 171

16TH ANNUAL AMYGDALA, STRESS, AND PTSD CONFERENCE: CELLS, CIRCUITS, SENSORS, AND STRESSAgenda0900–0905

Conference Announcements — LTC Vincent F. Capaldi, II, ScM, MD, LTC,
MC, USA

0905–0915

Welcome and Introduction — Robert J. Ursano, MD

0915–1000

Operating in High-Stress Contexts: The Role of Peers in Responding to an
Acute Stress Reaction — Amy Adler, PhD

1000–1045

Using New Technologies to Advance the Understanding, Prediction,
and Prevention of Suicidal Behavior — Matthew K. Nock, PhD

1045–1115

Break and Poster Review

1115–1145

Discussion Panel 1 — MODERATOR: LTC Rohul Amin, USA, MD,
FAPA, FACP
Amy Adler, PhD; Matthew K. Nock, PhD

1145–1245

Lunch

1245–1330

A Mouse-to-Human Approach to Understand the Role of the Extended
Amygdala in Stress and Alcohol Use Disorder — Danny G. Winder, PhD

1330–1415

Towards Mapping the Cell Type-Specific Regulome of Stress Disorders— Matthew Girgenti, PhD

1415–1445

Break and Poster Review

1445–1530

Neural Mechanisms of PTSD and Their Implications for Treating PTSD
— Richard Bryant, PhD

1530–1545

Break

1545–1615

Discussion Panel 2 — MODERATOR: Eric Meyer, Maj, USAF, MD, PhD, MC
Danny G. Winder, PhD; Matthew Girgenti, PhD; Richard Bryant, PhD

1615–1630

Closing Remarks — David M. Benedek, MD

All times are listed in U.S. Eastern Time and are subject to change.

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AMY ADLER, PHD
Amy Adler, Ph.D., is a clinical research psychologist andsenior scientist with the Center for Military Psychiatry and
Neuroscience at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research(WRAIR). She obtained a B.A. in economics from Brown
University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology
from the University of Kansas. She completed her clinicalinternship and fellowship at Chicago-area medical centers.
Dr. Adler then served as a clinical psychologist in military
health clinics in Frankfurt and Darmstadt, Germany, as
an instructor with the University of Maryland-European
Division, and as a research psychologist in an overseas unit of WRAIR located in
Heidelberg, Germany. She later transitioned to WRAIR in Silver Spring, MD.
Besides conducting randomized trials with training and operational units, Dr. Adler
has authored more than 160 articles and chapters, and co-edited seven books, including
Anger at Work (2021) and Deployment Psychology (2011). She also served as an associate
editor of Military Psychology and the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. Her current
roles include capability area manager with the Army’s Psychological Health, Resilience, andWellbeing research program and senior advisor to the WRAIR’s Research Transition Office.
Dr. Adler received the Department of the Army Meritorious Civilian Service Award(2014, 2020) and the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service (2008, 2018). She is amember of the Order of Military Medical Merit (OM3), is a Fellow of the American
Psychological Association, received a Distinguished Mentor Award from the American
Psychological Association (2017) and is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award fromThe Military Health Systems Research Symposium (2019).
Dr. Adler’s current research interests include emotion regulation strategies, small-team
adaptability, behavioral health leadership, and rapid peer-based interventions to reduce
acute stress.

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MATTHEW K. NOCK, PHD
Matthew K. Nock, Ph.D., is the Edgar Pierce Professor of
Psychology, Harvard College Professor (2019–2024), and Chairof the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Dr. Nockreceived his Ph.D. in psychology from Yale University (2003) andcompleted his clinical internship at Bellevue Hospital and the New
York University Child Study Center (2003).
Dr. Nock’s research is aimed at advancing theunderstanding why people behave in ways that are harmful tothemselves, with an emphasis on suicide and other forms of selfharm. His research is multidisciplinary in nature and uses a rangeof methodological approaches (e.g., epidemiologic surveys, laboratory-based experiments,
clinic-based studies, digital monitoring via smartphones and biosensors, and web- andsocial-media-based experiments) to better understand how these behaviors develop, how
to predict them, and how to prevent their occurrence. This work is funded by grants fromthe US National Institutes of Health, US Department of Defense, US Army, and private
foundations and has been published in over 300 scientific papers.
Dr. Nock’s work has been recognized through the receipt of career awards fromthe American Psychological Association, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive
Therapies, and the American Association of Suicidology; and in 2011 he received a
MacArthur Fellowship (aka “Genius Grant”). At Harvard, Dr. Nock teaches courses on
statistics, research methods, self-destructive behaviors, developmental psychopathology, andcultural diversity — for which he has received teaching and mentoring awards including the
Roslyn Abramson Teaching Award, the Petra Shattuck Prize, and the Lawrence H. Cohen
Outstanding Mentor Award.

