OPENING PLENARY: "Perspective on the past, present, and future of research methods in the study of psychological trauma"

Terence M. Keane, PhD Associate Chief of Staff for Research & Development, VA Boston Healthcare System; Director, Behavioral Science Division, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine.

Web Site: http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/about/leadership.html#keane

Topic: Issues and controversies in meta-analysis

Larry V. Hedges, PhD Board of Trustees Professor of Statistics and Social Policy, Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University.

Web Site: http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/people/hedges.html

Topic: Item response theory, computerized assessment, and measurement equivalence

Fritz Drasgow, Professor, Industrial-Organizational Division, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Web Site: http://www.psych.uiuc.edu/people/showprofile.php?id=22

"Clinical trial design to enhance signal detection"

Andrew C. Leon, PhD Professor of Biostatistics in Psychiatry and Professor of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College.

Web Site: http://www.med.cornell.edu/research/acleon

"Effective recruitment and retention of minority research participants"

Antronette (Toni) Yancey, MD MPH Associate Professor of Health Services; Co-Director, Center to Eliminate Health Disparities, School of Public Health, University of California/Los Angeles.

Web Site: http://www.ph.ucla.edu/cehd/Yancey.htm

"Ethical issues in trauma-related research"

Elana Newman, PhD Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology, University of Tulsa.

Web Site: http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~elana-newman/

“The application of mixed methods designs to trauma research”

John W. Creswell, PhD Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Web Site: Coming soon

Topic: Neurobiological methods in the study of posttraumatic stress disorder

Israel Liberzon, MD Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Associate Chair, Deptartment of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Web Site: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/directory/profiles/faculty/?uniquename=liberzon