(Note: All lectures and award presentations take place in Whittenberger Auditorium in the IMU)
8:00—9:00 a.m. Symposium Check-in and Conversation
9:00—9:05 a.m. Introductory Remarks
Presenter: Hui-Chen Lu, Linda & Jack Gill Chair and Professor, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences.
9:05—9:15 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Presenter: Jason Gill, Director, The Linda & Jack Gill Foundation of Texas.
9:15—9:20 a.m. Opening Remarks
Presenter: Rick Van Kooten, Executive Dean, College of Arts + Sciences.
9:20—9:30 a.m. Presentation of 2022 Gill Transformative Award – Francisco Guimaraes
Presenter: Ken Mackie, Linda & Jack Gill Chair and Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.
9:30—10:10 a.m. Lecture: “Cannabidiol in anxiety disorders: a translational approach.”
Presenter: Francisco Guimaraes
10:10—10:20 a.m. Q&A Session with Dr. Guimaraes
10:20—10:40 a.m. Coffee Break, Georgian Room, IMU
10:40—10:50 a.m. Presentation of 2022 Gill Transformative Award – Elizabeth Thiele
Presenter: Dan Tracey, Linda & Jack Gill Chair and Professor, Department of Biology.
10:50—11:30 a.m. Lecture: "The role of cannabinoids in the treatment of epilepsy: More than millennia in the making.”
Presenter: Elizabeth Thiele
11:30—11:40 a.m. Q&A Session with Dr. Thiele
11:40—11:50 a.m. Presentation of 2022 Gill Transformative Award – Matthew Hill
Presenter: Andrea Hohmann, Linda & Jack Gill Chair and Professor, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences.
11:50—12:30 p.m. Lecture: “Stress, endocannabinoids and affect: From rodents to humans.”
Presenter: Matthew Hill.
12:30—12:40 p.m. Q&A Session with Dr. Hill
12:40—1:55 p.m. Lunch, Alumni Hall, IMU
2:00—2:10 p.m. Presentation of 2022 Gill Image Award
Presenter: Jason Gill, Director, The Gill Foundation of Texas.
2:10—2:20 p.m. Presentation of 2022 Gill Transformative Award – Miriam Melis
Presenter: Norbert Hájos, Linda & Jack Gill Chair and Professor, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences.
2:20—3:00 p.m. Lecture: “Weeding out child psychopathology.”
Presenter: Miriam Melis
3:00—3:10 p.m. Q&A Session with Dr. Melis
3:10—3:30 p.m. Afternoon Break, Georgian Room, IMU
3:30—3:40 p.m. Presentation of 2022 Gill Graduate Student Award
Presenter: Cary Lai, Linda & Jack Gill Scholar and Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.
3:40—3:50 p.m. Presentation of 2022 Gill Transformative Award – Yasmin Hurd
Presenter: Hui-Chen Lu, Linda & Jack Gill Chair and Professor, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences.
3:50—4:30 p.m. Lecture: “Cannabis and the developing brain, looking back and moving forward.”
Presenter: Yasmin Hurd.
4:30—4:40 p.m. Q&A Session with Dr. Hurd
4:40—4:55 p.m. Closing Remarks: Ken Mackie, Linda & Jack Gill Chair and Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.
5:00—7:00 p.m. Reception and Poster Session, Alumni Hall & Solarium, IMU
Simultaneous viewing of “Human-Cannabis” by digital artist Jawshing Arthur Liou, Eskenazi of IU’s School of Art, Architecture + Design, in collaboration with Alex Straiker, Gill Center Senior Research Scientist