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DANNY G. WINDER, PHD
Danny G. Winder, Ph.D., is a Professor of Molecular Physiology
and Biophysics, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences andPharmacology at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Winder received his
B.S. from North Georgia College, and his Ph.D. in Neurosciencefrom Emory University in 1995. After completing a postdoctoral
fellowship with Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel, M.D., at Columbia
University College of Physicians & Surgeons, he joined the
Vanderbilt faculty in 1999 as assistant professor of Molecular
Physiology and Biophysics. He was promoted to full professor in2010.
A neuroscientist focused on stress and addiction, Dr. Winder has been particularlyinterested in determining mechanisms that modulate synaptic plasticity, and how andwhen these processes are disrupted by stress and during Alcohol/Substance Use Disorder.
To accomplish these goals, he and his colleagues have pioneered the use of whole cell patch
clamp and extracellular recordings in ex vivo brain slice preparations containing key stresscircuits.
In 2013, Dr. Winder received a NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award and in 2016a MERIT Award from NIAAA. In 2017, he was awarded the F. Peter Guengerich award in
the School of Medicine for postdoctoral mentoring, as well as the Bixler-Johnson-Mayes
Endowed Chair. He is founding director of the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research,which was established in 2016 to define events that drive addictive behavior and develop
new treatments to sustain recovery. At the national level, he has served as an associate editorof The Journal of Neuroscience, section editor of Neuropharmacology and on the editorial
board of Molecular Pharmacology.

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MATTHEW GIRGENTI, PHD
Matt Girgenti, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatryat Yale University. Dr. Girgenti received his B.S. in MolecularEngineering from Fairfield University in 2002, and his Ph.D.
from University of Connecticut in 2015. As a graduate student,
he received extensive research training in molecular andcell biology, in projects examining the epigenetic basis of
schizophrenia (SCZ) using neural stem cells to demonstrate
a role for the SCZ-risk gene ZNF804a as a gene transcription
regulator.
Dr. Girgenti is a molecular neuroscientist by training witha strong history of genomic-centric research focused on the neurobiology of stress-relateddisorders. His research at Yale has focused on the functional genomics of neuropsychiatricdisorders, specifically PTSD, major depression, and suicide using frozen postmortem
brain tissue. His lab is identifying convergent biological pathways in PTSD and depression
combining single-cell molecular levels (epigenomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic)
across discrete brain regions. This large multi-omics dataset is being used to identify novel
neuronal and non-neuronal cell types and discovery of shared neural biomarkers harboringclinical significance in PTSD and MDD.
Dr. Girgenti has been recognized with a number of awards, including a VA VISN1
Career Development Award, a NARSAD/BBRF Young Investigator Award, and an American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention Young Investigator Award. Dr. Girgenti is an expert in
the field of traumatic stress, from genetics to physiology and imaging in human subjects
to rodent models examining the molecular biology of prefrontal cortical and amygdalafunction. He has published the first studies on the genomic organization of the PTSD
brain using postmortem tissue. Dr. Girgenti is also a Research Scientist at the VA National
Center for PTSD and a scientific advisor for the Traumatic Stress Brain Research Group,
the steering committee that oversees the NCPTSD VA Brain Bank where he co-directs
the Genomics and Epigenetics Working Groups. He is also a member of the International
Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) PTSD Group and the PGC Systems Biology
Working Group.

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RICHARD BRYANT, PHD
Richard Bryant, Ph.D., is a Scientia Professor of Psychology at
the University of New South Wales, Sydney, and Director of theTraumatic Stress Clinic in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Bryant earned his
B.A. in Psychology and Religious Studies from University of Sydney
and his M.Clin. and Ph.D. from Macquarie University.
Dr. Bryant has focused on the nature and treatment of PTSD for
30 years. He has conducted many longitudinal, experimental, andtreatment studies in PTSD and grief, including investigating themechanisms of PTSD using cognitive, neural, emotional, and social
paradigms. Dr. Bryant has identified some of the core neural factors underpinning PTSD,
grief, and mild traumatic brain injury. In recent years, his team has focused on neural andgenetic factors associated with treatment response to trauma-focused psychotherapy.
Dr. Bryant has written 6 books, including Treating PTSD in First Responders (2021) and
Acute Stress Disorder: What It Is, and How to Treat It? (2016), 78 book chapters, and 690
journal articles. He is an Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Highly Cited Researcher.

