This event will be livestreamed and recorded. Livestream is available here.
The 18th Annual Prechter Lecture will feature keynote speaker, General Gregg Martin, Ph.D., Major General, U.S. Army (Retired), combat veteran, Bipolar Disorder Survivor, Airborne-Ranger-Engineer qualified soldier, and Army Strategist.
General Martin holds a Ph.D. and two master's degrees from MIT, master's degrees in national security strategy from both the Army and Naval war colleges, and a bachelor's degree from West Point. He commanded an engineer company, battalion, the 130th Engineer Brigade in combat during the first year of the Iraq War in 2003-04, including the attack from Kuwait, up the Euphrates River Valley, to Baghdad and beyond.
He served multiple overseas tours, and, as a general officer, commanded the Corps of Engineers Northwest Division, was Commandant of the Army Engineer School, commanded Fort Leonard Wood, was Deputy Commanding General of Third Army/US Army Central, Commandant of the Army War College, President of National Defense University, and Special Assistant to the Chief of Engineers. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (twice), the Bronze Star Medal, and the Combat Action Badge. He is also the author of "Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness."
Following General Gregg Martin's presentation, "BIPOLAR GENERAL: Ya Gotta OWN Your Condition," will be a panel discussion highlighting the Prechter Program's research projects. The evening will conclude with a public reception from 8:00-9:00 PM with local mental health resources and light refreshments.
Click here to livestream this event on Wednesday, October 16th at 6:00 PM ET.
Panelists
- Sagar Parikh, M.D., John F. Greden Professor of Depression and Clinical Neuroscience, Professor of Psychiatry, Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan Medical School, Michigan Medicine Bipolar Disorder Clinic, former Director of Continuing Mental Health Education and Head of General Psychiatry in Toronto, ON, Deputy Psychiatrist-in-Chief and served as President of the Medical Staff Association and as a member of the Board of Trustees at University Health Network, former Head of the Bipolar Clinic and Director of CME at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto, ON, 2020 Mogens Schou Award winner for Education and Teaching from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders.
- Amy M. Kilbourne, Ph.D., MPH, Director, Health Systems Research, Office of Research and Development (14RDH), Veterans Health Administrations, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Professor and Associate Chair for Research, Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School
- Kali Lake, MSW, Program Manager, U-M Office of Health Equity and Inclusion, Veteran, U.S. Army and Air Force.
- Kiersten, MSW, Prechter Program research participant.