ISMRM Workshop on
Advancing Translational MR Neuroimaging:
Towards Imaging Biomarkers in Psychiatry
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25-27 August 2026
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Starling Hotel Lausanne, Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland
ISMRM Workshop on
Advancing Translational MR Neuroimaging:
Towards Imaging Biomarkers in Psychiatry
calendar_month
25-27 August 2026
location_on
Starling Hotel Lausanne, Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland
Preliminary Program
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Day 1 - Tuesday, 25 August 2026
08:30
Registration & Speaker Upload Available
09:00
Opening Remarks: Objectives of the Workshop
Session 1: Psychiatry
Moderators: T.B.A.
09:15
Keynote Lecture: Psychiatry
Dost Ongur, M.D.
McLean Hospital
Belmont, MA, USA
10:15
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Session 2: Novel MR Techniques I
Moderators: T.B.A.
10:45
Quantitative MRI
T.B.A.
11:05
Microstructure MRI
Ileana O. Jelescu, Ph.D.
Lausanne University Hospital
Lausanne, Switzerland
11:25
1H MRS/MRSI
Zhipei Liang, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL, USA
11:45
From Asia COCORO
T.B.A.
12:05
Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
Session 3: Power Pitch & Poster Session I
Moderators: T.B.A.
13:00
Power Pitch Session
Poster Viewing
Session 4: Computational Neuroimaging in Neuropsychiatry
Moderators: T.B.A.
14:00
Brain Network Analysis
Linda Douw, Ph.D.
Amsterdam University Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
14:20
Multimodal Analysis (e.g. Receptor-Enriched fMRI)
T.B.A.
14:40
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
15:30
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Session 5: Therapeutic Interventions and MR
Moderators: T.B.A.
16:00
Neuromodulation
T.B.A.
16:20
MR-Guided Therapy Techniques
T.B.A.
16:40
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
17:30
Adjourn
18:00
Networking Reception
Day 2 - Wednesday, 26 August 2026
08:30
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Session 6: Neurodegenerative Diseases
Moderators: T.B.A.
09:00
Keynote Lecture: Neurodegenerative Diseases
Hanzhang Lu, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
10:15
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Session 7: Novel MR techniques II
Moderators: T.B.A.
10:30
X-MRS
T.B.A.
10:50
MRS Application
John D. Port, M.D., Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
11:10
Imaging Neuroinflammation
Silvia De Santis, Ph.D.
Instituto de Neurociencias
San Juan de Alicante, Spain
11:30
Glymphatic MRI
T.B.A.
11:50
Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
Session 8: Power Pitch & Poster Session II
Moderators: T.B.A.
13:00
Power Pitch Session
Poster Viewing
Session 9: Translational Research in Psychiatry & Neurodegeneration
Moderators: T.B.A.
14:00
Preclinical Models
Valerio Zerbi, Ph.D.
Université de Genève
Geneva, Switzerland
14:20
Neurofeedback & MRI
Kymberly Young, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA , USA
14:40
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
15:30
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Session 10: Clinical Neuroimaging Research in Psychiatry and Neurodegeneration
Moderators: T.B.A.
16:00
Neuroimaging in Psychiatry
Paolo Brambilla, M.D. Ph.D.
University of Milan
Milan, Italy
16:20
Neuroimaging in Neurodegeneration
T.B.A.
16:40
Proffered Papers - Oral Session
17:30
Adjourn
Day 3 - Thursday, 27 August 2026
08:30
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Session 11: Advanced MR in the Clinic - Status &Challenges
Moderators: T.B.A.
09:00
Keynote Lecture: Advanced MR in the Clinic
Qiyong Gong, M.D., Ph.D.
West China Hospital of Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
10:15
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Session 12: Open Science I
Moderators: T.B.A.
10:30
ENIGMA OCD
Chris Vriend, Ph.D.
Amsterdam University Medical Center
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
10:50
ENIGMA SCZ
Matthias Kirschner , M.D.
Geneva University Hospitals
Geneva, Switzerland
11:10
ABCD
Linda Chang, M.D.
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD , USA
11:30
From Asia COCORO
Kiyotaka Nemoto, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba, Japan
11:50
Lunch & Speaker Upload Available
Session 13: Power Pitch & Poster Session III
Moderators: T.B.A.
13:00
Power Pitch Session
Poster Viewing
Session 14: Open Science II
Moderators: T.B.A.
14:00
Breakthrough Discoveries for Thriving with Bipolar Disorder (BD²)
T.B.A.
14:20
Open Science Talk from China
T.B.A.
14:40
Multi-Center Study of MRS: Challenges & Approaches
Georg Oeltzschner, Ph.D.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
15:00
Data Harmonization of Neuroimaging Data
Boris Bernhardt, Ph.D.
McGill University
Montreal, QC, Canada
15:20
Panel Discussion: Where We Are & Future Direction
T.B.A.
15:40
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Session 15: Closing Remarks and Awards Ceremony
Moderators: T.B.A.
16:10
Summary of Key Takeaways
16:20
Discussion: Feedback & Future Directions
16:30
Poster/Oral Awards Announcement
16:45
Adjourn