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LTC ROHUL AMIN, LTC, USA, MD, FAPA, FACP
LTC Amin is a graduate of Uniformed Services University,
America’s medical school. He trained at NCC internal medicine/
psychiatry residency program at Walter Reed and then served
as the chief of internal medicine residency program. He
subsequently moved to Madigan Army medical center where
he was able to deploy to Kuwait. His other rotations include
serving as the 7th ID psychiatrist, and chief of the Fort Belvoir
residential treatment facility. He is currently the program
director for the combined Army/Navy psychiatry residency
program at Walter Reed.

ERIC MEYER, MAJ, USAF, MD, PHD, MC

Dr. Meyer is the Psychiatry Consultant to the US Air Force
Surgeon General and Deputy Director of AF Mental HealthOperations. He is also an associate professor of Psychiatry,
Neuroscience, and Military & Emergency Medicine at
the Uniformed Services University (USUHS). He recently
completed a PhD in Health Professions Education, with afocus on the use of Entrustable Professional Activities inUndergraduate Medical Education. He previously served as the
Medical Director for the 51st Mental Health Squadron at Osan
Air Base, Republic of Korea. Building on that operational experience, Dr. Meyer is alead instructor for the Defense Institute for Medical Operation’s “Military and Disaster
Mental Health” course, which he has delivered to coalition forces around the globe. Aspart of this interest, he has also published extensively on military cultural competence.

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LTC VINCENT F. CAPALDI, II, SCM, MD, LTC, MC, USA
Associate Professor (Psychiatry and Medicine)
Vice Chair of Psychiatry (Research), Uniformed Services
University
Senior Medical Scientist, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Scientist, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
LTC Vincent F. Capaldi, II, MC, USA, is the Vice Chair of
Psychiatry (Research), Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD and Senior Medical Scientist,
Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, at the Walter
Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, MD. He is an associate professor in thedepartments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services Universityof the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Capaldi is also the program director of the
National Capital Consortium combined Internal Medicine and Psychiatry residency
training program and chair of the Biomedical Ethics Committee at Walter Reed National
Military Medical Center. LTC Capaldi completed dual residency training in Internal
Medicine and Psychiatry and fellowship in Sleep Medicine at Walter Reed National
Military Medical Center. LTC Capaldi holds board certifications from the American Boardof Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Internal Medicine to practiceGeneral Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, and Sleep Medicine. LTC Capaldi is a Distinguished
Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and Fellow of the American College ofPhysicians and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He is a past president of theSociety of Uniformed Services Psychiatrists — the Military District Branch of the American
Psychiatric Association.
An alumnus of Brown University, Providence, RI, Dr. Capaldi received the following
degrees from Brown: ScB in Psychology (2002), Masters in Research Psychology (2003),
and MD (2007). Commissioning into the Medical Corps through the Health Professionals
Scholarship Program (HPSP), Dr. Capaldi completed his dual residency training in Internal
Medicine and Psychiatry in 2012 and sleep medicine fellowship in 2015. In January 2013,
LTC Capaldi was appointed as officer in charge (OIC) of the Restoration Program at Bagram
Air Field, Afghanistan. As OIC, LTC Capaldi was responsible for the comprehensive
behavioral health restoration program, all clinical operations, and prevention activities
for over 45,000 NATO troops stationed across Afghanistan. In January 2019, LTC Capaldi
deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, serving as the Theater
Behavioral Health Consultant, the senior behavioral health provider supporting service
members in Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan. LTC Capaldi is credited with establishing the
behavioral health hotline in the CENTCOM region.

