Opening Keynote Presentation

A Community Based Approach to Providing Mental Health Support in Institutions of Higher Education
Gregory Eells, PhD, Director for Counseling and Psychological Services, and Associate Director, Gannett Health Services, Cornell University

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1. Campus Connect Gatekeeper Training: An Overview
   Susan Pasco, LCSW-R, Associate Director, Syracuse University Counseling Center
2. Creatively Imagining the Role and Use of Technology in Depression Treatment
   Moderator: Ian Birky, PhD, Director, Counseling & Psychological Services, Lehigh University.
   Panelists: Noopur Agarwal, MBA, Director of Public Affairs, MTV; Adam Kaplin, MD, PhD, Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Michael C. Klein, PhD, Grants Administrator /Clinical Psychologist, New York University Student Health Center, and Co-Project Director, National College Depression Partnership
3. Interpersonal Psychotherapy: An Evidence-Based Treatment for Depression
   Heather Flynn, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry; Director, Women`s Mental Health Program and Adult Psychotherapy Services in Outpatient Psychiatry
4. Successful Models for Campus Peer-to-Peer Support Programs 
   Chinyere Neale, MURB, Health Educator, University Health Service, University of Michigan; Tiffany O`Meara, PhD, Counseling and Psychological Services, University of California, San Diego;
   Jason Robertson, DHSc, MPH, CHES, RHEd, Wellness Coordinator, The Wellness Center of Student Health Services, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
5. Student Workshop - Creating Community and Strengthening Social Networks
   Courtney Knowles, BS, Executive Director, Jed Foundation; Alison Malmon, Founder and Executive Director, Active Minds, Inc.

Opening Panel Discussion

A Public Health Approach to Depression on College Campuses: Implications of Recent IOM Prevention Studies
Moderator: Kenneth Warner, PhD, Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor of Public Health and Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health 
Panelists: William Beardslee, MD, Gardner/Monks Professor of Child Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Director, Baer Prevention Initiatives, Department of Psychiatry, Children`s Hospital Boston
E. Jane Costello, PhD, Co-Director, Center for Developmental Epidemiology, Duke University Health System; Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine

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Concurrent Sessions

1. Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention: Evidence-Based Strategies 
   Mary Jo Desprez, MA, Alcohol and Other Drug Policy and Prevention Administrator, University Health Service, University of Michigan
2. Detection and Prevention of Eating Disorders in College Women
   Paul Rohde, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Oregon Research Institute
3. From Theory to Practice: Putting the Institute of Medicine Report into Action on Campus
   Laurie Davidson, MA, Manager, Provider Initiatives, Suicide Prevention Resource Center; Karen Moses, MS, Director, Wellness and Health Promotion, Arizona State University
4. Managing Depression in Graduate School: Challenges and Strategies
   Todd Favorite, PhD, Director, Psychological Clinic, University of Michigan; Thomas Schwenk, MD, The George A. Dean, MD, Chair of Family Medicine in the Dept. of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Health System. Dr. Favorite and Dr. Schwenk will be joined by three graduate student panelists.

Student Mental Health Advocate Award, presented by Kathy Cronkite, Author and Mental Health Advocate

Kathy Cronkite, 2011 DoCC conference keynote speaker, with Student Mental Health Advocate Award winners Mara Minasian and Kristina Saffran and Depression Center Executive Director John Greden.

Concurrent Sessions

1. Cultivating Connectedness on College Campuses: Preventing Suicide through Early Intervention
   Janis Whitlock, PhD, Director, Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury in Adolescence and Young Adults, and Research Scientist, Cornell University
2. Depressive Symptoms During Transition to a Large University: Are Transfer Students at Heightened Risk?
   Steven Brunwasser, MS, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
3. eBridge for College Students: Online Suicide Risk Screen and Services Linkage Program
   Cheryl King, PhD, ABPP, Director, Institute for Human Adjustment, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Michigan
4. The Influence of Living Learning Communities on Student Mental Health
   Aaron M. Brower, PhD, Professor and Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas, PhD, Director, Center for the Advanced Study of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education, University of Virginia; Scott D. Crawford, MA, Research Director, Survey Sciences Group, LLC

Closing Keynote Presentation

Personality and Depression in College Students: Opportunities for Early Intervention and Treatment
Drew Westen, PhD, Professor, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University

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