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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">The Consortium of Vision and Oculomics in Psychiatry (CVOP) Education Committee is pleased to announce the<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CVOP
Online Spring School:</span></strong><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Structure and Function of the Visual System and Biomarkers in Psychiatric Disease</span></b></em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Session 1: The Retina and Techniques for Imaging and Measuring Its Function</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">April 23</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1:00–3:00 PM EDT / 6:00–8:00 PM BST</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Speakers:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Steven Silverstein, PhD (University of Rochester)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#212121;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Siegfried Wagner, MD, PhD (University College London)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Registration (free for CVOP members):</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><br>
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/urmc.zoom.us/meeting/register/8FDv1pUkSniGkMT5GlEMfw__;!!HXCxUKc!yUhCojbNZaWk9a-XnVIthXzBFJ0DyX5-N3WsG36PtTvqz8Qy-mWYBHEu-0iFjarTKgdxblTKPo8DeLCqGNAphFkrTg$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://urmc.zoom.us/meeting/register/8FDv1pUkSniGkMT5GlEMfw__;!!HXCxUKc!yUhCojbNZaWk9a-XnVIthXzBFJ0DyX5-N3WsG36PtTvqz8Qy-mWYBHEu-0iFjarTKgdxblTKPo8DeLCqGNAphFkrTg$"><span style="color:#0078D4">https://urmc.zoom.us/meeting/register/8FDv1pUkSniGkMT5GlEMfw</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Join CVOP (free for students):</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121"><br>
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.cvop.org/membership-application__;!!HXCxUKc!yUhCojbNZaWk9a-XnVIthXzBFJ0DyX5-N3WsG36PtTvqz8Qy-mWYBHEu-0iFjarTKgdxblTKPo8DeLCqGNDDVKbP4g$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cvop.org/membership-application__;!!HXCxUKc!yUhCojbNZaWk9a-XnVIthXzBFJ0DyX5-N3WsG36PtTvqz8Qy-mWYBHEu-0iFjarTKgdxblTKPo8DeLCqGNDDVKbP4g$"><span style="color:#0078D4">https://www.cvop.org/membership-application</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Scope of the School<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The aim of this online school is to provide an introduction to investigating the visual system and its<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">biomarkers in psychiatric disease. This includes an overview of the different types of psychiatric<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">diseases, the structure and function of the eye and visual pathways, techniques used to study the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">eye and visual pathways, and biomarkers that have been discovered in psychiatric disease. The goal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">is to bring together those from a wide range of fields, including psychiatry and ophthalmology, to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">highlight the way these disciplines can complement each other and enable new discoveries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The school will include 4 sessions, including:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">• Retina and Techniques for Imaging and Measuring Its Function<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">• Eye (excluding Retina) and Techniques for Imaging and Measuring Its Function<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">• Post Retinal Visual System<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">• Methods to Study Perception and the Post-Retinal Visual System<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">For further details contact:
<a href="mailto:karen.hampson-2@manchester.ac.uk">karen.hampson-2@manchester.ac.uk</a>
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