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LTC Capaldi has published over 150 peer reviewed scientific articles, abstracts,
presentations, and book chapters on various topics such as sleep disorders, traumaticbrain injury, and post stroke depression that have appeared in several medical journals. He
serves as the Fatigue Management Capabilities Area Manager for the Military Operational
Research Program, Medical Research and Development Command. He also serves as
the Sleep Medicine Consultant to the US Army Surgeon General. In 2019 LTC Capaldi
was awarded the AMEDD “A Proficiency Designator, awarded to the top 10% of military
physicians and was selected as the 2019 Surgeon General Physician Recognition winner,awarded to the top military physician by rank. His other military awards include the Orderof Military Medical Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (1OLC), Joint Service Commendation
Medal (1 OLC), Army Commendation Medal (1OLC), Army Achievement Medal (1OLC),
Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, and International
Security Force Operation NATO Medal.
LTC Capaldi is supported by his wife Melinda, a US Army Reserve Officer and clinicalpsychologist, and two daughters, Gia (9) and Eva (6).
Visit Google Scholar for a list of Dr. Capaldi’s publications.

ROBERT J. URSANO, MD
Dr. Ursano is Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the
Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland and founding
Director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress. He
served as Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry for 25 years.
In addition, Dr. Ursano is Editor of Psychiatry, the distinguishedjournal of interpersonal and biological processes, founded byHarry Stack Sullivan. Dr Ursano completed twenty years ofservice in USAF medical corps and retired as Colonel in 1991. He
was educated at the University of Notre Dame and Yale University
School of Medicine and did his psychiatric training at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Centerand Yale University.
Dr. Ursano served as the Department of Defense representative to the National
Advisory Mental Health Council of the National Institute of Mental Health and is a pastmember of the Veterans Affairs Mental Health Study Section and the National Institute of
Mental Health Rapid Trauma and Disaster Grant Review Section. He is a DistinguishedLife Fellow in the American Psychiatric Association. He is a Fellow of the American
College of Psychiatrists. Dr. Ursano was the first Chairman of the American Psychiatric
Association’s Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster. This work greatly aided
the integration of psychiatry and public health in times of disaster and terrorism. Dr.
Ursano was an invited participant to the White House Mental Health Conference in 1999.
He has received the Department of Defense Humanitarian Service Award, the Lifetime
Achievement Award of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and APA’s
Bruno Lima Award in Disaster Psychiatry. He is the recipient of the William C. Porter
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Award from the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, and a frequentadvisor on issues surrounding psychological response to trauma to the highest levels of the
US Government and specifically to the Department of Defense leadership.
Dr. Ursano has served as a member of the National Academies of Science, Institute ofMedicine, Committee on Psychological Responses to Terrorism, Committee on PTSD andCompensation and the Committee on Nuclear Preparedness; and the National Instituteof Mental Health Task Force on Mental Health Surveillance After Terrorist Attack. In
addition he is a member of scientific advisory boards to the Secretary of Health and Human
Services and the Centers for Disease Control. In 2012, Dr. Ursano was awarded the William
C. Menninger Memorial Award for distinguished contributions to the Science of Mental
Health by the American College of Physicians. In 2014, Dr. Ursano and Dr. Matthew
Friedman of the VA National Center for PTSD co-founded the Friedman-Leahy Brain Bank
supported through Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT). It is the first human brain bank dedicatedto PTSD. This joint effort of many people was a 12 year project developing concepts, pilot
data and support. Dr. Ursano has more than 400 publications. He is co-author or editor ofeight books.

