Timetable & learning outcomes

Course content combines lectures and practical sessions on hot topics in immunopsychiatry, as well as educational workshops on cytokine measurement, maternal immune activation or meta-analysis. The program is delivered  and developed by researchers belonging to the ECNP immuno-neuropsychiatry network.

In addition to the lectures and practical sessions, students and speakers will share lunches and dinners in an environment encouraging exchange and reflection. To faciliate collaboration, a “speed dating” event with each course leader will be organized.

Tentative program

Please note: participants will be asked to introduce each plenary speaker and play the role of chairman during the round tables. Participants must also prepare a scientific poster prior to the course.

Monday July 18th	Tuesday July 19th	Wednesday July 20th	Thursday July 21st	Friday July 22nd
	Plenary lecture and round table Auto-immune psychosis: red flags for diagnosis Dominique Endres	Plenary lecture and round table Diet and depression Lucile Capuron Impact of nutrition on depression: pre-clinical models   Gerard Clarke	Plenary lecture and round table Brain imaging, inflammation and depression Jennifer Felger Immuno-modulatory treatment of major psychiatric disorders Bernhard Baune	Plenary lecture and round table Stratification of major psychiatric disorders using brain inflammatory markers Neil Harrison Gut-brain axis in Schizophrenia Emily Severance
	Coffee break	Coffee break	Coffee break	Coffee break
	Plenary lecture and round table Molecular neuro-imaging of brain auto-antibodies in psychiatric disorders Laurent Groc	Mentored poster walk	Mentored poster walk	Plenary lecture and round table Stratification of major psychiatric disorders using immuno-genetic markers Ryad Tamouza
	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
Arrival and welcome coffee	Working groups on methods and strategies Cytokine measurement, Meta-analysis Nicolas Glaichenhaus,  Livia de Picker	Plenary reports from working groups	“Speed dating” with a course leader	Workshop Building a stratification project
Welcome and introduction (objectives, program, sessions) Lucile Capuron, Muriel Darnaudery, Marion Leboyer
Plenary lecture and round table Microglia and psychiatric disorders Sonia Garel
Flash presentations and icebreaker: 90 seconds per participant (background, study program or research project, and motivations for taking part in this summer school)		Visit of Bordeaux Neurocampus		Closing remarks and awards ceremony (poster and project prizes)
Welcome cocktail	Free evening	Dinner	Free evening

Expertise upon completion

This summer school will provide participants with basic and practical education on immunopsychiatry. It is a unique opportunity for young scientists to improve their academic and professional networks and gain feedback on their own research from renowned experts.

A certificate of participation will be awarded to students upon completion of the course.