2021 Speakers

Steven Hollon, PhD

Keynote: It's Not What We Don't Know That Hurts - It's What We Know That Ain't So. Also, Panel 4: Scientific Controversies.

Gertrude Conaway Professor of Psychology

Dominique Béhague, PhD

Panel 1: Historical Foundations. Associate Professor of Medicine, Health & Society

Kenneth MacLeish, PhD

Panel 1: Historical Foundations. Associate Professor of Medicine, Health & Society

Karrie Raymond

Panel 1: Historical Foundations. Master's Student, Social Foundations of Health

Christy Erving, PhD

Panel 2: Cultural Perspectives. Assistant Professor of Sociology

Taylor Guzi

Panel 2: Cultural Perspectives. Undergraduate (2022)

Abdirahman Osman

Panel 2: Cultural Perspectives. Consultant, American Muslim Advisory Council

Gilbert Gonzales, PhD, MHA

Panel 3: Psychiatric Coercion and Patient-Clinician Dynamics. Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health & Society, Health Policy

Liz Davidson

Panel 3: Psychiatric Coercion and Patient-Clinician Dynamics. Undergraduate (2023), lived experience with psychiatric coercion

Jacob Horwitz

Panel 3: Psychiatric Coercion and Patient Clinician Dynamics. High schooler (Battle Ground Academy, Franklin, TN), lived experience with mental health care

Stephan Heckers, MD, MSc

Panel 4: Scientific Controversies. Department Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Vanderbilt University Medical Center)