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DAVID M. BENEDEK, MD, DFAPA
Dr. Benedek is Professor & Chair of Psychiatry, and Associate
Director/Senior Scientist at the Center for the Study of TraumaticStress, Uniformed Services University. He is a past president of
the Society of Uniformed Service Psychiatrists — the MilitaryDistrict Branch of the American Psychiatric Association, and apast representative to the APA Assembly. He is a Distinguished
Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He retired fromthe U.S. Army in 2021 after nearly 34 years of active duty service.
In addition to operational experience in Bosnia and Croatia, Dr.
Benedek deployed to Cuba, Iraq, and Kuwait in conjunction with
the Military Operations in those countries. Dr. Benedek served as Consultant to the U.S.
Army Surgeon General for Forensic Psychiatry from 2004–2008.
Dr. Benedek received his B.A. from the University of Virginia in 1986 and his M.D.
from the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine in 1991. After Internship and
Residency in Psychiatry at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, was Division Psychiatrist,
First Armor Division, Germany. From there, he deployed to the former Yugoslavia anddelivered mental health support to U.S. and NATO Troops for Operation Joint Endeavor(1996). He returned to Walter Reed to complete forensic psychiatry fellowship training
in 1998 and then served as the Assistant Chief of Inpatient Psychiatry, Walter Reed Army
Medical Center. In 1999 he became Chief, Forensic Psychiatry Service, and Director,
National Capital Consortium Military Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program at Walter
Reed, and he remained in those positions until joining the USUHS/CSTS faculty in 2004.
Dr. Benedek’s military awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of
Merit, the Meritorious Service (3OLC) and Army Commendation (3OLC) Medal. Other
honors include the LTG Claire Chennault Award for Outstanding Military Psychiatry
Faculty Member, and the American Psychiatric Association’s Nancy C.A. Roeske Award for
Excellence in Medical Student Education, and the Thomas Salmon Award for distinguishedcontributions to military psychiatry. He is also recipient of the U.S. Army Surgeon General’s“A” Proficiency Designator, and a member of the Order of Military Medical Merit.
Dr. Benedek has authored or co-authored nearly 200 scientific publications, and haspresented on numerous aspects of military, disaster, and forensic psychiatry at regional,
national, and international professional conferences. He has served on the American
Psychiatric Association’s Committee on Confidentiality, was a consultant to the Association’s
Practice Guideline for the treatment of Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder work-group in the development of its practice guideline, and lead author on the2009 guideline update. In addition to leading ongoing clinical and epidemiological studies at
USUHS, he co-directs the diagnostic assessment core for the VA National PTSD Brain Bank.
He is the USUHS site lead investigator for the Soldier Health Outcomes Study-B (SHOS-B)
arm of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (ARMY STARRS).

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PHYSICIANS
ACCREDITATIONThis activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with theaccreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the American
Psychiatric Association (APA) and Society of Uniformed Services Physicians. The
APA is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for
physicians.

DESIGNATIONThe APA designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.75 AMA PRA Category
1 Credits (TM). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with theextent of their participation in the activity.

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURESThe American Psychiatric Association adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for
Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any
individuals in a position to control the content of a CME activity — including
faculty, planners, reviewers or others — are required to disclose all relevant
financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant
conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Planners for this activity have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

FACULTY DISCLOSURES

Matthew Nock, PhD, has the following financial relationships to disclose:
Cerebral, Inc. – Consultant

PSYCHOLOGISTSThe Center for Deployment Psychology is approved by the American Psychological
Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center for
Deployment Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Attendees are offered 1.50 credit hours for participation in the morning training,
Operating in High-Stress Contexts: The Role of Peers in Responding to an Acute Stress
Reaction And Using New Technologies to Advance the Understanding, Prediction,
and Prevention of Suicidal Behavior, and 2.25 credit hours for participation in theafternoon training, A Mouse-to-Human Approach to Understand the Role of the

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16TH ANNUAL AMYGDALA, STRESS, AND PTSD CONFERENCE: CELLS, CIRCUITS, SENSORS, AND STRESSExtended Amygdala in Stress and Alcohol Use Disorder And Towards Mapping the
Cell Type-Specific Regulome of Stress Disorders And Neural Mechanisms of PTSD
and Their Implications for Treating PTSD. Partial credits cannot be issued. In orderto receive CE for the morning session, you must attend Dr. Adler’s and Dr. Nock’spresentations. Similarly, in order to receive CE for the afternoon session, you must
attend Dr. Winder’s, Dr. Girgenti’s, and Dr. Bryant’s presentations. You may attend
the morning training, only, the afternoon training, only, or both trainings. Please
note that CEs are not offered for the panel sessions.
Participant attendance data will be collected electronically during webinars. Thereis a 30-day time limit post-training to complete all CE requirements. Inquiries
regarding CE credits may be directed via email to julia.petrini.ctr@usuhs.edu.
CEs provided by American Psychological Association sponsors are acceptable formost licensed professionals when renewing their license and it is our experiencethat these CE credits have been recognized by most professional state license
boards. However, please check with your board regarding the acceptability of theseCE credits for this activity.

