Letter from the President - April, 2023
Carmine Pariante, Ph.D.
Dear friends and colleagues,
This year will bring us another exciting conference that we are organising in London, at the Royal Society of Medicine, from 30th of August to 1st of September 2023. This will be an excellent opportunity for attending our top-notch meeting while also enjoying London during the warmest period of the year to visit this amazing city (yes, we do have warm days in London!). We have amazing speakers who have already confirmed their attendance, such as Elisabeth Binder, Andrew Miller, Charles Nemeroff, Christian Otte and Alan Schatzberg. The over-arching theme will be translation: has psychoneuroendocrinology delivered health benefits? Register and listen, if you would like to know the answer!
A small but significant change we are implementing this year is that we will have two poster sessions (rather than one, as in the past), both with a drinks reception, so that there is enough time for all our Early Career Scholars to present their data. As every year, all ECSs that present poster will be eligible for the Poster Awards, which will be awarded by the organising committee based on the quality of the abstract. We will be opening the submission for symposium and posters very soon.
As in previous years, we will be also awarding the Bruce McEwen Life-Time Achievement Award and the Dirk Hellammer Award.
Outstanding scientists in the field of psychoneuroendocrinology have received the prestigious Bruce McEwen Lifetime Achievement Award for their contributions to our understanding of brain-body interactions. All ISPNE members are invited to submit their nominations (name and a brief statement of support) via email with “Bruce McEwen Lifetime Achievement Award” as the subject line, to me by email.
The Dirk Hellhammer Award (pervious the Curt Richter Award) has been given for over 20 years to a distinguished line of young investigators in the field of psychoneuroendocrinology. Applicants must be 45 years of age or younger by June 30, 2023; the submission includes: (a) the manuscript; (b) curriculum vitae with list of publications; (c) and statement from the applicants (no more than one page, single-spaced) describing the applicant’s main achievements and future directions. Again, all submissions to be by email, with “Dirk Hellhammer Award” as the subject line.
I hope I will see many of you in London.
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ISPNE 2022 Bruce McEwen Lifetime Achievement Award
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Robert Sapolsky, PhD
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Robert Sapolsky is the John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor of biology, neurology and neurosurgery at Stanford University, and a research associate at the Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya. Since the late 1970s, he has divided his time between lab work -- examining the mechanisms by which stress and glucocorticoids damage the nervous system, and the design of gene therapy strategies to protect neurons from stress -- and studies of wild baboons in the Serengeti in East Africa, examining the relationships among dominance rank, social affiliation, personality and stress-related disease. His books include Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers (1994/2004), Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (2017), and Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will (2023)
Dr. Daniel Quintana
University of Oslo
Dr. Daniel Quintana is a Senior Researcher at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital investigating biological systems that link psychosocial factors to health, with a focus on neuroendocrine systems. His laboratory uses various research approaches, including randomised controlled trials, large-scale genetics studies, neuroimaging, and the collection of autonomic nervous system data. His other research interest is meta-science, which is the evaluation and improvement of research methods.
Dr. Quintana’s primary research focus is improving our understanding of the oxytocin signalling system and its role in health and wellbeing by investigating neurobiological mechanisms, improving methodology used in oxytocin research, and developing theory. He is the principal investigator for several oxytocin projects, which are funded by the Research Council of Norway, Kavli Trust, and the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority. He has received several awards in recognition of his research, including the 2021 Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters Award for Young Researchers, the 2022 University of Oslo Prize for Young Researchers, and the Rafaelsen Young Investigator’s Award. He is also on the Editorial Board of Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science and BMC Psychology.
Dr. Quintana actively uses Twitter for research communication (@dsquintana) and is the producer and co-host of 'Everything Hertz', which is a podcast on research methodology and scientific life in the biobehavioral sciences. He is also a co-founder of the Norwegian Reproducibility Network, which promotes and enables transparent research practices in Norway.