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16TH ANNUAL AMYGDALA, STRESS, AND PTSD CONFERENCE: CELLS, CIRCUITS, SENSORS, AND STRESSConference Committee
Vincent F. Capaldi, II, ScM, MD, Chair
LTC, MC, USA
Associate Professor
Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry (Research)
Program Director, Combined Internal Medicine / Psychiatry Residency
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
David Mears, PhD, Co-Chair
Associate Professor
Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Genetics
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Kwang Choi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Scientist
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
James A. Naifeh, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Scientist
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Holly H. Mash, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Scientist
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Weyinshet P. Gossa, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Amy E. Steward, MSgt, USAF
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
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16TH ANNUAL AMYGDALA, STRESS, AND PTSD CONFERENCE: CELLS, CIRCUITS, SENSORS, AND STRESSJulia Petrini, ScB
Study Coordinator
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Alexandra (Allie) Blumhorst, BS
Research AssistantCenter for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

About Us
The Amygdala Conference series is sponsored by the Center for the Study of TraumaticStress under the direction of Robert J. Ursano MD, the USU Graduate Neuroscience
Program under the direction of Kimberly Byrnes, Ph.D. and also by the Department of
Family Medicine under the direction of COL Dana R. Nguyen.

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Difficulties Associated with Diagnosing and Treating Late Onset Bipolar Disorder— A Case Study
Authors: Isioma Amayo1, Vincent F. Capaldi2
Affiliations:
1. Department of Psychiatry, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
2. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Bethesda, MD
Sudden Catatonic Episodes — A Case Report
Authors: Isioma Amayo1, Vincent F. Capaldi2, Christopher Hines1
Affiliations:
1. Department of Psychiatry, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
2. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Bethesda, MD
Stellate Ganglion Block for PTSD
Authors: Allen Bell, Stephen Rodriguez
Affiliation:
1. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Potentially-Traumatic Exposures in Middle East Deployed and Non-Deployed U.S. Army
Mortuary Affairs Specialist Soldiers
Authors: Quinn M. Biggs1,2, Britany Mullins-Hussain1,2, Julia M. Petrini1,2, Ar­

rey Thomas1,2, Amy E. Steward1, Leming Wang1, Carol S. Fullerton1, Robert J.
Ursano1
Affiliations:

1. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2. Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda,
MD
Perceived Barriers to Seeking Mental Health Care in Military Service Members withand without Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Authors: Quinn M. Biggs1,2, Jing Wang1,2, Julia M. Petrini1,2, Jamiere Jeffe­ries1,2, Arrey Thomas1,2, Allie Blumhorst1,2, Aaron Weingrad1,2, Carol S. Ful­
lerton1, Rohul Amin1,3, Robert J. Ursano1
Affiliations:
1. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
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2. Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda,
MD
3. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Leveraging Graph Theory to Highlight Key Neurological Mediators of TBI PotentiatedSuicidal Ideation
Authors: Thomas Chacko1, Spencer Richman1, J. Tory Toole1, Charity B.

Breneman2,3, Immanuel Babu Henry Samuel2,3, Calvin Lu2, Matthew J. Rein­
hard3, Ryan C. Brewster3, Michelle E. Costanzo3,4, Gordon Broderick1
Affiliations:
1. Center for Clinical Systems Biology, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY
2. Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda,
MD
3. War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC), Department of Veterans Affairs,
Washington, DC
4. Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,
Bethesda, MD
PTSD, Depression and Anxiety: A Unifying Bio-behavioral Feedback Model
Authors: Thomas Chacko1, Justin Gardner1, Cole Lyman1, J. Tory Toole1,

Charity B. Breneman2,3, Immanuel Babu Henry Samuel2,3, Calvin Lu2, Mat­
thew J. Reinhard3, Ryan C. Brewster3, Michelle E. Costanzo3,4, Gordon Brod­erick1Affiliations:
1. Center for Clinical Systems Biology, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY
2. Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda,
MD
3. War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC), Department of Veterans Affairs,
Washington, DC
4. Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,
Bethesda, MD
Assessment of Diet and Stress Effects in Rodent Models of Operationally-Relevant Brain
Insults using a Multi-Omics Approach
Authors: James C. DeMar1, Aarti Gautam1, Nabarun Chakraborty1, Allison V.

Hoke1, Stacy Ann M. Miller1, Franco Rossetti2, Andrew B. Batuure2, Donna
M. Wilder2, Joseph B. Long2, Marti Jett1, Rasha Hammamieh1
Affiliations:

1. Medical Readiness Systems Biology Branch, Center for Military Psychiatry and
Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD
2. Blast-Induced Neurotrauma Branch, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience,
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD

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Authors: Catherine L. Dempsey1,2, David M. Benedek1, James C. West1,

Matthew K. Nock3, Kelly L. Zuromski3, Jingning Ao1,2, Matthew W. Georg1,2,
Britany Mullins-Hussain1,2, Alysse Weinberg1,2, Robert M. Bossarte4, Robert J.
Ursano1
Affiliations:
1. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2. Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda,
MD
3. Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
4. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
RECONsolidation of Traumatic memories to ResOLve Posttraumatic Stress Disorder(RECONTROL): Preliminary Results
Authors: Kerri E. Dunbar1,7, Paula G. Bellini1,3,7, Hannah Atallah1,3,7, Patricia

T. Spangler2,4,6,7, Deborah Probe Adams2,4,7, Catherine L. Dempsey2,4,6,7, Rich­
ard M. Gray8, Michael J. Roy1,3,5

Affiliations:
1. Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Uniformed Services University of
the Health Sciences, MD
2. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
3. Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,
Bethesda, MD
4. Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,
Bethesda, MD
5. Department of Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
6. Department of Psychiatry, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
7. Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda,
MD
8. Research and Recognition Project, Corning, NY
Alpha-Linolenic Acid Treatment Reduces the Contusion and Prevents the Developmentof Anxiety-Like Behavior Induced by a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats
Authors: Taiza H. Figueiredo1, Carolina L. Harbert1, Volodymyr Pidoplichko1,

Camila P. Almeida-Suhett1, Hogna Pan2, Katia Rossetti1, Maria F. M. Braga1,
Ann M. Marini1,2Affiliations:

1. Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

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2. Department of Neurology and Program in Neuroscience, Uniformed Services Universityof the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Predictive Validity of Item 9 of the Patient Health Questionnaire in a Bereaved Sample:
Comparison to the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation
Authors: Joscelyn E. Fisher1,2, Alexandra L. Blumhorst1,2, Jing Zhou1,2, Chris­tin M. Ogle1,2, Rafael Zuleta1,2, Carol S. Fullerton1, Robert J. Ursano1, Stephen
J. Cozza1
Affiliations:
1. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2. Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda,
MD
Involvement of Lateral Habenula Dysfunction in Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain InjuryInduced Motivational Deficits
Author: W. Jesse Flerlage1, Ludovic Langlois1, Milan Rusnak1, Aviva Symes1,

Sarah C. Simmons1, Shawn Gouty1, Brian M. Cox1, Mumeko Tsuda2,
Fereshteh S. Nugent1

Affiliations:
1. Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2. Preclinical Behavioral Modeling Core, Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Metabolomic Analyses in Active Duty Military Participants
Authors: Aarti Gautam1, Ruoting Yang1, PTSD consortium members, Rasha

Hammamieh1, Synthia H. Mellon2, Owen M. Wolkowitz2, Charles Marmar3,
Marti Jett4
Affiliations:
1. Medical Readiness Systems Biology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver
Spring, MD
2. UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA,
3. Department of Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
4. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA
Nightmare Deconstruction and Reprocessing: Proof of Concept of a Novel Treatment for
PTSD-Related Nightmares and Insomnia
Authors: Katherine Hillman1,2, Marita Bolis1,2, Ashley Phares1,2, Jeffrey Hull­fish3, Rebecca Kwasinski3, Brent Winslow3, Catherine Dempsey1,2, JamesWest1, Patricia Spangler1,2

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Affiliations:
1. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2. Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda,
MD
3. Design Interactive Inc., Orlando, FL
Association between blood p11 and PTSD in Service Members
Authors: Xian-Zhang Hu1,2, Lei Zhang1*, Xiao Xia Li1,2, David M. Benedek1,

Biomarker Study Group, Robert J. Ursano1
Affiliations:

1. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2. Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda,
MD
Online Microlearning Curriculum to Promote Trauma-Informed Care
Author: Marcus Hunt
Affiliation:
1. National Capital Consortium Psychiatry Residency, Bethesda, MD
Dipsogenic Role of Angiotensin II During Fear Memory Retrieval
Authors: Laxmi Iyer1, Adam Swiercz1, Zhe Yu1, Kellan Delaney3, Elizabeth

Paronett1, Peter Nemes3, Paul J. Marvar1,2

Affiliations:
1. Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences,
The George Washington University, Washington, DC
2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine and Health
Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
3. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland—College Park,
College Park, MD
Sleep-Focused Therapy is Associated with Trophic Factor Changes in Sleep Disturbed
Military Service Members with and without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Pilot Study
Authors: Amanda Jiang1, Jacqueline Leete1,2, Jessica Gill3,4, Heather L. Rusch1
Affiliations:
1. National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
2. Department of Psychology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
3. School of Nursing and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
4. Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Uniformed Services University of
the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
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in Activated New York National Guard Service Members
Authors: Holly B. Herberman Mash1,2, Carol S. Fullerton1, Joshua C. Mor­ganstein1, Hieu M. Dinh1,2, Robert J. Ursano1

Affiliations:
1. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2. Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda,
MD
A Conceptual Model of Family Safety to Inform Future Research and Prevention Efforts
Authors: Christin M. Ogle1,2, Aaron B. Weingrad1,2, Rafael F. Zuleta1,2, Josce­

lyn E. Fisher1,2, Tasanee R. Walsh1,2, Stephen J. Cozza1
Affiliations:

1. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2. Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda,
MD
Risk Factors Associated with Latent Classes of Child Neglect
Authors: Christin M. Ogle1,2, Jing Zhou1,2, Tashina Miller3, Stephen J. Cozza1
Affiliations:
1. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2. Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda,
MD
3. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Increased Inhibitory Activity in the Basolateral Amygdala and Decreased Anxiety
During Estrus: A Potential Role for ASIC1a Channels
Authors: Volodymyr I. Pidoplichko1, Vassiliki Aroniadou-Anderjaska1,2, Taiza

H. Figueiredo1, Camilla Wilbraham1, Maria F.M. Braga1,2Affiliations:
1. Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2. Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,
Bethesda, MD
Cerebellum Structural Covariance Networks in PTSD and Depression
Author: Meredith A. Reid

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Affiliation:
1. AU MRI Research Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn
University, Auburn, AL
Input and Population Specific Regulation of Lateral Habenula Neurons by Kappa
Opioid Receptors
Authors: Sarah C. Simmons1, Shawn Gouty1, William J. Flerlage1, Brian M.

Cox1, Fritz Lischka2, Jeremy Smyth3, Fereshteh S. Nugent1

Affiliations:
1. Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2. Biomedical Instrumentation Center, Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, Bethesda, MD
3. Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Intrinsic CRF Neurons in LHb Regulate Anxiety-like Behavior
Authors: Sarah C. Simmons1, William J. Flerlage1, Mumeko Tsuda2, Shawn

Gouty1, Brian M. Cox1, Fereshteh S. Nugent1

Affiliations:
1. Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2. Preclinical Behavioral Modeling Core, Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, Bethesda, MD
In Search of the Elusive Words: A Video and Podcast Project to Find the Best Words to
Encourage Help-Seeking
Authors: Adam Walsh1,2, Brooke Heintz Morrissey1,2, Joshua Morganstein1,

Carol Fullerton1, Ashley Phares1,2, Madeleine McGuinness1,2, Robert Ursano1

Affiliations:
1. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2. Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda,
MDTranslating Brain Trauma: A Practical Approach to Suicide Prevention
Authors: Adam K. Walsh1,2, Aaron B. Weingrad1,2, Joshua C. Morganstein1,

Brooke Heintz Morrissey1,2, Carol S. Fullerton1, Julia M. Petrini1,2, Robert J.
Ursano1

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Affiliations:
1. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2. Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda,
MD, USA
Adversities Associated with Separation from U.S. Reserve and National Guard
Authors: Jing Wang1,2, Robert Ursano1, Hieu Dinh1,2, Alysse Weinberg1,2,

Gregory Cohen3, Laura Sampson4, Sandro Galea3, Carol S. Fullerton1
Affiliations:

1. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2. Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda,
MD
3. School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA
4. T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Whole Genome Rare Variant Analysis of Suicide Attempt in the Army STARRS Cohort
Authors: Matthew D. Wilkerson1,2, Xijun Zhang1, Daniel Hupalo1, Clifton

Dalgard1,2, Joshua C. Gray3, Camille Alba1, Guathaman Sukumar1, Nathaniel
Lott1, James A. Naifeh5, Pablo Aliaga5, Ronald C. Kessler6, Clesson Turner7,
Harvey B. Pollard2,4, Robert J. Ursano5, Murray B. Stein8,9,10
Affiliations:
1. Precision Medicine Initiative for Military Medical Education and Research, Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2. Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
3. Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
4. Consortium for Health and Military Performance (CHAMP), Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
5. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
6. Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
7. Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,
Bethesda, MD
8. Department of Psychiatry, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla, CA
9. Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health, University of California—San Diego, La Jolla,
CA
10.VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA

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Authors: Zhe Yu, Paul J. Marvar
Affiliation:
1. Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, George Washington University,
Washington, DC

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